Former WeTransfer Co-Founder Launches Boomerang As A Streamlined File Transfer Alternative

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

December 29, 2025

Simplifying a Complex Landscape

Recently, Nalden, co-founder of the renowned file transfer service WeTransfer, has openly criticized the company’s trajectory under its new ownership. Following its acquisition by Bending Spoon last year, WeTransfer has undergone significant changes that, according to Nalden, compromise its original spirit of simplicity and user-centric design.

Concerns Over Product Updates and Strategy

In interviews with TechCrunch, Nalden expressed his discontent regarding recent updates that, in his view, have deteriorated the platform’s quality. He lamented the company’s focus on strategies driven by private equity mentality rather than genuine user experience. Even as the service underwent a marked structural change—most notably a confusing overhaul of its transfer link experience and a drastic reduction of 75% of its staff—concerns grew over measures such as using users’ content to train AI models, a move that forced the company to revise its terms amid backlash.

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Introducing Boomerang: A Minimalistic Alternative

Motivated by the mounting frustrations from both users and creatives, Nalden embarked on a new venture. Disenchanted by the complexities introduced by larger tech companies, he developed Boomerang—a file transfer service designed around the principles of simplicity and ease of use. With Boomerang, transferring files becomes straightforward: no registration, no email verification, just a hassle-free experience.

Feature Breakdown and Pricing Strategy

Boomerang offers multiple tiers to suit various user needs. For casual users, the non-login experience provides 1GB of total space and the ability to upload files up to 1GB with a seven-day expiration. A free account increases these limits to 3GB of total space and a 3GB file upload limit, while also enabling access to upload history and personalization options such as custom emojis. For power users, a paid subscription at €6.99 per month offers a robust package comprising 200GB per space, 500GB of total storage, a 5GB per file limit, enhanced customizability with password protection, custom covers, and extended file expiry up to 90 days.

A Commitment To User Experience

Nalden’s vision with Boomerang is clear: to deliver a tool that works seamlessly for its users without growing convoluted. “It’s like buying a hammer,” he explained. “You don’t necessarily need a fancy one, just one that works.” The design ethos intentionally eschews the extraneous layers commonly seen in modern apps—prioritizing functionality and minimal data collection over feature bloat and advertising complexities. Although artificial intelligence plays a role in the backend development of the product, Boomerang deliberately refrains from integrating AI into the user-facing experience.

Looking Ahead

While Boomerang is currently available on the web, plans are underway to launch a dedicated Mac application. In a market saturated with overly complex digital tools, Nalden’s approach represents a return to simplicity—a refreshing reminder that sometimes effectiveness lies in a stripped-down, user-first design philosophy.

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Women Make Up A Majority Of The EU’s Science And Technology Workforce But The Real Gap Is Elsewhere

by News Editor

June 25, 2026

Women now make up the majority of the EU’s science and technology workforce. According to Eurostat, in 2025, more than 81.6 million people aged 15 to 74 were employed in science and technology occupations across the EU. Of those, 52.5% were women, equal to 42.8 million women. The number of women in these occupations rose by 27.9% compared with 2015, an increase of more than 9.3 million over a decade.

On the surface, the numbers resemble progress. However, Eurostat’s category requires context before that figure can be read accurately. The data refers to HRST, or Human Resources in Science and Technology, specifically people employed in science and technology occupations. These are roles where the main tasks require professional or technical knowledge in physical and life sciences, but also in social sciences and humanities. That definition is wider and broader than engineering, ICT, laboratory science, or high-tech research alone.

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Zooming In

The gender picture changes once the data moves from a wider definition of the workforce to the narrower scientist-and-engineer (research and manufacturing) subgroup.

Scientists and engineers represented almost a quarter of all people employed in science and technology in the EU in 2025. Eurostat describes scientists and engineers as often being the innovators at the centre of technology-led development, making them an important subgroup to focus on separately.

Women accounted for only 40.8% of scientists and engineers in 2025, despite making up more than half of the wider category. That share has increased by a mere 0.5 percentage points over the past decade. The absolute number of women working as scientists and engineers rose from 5.3 million in 2015 to 8.2 million in 2025, despite the push from national and international organisations to increase the number of women in the field. Europe has expanded the number of women in science and technology occupations over ten years. However, that expansion has not extended equally into the scientist-and-engineer subgroup, where much of Europe’s research and innovation work is conducted.

In 2025, of the 39.4 million women aged 25 to 64 working in science and technology occupations in the EU, 35.5 million worked in service activities. Only 2.7 million worked in manufacturing. Women accounted for 57.5% of science and technology employment in services, but only 31.3% in manufacturing.

In 2025, the highest shares of women employed in science and technology occupations were recorded in Latvia at 62.4%, followed by Hungary’s Great Plain and North region at 61.1%, Estonia at 60.5%, Poland’s Central macroregion at 60.4%, and Lithuania at 60.3%. No EU country recorded a majority of women among science and technology workers in manufacturing.

Break-down

Eurostat’s figures measure employment in broad science and technology occupations. They do not show job security, pay levels, management roles, promotion rates, research leadership, or whether women are concentrated in junior or senior workplace positions.

The classification of “senior” also requires additional explanation. Eurostat reports that 45.9% of science and technology workers aged 25 to 64 in the EU were classified as “senior” HRST in 2025. In this dataset, “senior” refers to workers aged 45 to 64. It does not mean senior manager, senior researcher, team lead, or decision-maker.

A high female share in the wider Human Resource Science and Technology (HRST) category does not parallel equal representation across scientists, engineers, manufacturing roles, senior posts, pay, research funding, or decision-making. These figures also reflect the occupational mix inside each country or region, not only structural progress across all areas of science and technology.

The Case Of Cyprus

Eurostat data places Cyprus’s overall science and technology employment at 37.2% of the labour force in 2025, slightly above the EU-27 figure of 36.9%, and above Greece at 26.8%, Malta at 33.9%, and Turkey at 18.2%. This figure covers the total share of the labour force employed in science and technology across all genders.

Progress Or Work-in-Progress?

52.5% in the broad category. 40.8% among scientists and engineers. 31.3% in manufacturing. Europe’s gender gap in science and technology hasn’t closed yet, and there is still work to be done to encourage and support more women to enter the field, especially in research and manufacturing.

Let’s not wait another decade for another couple of percentage points of hope.

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