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Rotterdam's 50-Metre Timber Tower Sawa Named the Netherlands' Best Building of 2026

Rotterdam's 50-Metre Timber Tower Sawa Named the Netherlands' Best Building of 2026

Rotterdam, Friday, 5 June 2026.
Built from 75% wood and recycled materials, Rotterdam’s Sawa tower just proved that sustainable high-rise housing is no longer a concept — it’s a reality.

A Common Diabetes Drug May Now Hold the Key to Slowing Human Aging

A Common Diabetes Drug May Now Hold the Key to Slowing Human Aging

Anthropic Warns AI Could Soon Build Itself Without Human Control — And Calls for a Brake Pedal

Anthropic Warns AI Could Soon Build Itself Without Human Control — And Calls for a Brake Pedal

Bots Now Outnumber Humans Online: What This Means for the Future of the Internet

Bots Now Outnumber Humans Online: What This Means for the Future of the Internet

Europe Rewrites Its AI Rules: Easier for Businesses, Tougher on Digital Abuse

Europe Rewrites Its AI Rules: Easier for Businesses, Tougher on Digital Abuse

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Dutch Energy Startup Eddy Grid Raises €7.5 Million After 900% Revenue Growth in 2025

Dutch Energy Startup Eddy Grid Raises €7.5 Million After 900% Revenue Growth in 2025

Amsterdam, Thursday, 4 June 2026.
Founded just three years ago, Eddy Grid has grown 20-fold in value and now manages over 500 MW of renewable energy — more than the entire city of Utrecht consumes.

Dutch Agritech Startup Secures €2 Million to Bring Hyperlocal Weather Data to European Farmers

Dutch Agritech Startup Secures €2 Million to Bring Hyperlocal Weather Data to European Farmers

Dutch Startup Wins Regional Backing to Make Battery Storage Smarter and More Profitable

Dutch Startup Wins Regional Backing to Make Battery Storage Smarter and More Profitable

Green Ambitions Derailed: Why Tata Steel's New Sustainability Director Left After Just Two Days

Green Ambitions Derailed: Why Tata Steel's New Sustainability Director Left After Just Two Days

Dutch AI Tool Cuts Through One Trillion Home Renovation Choices to Help Homeowners Go Green

Dutch AI Tool Cuts Through One Trillion Home Renovation Choices to Help Homeowners Go Green

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Brussels Moves to Slash Tax Barriers for Innovative European Companies

Brussels Moves to Slash Tax Barriers for Innovative European Companies

Brussels, Friday, 5 June 2026.
The European Commission has proposed a sweeping corporate tax reform designed to boost R&D investment and ease interest deductions, directly targeting Europe’s competitiveness gap with the US and Asia. Dutch startups and scale-ups stand to benefit most.

Why Indian Tech Companies Are Choosing the Netherlands as Their European Base

Why Indian Tech Companies Are Choosing the Netherlands as Their European Base

Dutch Startups Eyeing US Investment Need a Governance Overhaul First

Dutch Startups Eyeing US Investment Need a Governance Overhaul First

The Netherlands Is Sitting on a Gold Mine of Scientific Knowledge — But Failing to Share It

The Netherlands Is Sitting on a Gold Mine of Scientific Knowledge — But Failing to Share It

Europe's Science-to-Business Gap: Why the Netherlands' Oldest University Incubator Is Racing to Launch 250 Start-Ups by 2031

Europe's Science-to-Business Gap: Why the Netherlands' Oldest University Incubator Is Racing to Launch 250 Start-Ups by 2031

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The Netherlands Has the AI Talent and Tools — But Is Failing to Turn Them Into Economic Growth

The Netherlands Has the AI Talent and Tools — But Is Failing to Turn Them Into Economic Growth

The Hague, Friday, 5 June 2026.
The Netherlands debates AI endlessly, yet struggles to profit from it. A June 2026 VNO-NCW report reveals that slow SME adoption and poor data sharing are costing the Dutch economy dearly.

Jeff Bezos Bets $500 Million on a Startup That Wants to Rebuild AI From the Brain Up

Jeff Bezos Bets $500 Million on a Startup That Wants to Rebuild AI From the Brain Up

Meta Secretly Built Face Recognition Into Smart Glasses Used by Millions — Without Telling Anyone

Meta Secretly Built Face Recognition Into Smart Glasses Used by Millions — Without Telling Anyone

Dutch Businesses Cut Cyber Incident Rates by More Than Half in Under a Decade

Dutch Businesses Cut Cyber Incident Rates by More Than Half in Under a Decade

The EU Plans to Triple Its Datacenter Capacity With a €200 Billion Investment to Break Free From US and Asian Tech Dominance

The EU Plans to Triple Its Datacenter Capacity With a €200 Billion Investment to Break Free From US and Asian Tech Dominance

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Europe Bets on Homegrown Tech to Break Free from US and Chinese Digital Dominance

Europe Bets on Homegrown Tech to Break Free from US and Chinese Digital Dominance

Brussels, Wednesday, 3 June 2026.
The European Commission launched its Tech Sovereignty Package on June 3, 2026, targeting semiconductors, AI, cloud, and open source — a direct response to US and Chinese firms controlling roughly 70% of Europe’s cloud market.

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Dutch Startup Grows Wood Without Cutting a Single Tree — and Investors Are Taking Notice

Dutch Startup Grows Wood Without Cutting a Single Tree — and Investors Are Taking Notice

Wageningen, Thursday, 4 June 2026.
A Wageningen biotech startup has raised €2.1 million to produce wood from tree stem cells in bioreactors — up to 10,000 times faster than conventional forestry, potentially saving 2.1 gigatonnes of CO₂ annually.

A New Diabetes Pill Builds on Muscle Power — Without the Side Effects of Ozempic

A New Diabetes Pill Builds on Muscle Power — Without the Side Effects of Ozempic

Wageningen Research Finds That Sharing Crop Data Across Europe Could Boost Farming Accuracy by Up to 46 Percent

Wageningen Research Finds That Sharing Crop Data Across Europe Could Boost Farming Accuracy by Up to 46 Percent

A Dutch Hospital Scanned 2,000 Extra Patients in 2025 — Without Adding a Single Scanner

A Dutch Hospital Scanned 2,000 Extra Patients in 2025 — Without Adding a Single Scanner

A Robot That Delivers Bandages Is Just the Start of a Major Dutch Hospital-University Partnership

A Robot That Delivers Bandages Is Just the Start of a Major Dutch Hospital-University Partnership