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A Belgian physicist is taking home the Nobel Prize in Physics this year. Professor Francis Halzen has been recognized for his foundational work on a space-based observatory that detects ghost particles — neutrinos streaming in from the far reaches of the cosmos. It's a decades-long scientific effort finally getting its due.
Closer to the ground, the Dutch Tax Authority has made a striking call, halting its migration to Microsoft's cloud infrastructure and choosing instead to run its own servers. It's a rare reversal in an era when governments have been moving steadily toward big tech cloud platforms, and it raises real questions about sovereignty, cost, and control over sensitive citizen data.
And in the automotive world, Renault is reaching back into its past to imagine its future. The E-Space Concept, an electric reinvention of the iconic Espace minivan that transformed European family travel in the nineteen eighties, is set to debut at the Paris Motor Show later this month. Technical details remain thin, but the vehicle matches a Honda CR-V in length, signaling a more compact, modern take on the original.
Three very different stories — physics, policy, and the open road. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
