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When is England v Sweden? Women’s Euro 2025 kick-off time and TV channel
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Beyond Gravity supplies core technologies for Meteosat satellite Technology News | July 14, 2025 The second Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite launched on July 1, strengthening Europe’s next-generation weather observation capability. The MTG…
The second Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite launched on July 1, strengthening Europe’s next-generation weather observation capability. The MTG Sounder-1 satellite was built by OHB System AG and carries critical subsystems from Beyond...

Self-playing gongs and sauna rituals will feature at Hagastrand in Stockholm’s royal park, with concepts by Alla Sokolova
Privately-owned hospitality company Nobis Hospitality Group will unveil a new Swedish wellness destination property called Hagastrand in Q4 this year, located next to the Brunnesviken lake in Stockholm’s royal park, Haga.When it opens, the...

Swedish startup Opper AI raises €2.5 million to make AI infrastructure as “reliable as Stripe” is for payments
Today, Stockholm-based Opper AI announced the launch of its Task Completion API, backed by an oversubscribed €2.5 million pre-Seed round to help developers move beyond one-off prompts and fragile prototypes, providing a path to launching...
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[INTERVIEW] Governments’ use of digital technologies to threaten dissidents abroad creates climate of fear, oppression and insecurity, academic researcher says
Dr. Marcus Michaelsen, senior researcher at the University of Toronto-based Citizen Lab, said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) that understanding transnational repression through digital technologies was essential for...

Lovable backers back Swedish AI infrastructure startup Opper
The Swedish founders of an exited startup have re-emerged with news of a funding round backing their new AI startup, involving investors in Swedish vibe coding outfit Lovable. Opper, an AI infrastructure play, is the brainchild of Göran Sandahl...

Real estate slow to embrace tech as expenses mount
Even as sectors across India embrace technological transformation, the construction side of the real estate industry continues to trail global trends. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff While technologies like Building Information Modelling...

UT researchers use AI to develop energy-efficient cooling materials
UT researchers helped develop new materials that emit heat more effectively and could save thousands of kilowatts of electricity per year, according to a news release from the Cockrell School of Engineering. The new materials use the concept of...

Europe’s Fight Against Plastic Pollution gets Boost as EIB Backs PulPac
This content was written and submitted by the supplier. It has only been modified to comply with this publication’s space and style. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €20 million (around 220 million Swedish kronor) to Swedish...

NATO: The Most Dangerous Organization
By the time of its out-of-theater intervention in Afghanistan, it became clear that NATO now had the ability and permission to operate as the policeman of the U.S.-led order. Cover art by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. By...

Dometic Reports ‘Robust EBITA Margin, Strong Cash Flow’
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Dometic Corp. issued its second quarter financial performance report on Monday, July 14. Second Quarter 2025 Net sales were SEK 6,269 m (7,662); a decrease of -18%. Organic growth was -11%. Operating profit (EBITA) before items...

Scientists Find Evidence Of Advanced Alien Civilizations
To the uninitiated, a Dyson sphere is a hypothetical engineering feat that only a civilisation far more advanced than our own would be capable of building. The prospect of such a construction was proposed by physicist and astronomer Freeman J....

Report urges South Korea to rethink defense export strategy amid China’s AI arms push
As China accelerates the integration of artificial intelligence, drones and robotics into its military systems, South Korea must rethink its arms export strategy to maintain global competitiveness, a state-run think tank said Wednesday. In a...

Big; bigger; biggest: IN Groupe CEO plots course with more digital ID tools
The completed acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity by IN Groupe earlier this month is the latest in a series of transactions that have consolidated the upper echelon of companies developing biometrics and digital identity technologies. Toppan...

One prediction for each Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final
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The choice of sperm is 'entirely up to the egg' — so why does the myth of 'racing sperm' persist?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Ideas about how the female body works are sometimes warped by societal ideas of gender, despite what science has to say. . | Credit: Kristijan...

The Lionesses are through to the quarter finals of the Women’s Euros 2025 – shop the best England merch
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Sweden Joins Science Coalition to Boost Ukraine’s Research and Innovation
On July 11, during the Ukraine Recovery Conference held in Rome, a new initiative was announced – the Coalition for Science, Research, and Innovation in Ukraine. Sweden became one of the co-founders of this coalition, as reported on the official...

Swedish Researchers Link Low-Fiber Diets to Surge in Dangerous Heart Plaque Formation
A large-scale study from Lund University found that red meat-heavy, low-fiber diets increase the risk of life-threatening arterial plaques by 67 percent. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom A new study out of Sweden has identified a powerful correlation...

Sweden launches a new initiative to support Ukraine
At the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome, investment firm MITS Capital announced a $3.74 million investment in Tencore, a Ukrainian developer of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), including its flagship robotic platform, TerMIT. This marks...