The Next Web

The Next Web (TNW) is an online platform that delivers news about technology and web development. Established in 2006 by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Patrick de Laive, TNW also oversees The Next Web Events, which hosts conferences in cities like Amsterdam, New York, and Sao Paulo. The company has a team of 35 staff members based in Amsterdam and employs 12 journalists from various locations around the world.

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Helsing’s AI submarine joins Europe’s growing ocean drone fleet

1 day ago | thenextweb.com | Sion Geschwindt

Helsing, Europe’s best-funded defence tech startup, has unveiled its latest product — an autonomous mini-submarine for underwater reconnaissance. Dubbed SG-1 Fathom, the sub is the latest addition to Europe’s growing fleet of ocean drones, which aim to better protect the continent’s ships and subsea infrastructure from surveillance, sabotage, and attacks. The 1.95-metre Fathom is designed to slowly patrol the ocean for up to three months at a time.
Neuralink rival Inbrain will ‘never’ take brain implants beyond healthcare

2 days ago | thenextweb.com | Sion Geschwindt

Elon Musk has outlandish plans for Neuralink’s brain-computer interfaces, from giving people “superpowers” to downloading their memories. Spanish rival Inbrain Neuroelectronics has a simpler goal: improving our health — and nothing more. “I know Elon Musk might want to use Neuralink to drive a Tesla or something like that, but we will never go beyond therapeutic applications,” Carolina Aguilar, Inbrain’s CEO and co-founder, told TNW.
Want to go viral? Here are 8 tips from the creator of ‘BBL Drizzy’

5 days ago | thenextweb.com | Thomas Macaulay

A year ago this week, a viral hit offered a glimpse into the future of AI music: “BBL Drizzy.”The song emerged during the feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. As the rappers traded disses, a New York-based comedian named Willonius Hatcher — aka King Willonious — brought his own track to the beef. Inspired by a dubious claim that Drake had a Brazilian butt lift, “BBL Drizzy” blended AI, comedy, pop culture, and music. The song swiftly went viral.
Denmark to trial autonomous sea drones amid tensions with Russia

6 days ago | thenextweb.com | Sion Geschwindt

The Danish Armed Forces are set to trial four autonomous sea drones that will patrol Northern Europe waters, looking for signs of criminal activity. Powered by wind and solar, the uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) will gather real-time data using sensors and cameras positioned both above and beneath the water. An onboard computer will stream this data to a machine learning algorithm that is trained to spot patterns and potential threats.
UK’s digital defences need ‘colossal’ overhaul for quantum era

6 days ago | thenextweb.com | Sion Geschwindt

Britain requires a “colossal” overhaul of its cybersecurity systems to defend against future quantum computers, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned this week. Speaking at the CYBERUK conference in Manchester, the body’s CTO Ollie Whitehouse urged organisations to start preparing now for a sweeping transformation in how digital security is built and maintained — warning of grave consequences if they don’t.
This flying sportscar is set to go on sale next year - for $1M

6 days ago | thenextweb.com | Sion Geschwindt

A flying car that morphs into a plane in just 80 seconds is set to go on sale in early 2026. Slovakian flying car maker Klein Vision unveiled the Aircar 2, its first “production-ready” prototype, today. Klein Vision co-founder Anton Zajac told TNW that the vehicle will cost between $800,000 and $1mn. The original Aircar garnered a lot of attention back in 2021 when it successfully conducted a 35-minute inter-city test flight. The Aircar 2 will have some major upgrades over its predecessor.
Listen to the ‘world’s first’ song made by a quantum computer and AI

1 week ago | thenextweb.com | Sion Geschwindt

The beat just dropped on a new era of music, and it’s coming not from a recording studio but from the weird and wonderful realm of quantum physics. UK-based tech startup Moth has released the track “Recurse” in collaboration with British electronic artist ILĀ. It’s billed as the world’s first commercially available song created using “quantum-powered generative AI.”“Recurse” certainly sounds otherworldly — like the kind of music aliens might stream while drifting through deep space.
New TNW Backstage podcast explores privacy tensions and Meta’s model

1 week ago | thenextweb.com | Thomas Macaulay

Have you heard of the privacy paradox? It’s the contradiction between our claims to care about privacy — and our refusal to protect it. The paradox came to mind while working on the debut episode of our brand-new podcast: TNW Backstage. The show takes you behind the scenes of TNW Conference — and the tech shaping our world. Our first episode features a standout guest: Ron de Jesus, the world’s first Field Chief Privacy Officer. The conversation explores the evolution of privacy threats.
Exclusive: Eyeo exits stealth to give cameras human-like colour vision

1 week ago | thenextweb.com | Sion Geschwindt

Dutch startup Eyeo has emerged from stealth with €15mn in funding to advance a breakthrough photonics technology for cameras that could radically disrupt the way we take images. Eyeo spun out last year from Belgium’s Imec, one of the world’s leading nanoelectronics centres. The startup’s waveguide colour-splitting technology — an optical technique that uses tiny structures to guide and separate light by wavelength — triples the light sensitivity of today’s best image sensors.
German dual-use drone maker becomes unicorn amid defence tech boom

1 week ago | thenextweb.com | Sion Geschwindt

German drone maker Quantum Systems has raised €160mn at a valuation north of €1bn, becoming Europe’s latest defence tech unicorn. Quantum Systems builds electric, AI-powered autonomous surveillance drones that are dual-use, meaning they can serve both military and civil purposes. Defence forces can use the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to spy on enemies and gather intel.