December 2021

In 2022, European technology leaders can expect less volatility than in 2021 – not a high bar to clear – but it won’t be smooth sailing. Brexit’s impact will become clear as Covid-19 recedes, and regulators will draft new rules to protect Europeans as they work from home.

If Sesame Street still ran its Word of the Day segment, today’s word—and yesterday’s…and the day’s before—would be “metaverse.”

But what does that word actually mean? Well, not all metaverse visions are created equal. Meta sees a virtual-reality metaverse used by businesses and consumers alike, while companies like Niantic swear by augmented reality. Meanwhile, Linden Lab’s Second Life, which lets players create virtual avatars and literally live a second life in-game, has been chugging along happily on the PC since 2003.

As we’ve reported on a near-monthly basis this year, global venture funding is off the walls in 2021. The total amount invested this year is nearing $600 billion, per Crunchbase, compared to $335 billion in all of last year.

The year 2021 is closing with a biotech investment rush as Eir Ventures, Apollo Health Ventures, and Merck’s venture capital arm M Ventures raise impressive funds to speed up life sciences innovation.

Eye drops that could potentially replace reading glasses for millions of people were approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October, and hit the market this week.

from microrobots interacting with human cells to wearable skeletons which let you sustain enormous amount of weight. throughout the year we reported on a number of technological inventions which affected any field of our life; we have seen how an AI-powered android is trying to cope with japan’s labor shortage, or how an underwater autonomous vehicle is facilitating deepsea mining.

The Algae2Fish project is a spin-out from the University of Lisbon’s Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, with funding from the Good Food Institute, which wants to accelerate alternative protein innovation.

Team Vitality unveiled their 2022 roster Wednesday featuring three new additions, headlined by eight-time League of Legends European Championship (LEC) winner and 2019 World Championship finalist Luka “Perkz” Perkovic of Croatia.

Steve Jobs once said that the biggest innovations in the 21st century would be at the intersection of biology and technology. It’s no coincidence that as we go into 2022, biotechnology is the focus of many of Jobs’ fellow 20th-century tech visionaries, including Bill Gates and Paul Allen. As with all areas of technology, the global pandemic has accelerated both the development and adoption of biotech, with the hope that it will lead to new solutions for major global challenges, including illness, food shortages, and damage to the environment.

Киберспортивная организация Team Vitality представила обновленный ростер по League of Legends для участия в LEC в 2022 году. Трейлер состава опубликован на официальном канале клуба на YouTube.