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Europe’s startup scene has entered troubled waters. Long overshadowed by Silicon Valley and now being chased down by China, the continent is urgently looking for boosts. Increasingly, the search is leading to ecosystems. The ecosystem model creates networks of individuals, organisations, and resources. Their shared expertise and resources can produce a multiplier effect, driving innovation and accelerating growth. A core component of European ecosystems is the EU. While its tech strategy often faces critic
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For the past two years, Donald Trump and the Republican Party could reasonably claim to have broad support for their anti-immigrant agenda. The public wanted less immigration, Trump promised to provide it, and much of the public trusted him to act. But things look a lot different now that he’s actually implementing that agenda. After […] Read more ›
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Democrats want you to know that President Donald Trump definitely might be protecting a cabal of child abusers. Or so the party’s recent messaging suggests. For years, extremely online conservatives have been agitating for the release of the “Epstein Files” — a hypothetical trove of confidential documents that reveal the powerful co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein, […] Read more ›
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China-linked hackers are targeting Taiwan’s chipmakers and U.S. analysts with spear-phishing, Cobalt Strike, and custom malware. At least 15–20 organizations were hit since March, as Beijing seeks semiconductor self-sufficiency amid U.S. export controls. Read more ›
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Julian LeFay - who oversaw multiple Elder Scrolls games as chief engineer at Bethesda, and is often referred to as the 'father' of the series - is stepping back from game development to spend his "remaining time with his family and loved ones" following his cancer diagnosis. Read more Read more ›
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Apple is expected to hold its annual iPhone announcement event during the week of September 8, 2025, with September 9 or 10 emerging as the most likely dates. Like the iPhone 16 series, this year's lineup is expected to include four models – but with a twist. The Plus device is being replaced with an all-new ultra-thin model, while the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are set... Read more ›
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A member of the NCA took advantage of their know-how and access to steal 50 Bitcoins from the Silk Road 2.0 founder. Read more ›
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Machine learning pioneer Hao Zhang, who made billions for Two Sigma, plans to launch Hippocampus Capital Management in early 2026, sources say. Read more ›
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Google's Sameer Samat says that people think about getting a computer science degree as learning to code, but that it's really about much more. Read more ›
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It’s a good time to be a highly in-demand AI engineer. To lure leading researchers away from OpenAI and other competitors, Meta has reportedly offered pay packages totalling more than $100 million. Top AI engineers are now being compensated like football superstars. Few people will ever have to grapple with the question of whether to […] Read more ›
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With Formula One expertise, Bo plans to break 100 miles per hour on its nearly $30,000 Turbo scooter. Read more ›
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Delta Air Lines is leaning into dynamic ticket pricing that uses artificial intelligence to individually determine the highest fee you’d willingly pay for flights, according to comments Fortune spotted in the company’s latest earnings call. Following a limited test of the technology last year, Delta is planning to shift away from static ticket prices entirely […] Read more ›
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Jackson Hole and Park City are the most expensive places to live in Wyoming and Utah. Here's why I'd prefer to move to Park City. Read more ›
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After posting a record $30 billion revenue in Q2 2025, TSMC announced plans to build at least 15 new fabs worldwide. Read more ›
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The show, which has been running for more than three decades, will end in May 2026. Read more ›
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We just got a preview of the likely consequences of the “big, beautiful bill” passed by Republicans in Congress and signed by President Donald Trump: Premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces are on track to increase 15 percent on average next year — a record-setting pace. This comes from a new analysis […] Read more ›
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Printers go neglected throughout their lifecycle, unnecessarily presenting opportunities for cybercriminals. Read more ›
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'Late Show' has been cancelled, the news coming days after Stephen Colbert accused Paramount of bribing President Donald Trump. Read more ›
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Denmark is aiming to stake a bold claim in the global quantum race with plans to build the world’s most powerful quantum computer. Backed by €80mn from EIFO (Denmark’s export and investment fund) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the new initiative — dubbed QuNorth — aims to deploy the Nordic region’s first “Level 2” quantum system. Microsoft and California-based Atom Computing will deliver the system, named Magne, after the mythological... Read more ›
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A giant cargo ship is trapping carbon from its exhaust and turning it into cement for use in onshore construction. The technology, developed by UK startup Seabound, is billed as the world’s first commercial carbon capture system for boats. It’s installed on the UBC Cork, a cement carrier owned by Germany’s Hartmann Group. “These are the systems we intend to scale across hundreds, and eventually thousands, of vessels,” Alisha Frediksson,... Read more ›
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London-based insurtech startup Laka has raised $10.4mn in Series B funding as it eyes profitability at the end of next year. Laka offers “collective” insurance for bikes and e-scooters, pooling claims across a community of riders. Instead of fixed, upfront premiums, customers pay a variable monthly fee based on the total number of claims across the entire user base. The fee is capped at a maximum amount based on the... Read more ›
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Dutch file-sharing service WeTransfer is under fire after users spotted sweeping updates to its terms of service that appeared to let the company train AI models on their uploaded files. The company has now removed the controversial language, but users remain outraged. Here’s what’s going on — and why it matters. What did WeTransfer change? WeTransfer users discovered this week that the service had updated its policy with a clause... Read more ›
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Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. Last week, we looked at the largest investment rounds in the Netherlands, and now we’re honing in on Europe’s budding fusion energy sector. European fusion energy startups raised a record €290mn in the first half of this year as VCs bet big on a technology with the potential to supply virtually limitless clean power. Funding in... Read more ›
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Dutch startup Whisper has emerged from stealth with a cybersecurity platform that promises to detect online threats before they strike. It plans to do this with what it calls a “God Mode” view of the internet. At the heart of Whisper’s approach is a massive, real-time map of global internet infrastructure. The map is built from more than 45 billion data points sourced from 18 different systems, such as domain... Read more ›
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German startup Enerkii has launched an energy-as-a-service model that aims to cut power bills in half for industrial customers — and decarbonise them in the process. The model uses an in-house operating system (OS) to calculate the optimal solar energy configuration for any company in around 15 minutes. Then it provides the hardware stack to set it up — solar panels, battery storage, EV charging, and, soon, heat pumps. Henrik... Read more ›
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“There is no stop the clock. There is no grace period. There is no pause.” So said Thomas Regnier, a spokesman for the European Commission, in response to calls for a pause on the EU’s AI Act. These landmark rules on artificial intelligence will, then, be rolled out according to the timeline specified in the legislation. The EC will ignore calls from 46 CEOs across the continent to halt the... Read more ›
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A bankrupt company’s propulsion system for hypersonic planes is being revived by Invictus, a new European Space Agency (ESA)-backed project aiming to build and fly a hydrogen-powered spaceplane by 2031. The proposed engine for the plane is based on so-called pre-cooler technology, developed over decades by UK aerospace firm Reaction Engines, which went bust in November. Many of Reaction Engines’ top engineers found a new home at British aerospace and... Read more ›
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Norwegian industrial investment firm Aker has announced plans to build an AI “factory” in the Arctic. It’s the latest company heading to the far north to tap into abundant green energy and natural cooling for power-hungry data centres. The facility will be located in the Norwegian coastal town of Narvik, which lies 220km within the Arctic Circle. Aker’s president and CEO, Øyvind Eriksen said that the site already had access... Read more ›
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