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On Friday, Amsterdam-based Fastned, the fast-charging company, announced that it has completed its most successful bond issue to date, with over €36.5M raised in the company’s first tranche of 2025. This tranche is the 17th in Fastned’s bond programme. Of this latest issue, more than €20M comes from new investments, while over €16M came from ... Read more
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Judge Carl Nichols in a Friday ruling allowed President Donald Trump's staff reductions in the US Agency for International Development to proceed. Read more ›
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Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, xAI, says it’s investigating why its Grok AI chatbot suggested that both President Donald Trump and Musk deserve the death penalty. xAI has already patched the issue and Grok will no longer give suggestions for who it thinks should receive capital punishment. People were able to get Grok to say that […] Read more ›
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Nvidia and research partners introduce Evo 2. Evo 2 can identify disease-causing mutations and assist in synthetic genome design. Nvidia and its research partners have developed an artificial intelligence model designed to analyse genetic sequences at an unprecedented scale. Announced on February 19, the Evo 2 AI is built to read and design genetic code... Read more » Read more ›
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Trump removed the military's top officer without explanation as the defense secretary purged the Pentagon's top ranks of five uniformed leaders. Read more ›
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Experts say the conflicts posed by Tom Krause’s dual roles are unprecedented in the modern era. Read more ›
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Letâs pause and look at what the Elon Musk administration has done so far. Thereâs been a lot of panic about the immediate but somewhat abstract constitutional crisis as Elon Muskâs misleadingly-named Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) rips the government apart. And as much fun as we all are having watching Congress render itself irrelevant […] Read more ›
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Meta has offered up a lucrative new executive bonus plan, according to a company filing released Thursday. Under the new plan, executives could earn a yearly bonus of 200 percent of their base salary, which is up from 75 percent. This comes just after Meta announced sweeping layoffs impacting five percent of its workforce. A committee for Meta’s board of directors approved the change on February 13, on the grounds... Read more ›
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The cybersecurity lead for VA.gov was fired last week. He tells WIRED that the Veterans Affairs digital hub will be more vulnerable without someone in his role. Read more ›
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The more than 8,000 charging ports available to federal workers are "not mission critical," says the Government Services Agency. Read more ›
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Trump and Musk keep talking up the idea of sending checks to Americans. But GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, keep batting it down. Read more ›
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California Governor Gavin Newsom this week recommended former Apple CEO Steve Jobs for the $1 American Innovation Coin for the State of California that will be minted by the U.S. Mint. Each state is able to create a unique coin recognizing an innovation or innovator from their region as part of the Innovation Coin Program that was launched in 2018. Newsom said that Steve Jobs "encapsulates the unique brand of... Read more ›
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Kelly Ortberg, the CEO of Boeing, said he is working with the DOGE team to speed up delivery. Read more ›
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It’s true: Nvidia has just confirmed it shipped some RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, and even some RTX 5070 Ti graphics chips that were missing render units, as TechPowerUp originally reported — and that you’ll be able to get a replacement if your card was affected. Nvidia global PR director Ben Berraondo tells The Verge: We […] Read more ›
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Around a dozen current and former federal workers are behind a new website created as an outlet to share anonymous stories and technical expertise about the Department of Government Efficiency’s dismantling of government agencies. “We the Builders” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share how their workplaces are being impacted by […] Read more ›
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President Donald Trump says he wants the US to have the cleanest air and water on the planet — a desire, unsurprisingly, shared by all Americans. Those resources don’t just appear. They come from nature. Freshwater mussels, clams, and aquatic vegetation, for example, filter rivers and streams and provide clean places to swim and habitat for […] Read more ›
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Elon Musk spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, giving a strange and often inarticulate on-stage interview to Newsmax presenter Rob Schmitt. Schmitt was all smiles and enthusiasm, and managed to steer Musk through the half hour, never pausing to look back on the obvious logical inconsistencies, various falsehoods, and mathematical errors […] Read more ›
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Following some apparent outages yesterday, Reddit is dealing with more issues Friday evening. When logged in on my desktop browser, Reddit won’t load at all — I just run into error pages. In an incognito window, the site loads, though it seems to load slower than usual. I was also able to load the site […] Read more ›
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London and San Francisco-based Level Zero Health, a healthtech startup, has secured £5.5M (approximately €6.63M) in pre-seed funding. The company aims to create the world’s largest hormone health dataset to drive advanced insights, research, and personalised care. The funds will support the company in developing DNA-based sensors for remote and continuous hormone monitoring. The investment ... Read more Read more ›
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Cambridgeshire, England-based Pulpex Limited, a sustainable packaging technology company, has secured £62M (approximately €74M) in a Series D investment round led by the National Wealth Fund (NWF) and the Scottish National Investment Bank. The NWF will cornerstone the round by committing £43.5M (approximately €52.5M) in direct equity, with a £10M (approximately €12M) co-investment from the ... Read more Read more ›
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Netherlands-based digital men’s health clinic Fellos announced that it has secured €650K in a pre-seed round of funding, surpassing its initial target in a short time. Fellos is the Netherlands’ first digital clinic specialising in men’s health, providing accessible, high-quality care for those hesitant to visit a GP (general practitioner). The platform connects patients with ... Read more Read more ›
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B2B marketing starts with LinkedIn. It’s where professionals, industry leaders, and decision-makers connect, share insights, and discuss business solutions. If your company wants to reach B2B buyers in 2025, the best way is through your employees- the people they already trust. When employees talk about industry trends, challenges, and the solutions their company offers, their ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Stacks, an AI-powered workspace helping companies close their books quickly and efficiently, has secured a combined $10M (approximately €9.5M) in consecutive funding rounds led by EQT Ventures and General Catalyst. The Dutch company raised $3M (approximately €2.8M) in a pre-seed funding round led by EQT Ventures, followed by a fast-tracked $7M (approximately €6.7M) seed ... Read more Read more ›
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Delft-based MEMSYS, a company developing technologies and applications for self-powered devices, has secured undisclosed pre-seed investment from the Graduate Entrepreneur Fund and a group of angel investors. Dutch-based Graduate Entrepreneur aims to stimulate the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Rotterdam and Delft. Graduate Entrepreneur is an initiative of a group of influential and merited alumni of Erasmus ... Read more Read more ›
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Île-de-France-based FuturMaster, a company specialised in SaaS Supply Chain Planning and Revenue Growth Management, announces the acquisition of PlaniSense, a specialist in scheduling and production planning. Based out of Paris, PlaniSense is a software solution provider for supply chain planning. The company offers four complementary modules for end-to-end planning: Demand Planning, Distribution Planning, Supply Chain ... Read more Read more ›
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On Thursday, Amsterdam-based Transferz, a company specialised in pre-booked ground transportation, announced a new financing facility from ABN AMRO. The company didn’t disclose the exact figures. Transferz is using a new financing facility to support its “Fare = Fair” principle. The Dutch company aims to change travel by offering easy-to-use technology for booking airport transfers. ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based venture capital firm NaturalX Health Ventures has launched a €100M fund to drive the transformation of healthcare in Europe, focusing on consumer-centric health management. The new fund is the first in Europe to focus on the intersection of consumer and healthcare, aiming to support the growth of innovative health solutions for European consumers. NaturalX ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based Cycloid, a company specialised in sustainable platform engineering, has raised €5M in a Series A funding round led by Reflexion Capital, bringing the total funding to €8M. Reflexion Capital invests amounts between €3M and €5M in innovative B2B companies, choosing sustainable growth after having demonstrated the relevance of their offer on the market. Additionally, ... Read more Read more ›
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