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Cannes film festival bans red carpet selfies

The prestigious film festival in southern France has also banned movies from streaming service Netflix

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Start-up success in Poland

Start-ups in Poland are riding the country's continuous economic growth. A survey by Startup Poland says that some of the main sectors include big data, IoT and biotech.

United Kingdom

‘Space harpoon’ to capture orbiting junk heads to ISS

The British-designed satellite is equipped with a net for capturing space litter and a harpoon for spearing and hauling in bigger objects.

Business Planet

Supercharging the future

Business Planet travels to Germany to meet experts and entrepreneurs revolutionsing the way we store energy.

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European research teams find new ways to map the seafloor

Armed with what looks like a small army of autonomous robots, a European research team are finding new ways to explore the seafloor.

Germany

How has digitalisation transformed travel marketing?

We went to its chief marketplace to find out

New Zealand

Robots and racism: We discriminate against 'darker-coloured' humanoids

Humans have similar automatic biases towards 'darker-coloured' robots as they do toward 'people with a darker skin colour', according to new research from the University of Canterbury.

World

VR, cinema and jazz: discovering creative industries at the Abu Dhabi

Creative concepts in the capital: Luminaries gather at the Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend

Business Planet

One of a kind medical devices... and how to get them financed

This week Business Planet travelled to Rome where an innovative young company Echolight has developed a new way to help Europe's ageing population with the help of EU funding.

Focus

EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel calls for a "humans in command" approach to digital transformation

At he Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society outlined her vision for a of successful evolution.

Spain

The 5G revolution will not be televised... it will be live

Cristina Giner reports on the latest technology being readied to make us all go faster at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Spain

New algorithm could count demonstrators 'more accurately'

Could this be the tool that ends all debates about the number of people who attend a demonstration?

World News

4YFN at the MWC: a good place for a start-up

Four Years from Now is a startup business platform which puts 650 startups in touch with 700 investors.

World News

Seven retro tech gadgets that have had a modern update

New versions of the Nokia 3310 phone and Super Nintendo games console were both brought back last year—which old-school gadgets can we expect to reappear on the market in 2018?

Spain

Europe lagging behind Asia and North America in 5G race, warn industry

'Far and away, the US and China activity will dwarf Europe,' said Nokia's Chief Executive Rajeev Suri ahead of the World Mobile Congress 2018 in Barcelona.

Ecotech

Crowdfunded electric car to hit market

A futuristic-looking electric car - that started life as a university project - may disrupt the automobile market.

Business Planet

Business opportunities from outer space

A Slovenian company is creating new business opportunities by optimizing data mined by the EU's Copernicus programme from outer space.

World News

Drones could be turned into weapons using AI, report warns

Rogue states and terrorists could exploit the technology for harmful means, say experts.

United Arab Emirates

Dubai wants to show how AI will create a city of the future

Emirates city plans to pioneer new technologies.

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Leanships: changing the tide in shipbuilding

Scientists hail the imminent arrival of new, efficient, low-emission ships on the market thanks to leaps forward in hull and propeller development.