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The Partnership for Research into Sentient Machines (PRISM), the world’s first non-profit organisation dedicated to investigating and understanding sentient machines, announces its launches today. As AI agents become more common and the idea of superintelligent AI gets closer, PRISM aims to create a global coalition to understand consciousness in AI. This coalition includes partners from ... Read more
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Save 31% on the Marshall Motif II earbuds with active noise cancellation for a limited time. Read more ›
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The currency of Taiwan, the 'silicon island,' has appreciated over 10% vs the USD in the space of just a few days, raising concerns about further price rises coming to U.S. consumers. Read more ›
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Trump said the US's film industry is "dying a very fast death" because productions are shifting out of the country. Read more ›
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Macer Gifford said he was "shocked" by the Russian army's brutality in Ukraine, and said that his unit agreed that no member would be taken alive. Read more ›
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Cities from New York to Houston are sinking into the ground little by little, putting an estimated $109 billion of property at risk of flooding. Read more ›
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Apple is actively testing under-display Face ID system on a prototype iPhone 18 Pro model with a single hole-punch camera in its display, claimed a Chinese leaker on Monday. According to the Weibo-based account Digital Chat Station, Apple is testing under-display 3D facial recognition for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max models, which are expected to launch next year. Digital Chat Station has sources in the Apple... Read more ›
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You don't have to spend an arm and a leg on an Apple Watch Ultra smartwatch to be meticulous about your fitness journey. Read more ›
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JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty said selling off the company’s venture capital arm would allow it to “focus on our core operations.” -Meghna Maharishi Read more ›
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Trump resumed involuntary collections on defaulted student loans. Borrowers who don't make payments could have some of their federal benefits seized. Read more ›
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Read more ›
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The immediate costs of President Donald Trump’s trade war are fairly clear. Prices for imported goods are rising while economic growth is slowing. Manufacturers are slashing orders, small businesses with Chinese suppliers are on the brink of insolvency, interest rates are rising, Americans’ retirement savings are bleeding value, and consumers are losing confidence. The severity […] Read more ›
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Vadim Fedotov, the CEO of supplement company Bioniq, used visualization when playing college basketball. He said it also helped him start his company. Read more ›
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He said Bezos was a "very nice guy," and they had a relationship. Read more ›
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Shut down by Microsoft, the beloved video chat app is leaving behind a very different world than the one it gave birth to. Read more ›
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Career coach Em Rezkalla advises that being "professionally mean" — assertive, direct, and opinionated — can help you get ahead at work. Read more ›
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Reddit's CEO said employees had a tendency to put big-picture idealism over business. Read more ›
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Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley was once synonymous with America’s industrial might. The region was known for its booming manufacturing economy anchored by companies like Mack Trucks and Bethlehem Steel, the latter of which employed over 30,000 workers at its peak in the 1950s. But manufacturing began to struggle in the 1970s and collapsed by the turn […] Read more ›
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I live like a retiree in my 40s after quitting my job. Working as a freelancer, I make as much as I did in my full-time job but I work less. Read more ›
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In a development that can only be seen as positive, non-consensual deepfake porn site Mr. Deepfakes has shut down for good, reports 404 Media. This news comes due to the site losing one of its service providers. "A critical service provider has terminated service permanently. Data loss has made it impossible to continue operation," a notice on the site reads. "We will not be relaunching. Any website claiming this is... Read more ›
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Kohl's said it had fired its still-new CEO "for cause." Boards are more likely to ditch corporate euphemisms when they believe an issue is serious. Read more ›
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Groningen-based Let’s Get Digital, a Dutch company maximising the value of events, has joined the Rotterdam’s Spotler Group. This step expands the Group’s position in the events sector, including trade fairs and online events. Let’s Get Digital will contribute to the Group’s goal of offering a complete solution that connects marketing and event technology. Through ... Read more Read more ›
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Ghent-based Azalea Vision, a health tech company, announced the first closing of its €15M Series A funding round. The company has raised €9M to conduct its First-in-Human (FIH) pilot clinical trial, a step in proving the safety and effectiveness of its eye care technology. The company aims to get approval from the U.S. Food and ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam is reinforcing its status as a major startup hub in Europe, home to around 1,219 startups—nearly 45 per cent of the Netherlands’ total. While the city experienced a slight dip in the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Index, it continues to attract talent and investment. In April 2025, several Amsterdam-based startups secured new funding rounds, ... Read more Read more ›
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Eindhoven-based Astrape Networks, a Dutch deeptech startup focused on improving short-distance data network performance, has completed a €7.9M seed round. This includes a €2.5M grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC). The round was co-led by PhotonVentures, Join Capital, and Brabant Development Agency (BOM), with participation from Shift Invest, an impact-driven Dutch VC. Ewit Roos, ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Invest-NL, a Dutch impact investor focused on driving innovation in the Netherlands, has announced the appointment of Peter Molengraaf as the new Chairman of its Supervisory Board, effective May 1, 2025. He takes over from Jan Nooitgedagt, who had served in the role since the organisation’s inception in 2020. Molengraaf has been a member ... Read more Read more ›
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Managing IT assets and services is no longer just a behind-the-scenes job. Many organisations struggle to track IT assets like laptops, servers, and software licenses, often relying on outdated spreadsheets or rigid systems. All of this leads to unnecessary spending, underused resources, and delayed decision-making. IT support and maintenance suffer from similar inefficiencies, with teams ... Read more Read more ›
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Netherlands-based Ebusco, a motor vehicle manufacturing company, has published its results for the year 2024. In what the company has described as a “year of transition,” Ebusco made a significant pivot in its production strategy — shifting away from in-house manufacturing to an outsourced model under the Original Equipment Design (OED) approach. Christian Schreyer, CEO ... Read more Read more ›
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AI is advancing fast! The rise of generative AI has made it alarmingly easy for bad actors to create believable fake identities and forged documents. What used to require expert skills can now be done with just a simple prompt. Enhanced fraud detection To combat this growing threat, Groningen-based Klippa announced the launch of its enhanced ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based bunq, an AI-powered neobank, announced the launch of bunq Crypto as part of the bunq Update 28 event in Amsterdam. Now, users in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, and Belgium can invest in crypto directly from the bunq app. The Dutch neobank plans to gradually expand bunq Crypto to the rest of the ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based Chipiron, a deeptech company on a mission to end cancer through scalable MRI technologies, has secured $17M (nearly €14.94M) in a Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Blast, with participation from the EIC Fund and iXcore, and support from France2030 (SGI), the EIC Accelerator (European Commission), and Bpifrance. Since its ... Read more Read more ›
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