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Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland (INH) announced that it has invested in three Amsterdam-based startups, including Phosphoenix BV, a medtech startup, Amplio Pharma, a company developing improved versions of “already great” drugs, and Parkinnova Therapeutics, which is developing new therapy for Parkinson’s disease. INH is a joint initiative of the Province of Noord-Holland, University of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, ... Read more
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Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration Read more ›
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It may have been decades since you last heard the crunching screeches of connecting with dial-up Internet, but AOL said it will discontinue its dial-up service on September 30, officially marking the end of an era in Internet history. As first spotted by PC Gamer, AOL made the surprising announcement in a post buried in its AOL Help pages. Along with the dial-up service, AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield... Read more ›
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Joshua Webley and his wife got married this month. Most of his guests at the wedding were friends he met through the Expats Club in Kuala Lumpur. Read more ›
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Apple is testing a revamped version of Siri with select third-party apps, including Uber, AllTrails, Threads, Temu, Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, and a few games, according to the latest word from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple also continues to test the new Siri with its own apps, he said. Apple's own example was an iPhone user asking Siri about their mother's flight and lunch reservation plans based on info retrieved from... Read more ›
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Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly dismissed a RISC-V code contribution from a Google engineer as 'garbage.' Read more ›
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Microsoft has "assured players that Turn 10 and Playground Games will continue to support Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon 5". Read more Read more ›
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After disastrous sales and crashing resale values, the cheapest version of Tesla's sci-fi pickup suddenly has a multi-week wait time. Is this the start of a comeback or just a last-gasp buying frenzy? Read more ›
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Imagine this. Lightning sparks a wildfire, but "within seconds, a satellite dish swirling overhead picks up on the anomaly and triggers an alarm," writes the Los Angeles Times. "An autonomous helicopter takes flight and zooms toward the fire, using sensors to locate the blaze and AI to generate a plan of attack. It measures the wind speed and fire movement, communicating constantly with the unmanned helicopter behind it, and the... Read more ›
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It was long rumored that Apple would release the first MacBook Pro models with OLED displays next year, but that timeframe is a little less certain now. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said he expects the MacBook Pro to gain an OLED display "between the end of 2026 and early 2027." Compared to current MacBook Pro models with LCD screens, benefits of OLED technology would include... Read more ›
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Hopefully 'Avengers: Doomsday' does like 'X-Men '97' and lets Cyclops be cool and right when he's on screen. Read more ›
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A social media account linked to China state media says that users should avoid Nvidia chips. Read more ›
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"What happens when cybercriminals stop thinking small and start thinking like a Fortune 500 company?" asks a blog post from Koi Security. "You get GreedyBear, the attack group that just redefined industrial-scale crypto theft." "150 weaponized Firefox extensions [impersonating popular cryptocurrency wallets like MetaMask and TronLink]. Nearly 500 malicious executables. Dozens of phishing websites. One coordinated attack infrastructure. According to user reports, over $1 million stolen." They upload 5-7 i Read more ›
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AI is already powerful enough to replace millions of jobs. The only thing stopping the mass layoffs isn't technology. It's that no CEO wants to be the first one to face the political firestorm. Read more ›
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Every charge cycle takes a tiny toll on your iPhone's battery health. Here's how regular use slowly wears it down over the years. Read more ›
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"It sounds like science fiction: a spacecraft, no heavier than a paperclip, propelled by a laser beam," writes this report from ScienceDaily, "and hurtling through space at the speed of light toward a black hole, on a mission to probe the very fabric of space and time and test the laws of physics." "But to astrophysicist and black hole expert Cosimo Bambi, the idea is not so far-fetched." Reporting in... Read more ›
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Mo Gawdat thinks the next 12-15 years will be dark, not because of robots but because of our own “stupidity.” Read more ›
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"You can learn from everywhere, but you have to do it from scratch," ChatGPT's Nick Turley said. "That trait tends to make someone effective at OpenAI." Read more ›
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If you've been wondering just how Battlefield 6's Secure Boot requirement and anti-cheat system Javelin have been holding up during Battlefield 6's gargantuan open beta test, AC from EA's Anti-Cheat team has revealed that during the Open Beta alone, Javelin has blocked over 300,000 attempted cheat efforts and reviewed 100K+ potential cheaters. Read more Read more ›
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Natalie built the schematics and circuit herself, but ordered the clear PCB from a third-party supplier. Read more ›
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The challenge is not just to build better AI tools, but to ask harder questions about where they are taking us. Read more ›
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Luxembourg-based Banking Circle, a technology-led payments bank, has completed its acquisition of Australian Settlements Limited (ASL), a licensed Authorised Deposit Taking Institution (ADI) in Australia. The agreement was signed in December 2024. The acquisition brings together ASL’s ADI licence and domestic banking, payments, and settlement operations with Banking Circle’s cross-border payments and infrastructure network. The ... Read more Read more ›
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Edinburgh-based Approov, a company specialised in mobile app and API security, has raised £5M (approximately €5.7M) in a Series A funding round led by the Investment Fund for Scotland managed by Maven Capital Partners. Operated by the British Business Bank, the Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) provides a mix of debt and equity funding. IFS ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris-based AXA, a global insurance and financial services company, has announced an agreement to acquire Milan’s Prima, a direct insurance company in Italy with recorded premiums of €1.2B in 2024. Founded in 2015, Prima has gained a significant share in the retail motor insurance segment in Italy, holding around 10 per cent of the market. ... Read more Read more ›
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Zoetermeer, the Netherlands-based Decubate, a crypto launchpad and crowdfunding platform for web3 projects, announced that it has received a MICAR license. This official recognition allows Decubate to offer regulated crypto services throughout the European Union. With the new European MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) regulations in place, a license is now required for anyone wishing to ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based BUX, a neo-brokerage platform, has announced the launch of BUX Prime Investment Plans. These plans feature J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s active ETFs in pre-built multi-asset portfolios designed to make active management accessible and affordable. The announcement comes a couple of weeks after UpToMore, The Hague-based fintech company, announced the launch of an investment app ... Read more Read more ›
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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that it has chosen Australian dual-use technology company Castlepoint Systems to safeguard sensitive information using artificial intelligence. Known for its Explainable AI technology, Castlepoint offers an automated, real-time approach to data control that aims to dramatically reduce the risk of human error, especially when handling classified or sensitive ... Read more Read more ›
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Qbeast, a spin-off of the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, created to solve the toughest trade-offs in lakehouse technology, has secured $7.6M (nearly €6.57M) in seed funding to enhance its data optimisation platform. The funding round was led by Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia Capital India), with additional participation from HWK Tech Investment and Elaia Partners. Qbeast ... Read more Read more ›
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UK-founded Tracelight, an AI company making financial models easier to build and trust, has raised $3.6M (approximately €3M) in seed funding led by Chalfen Ventures. Chalfen Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs software startups aiming to grow & dominate new and often unusual markets. Mike Chalfen, Solo VC at Chalfen Ventures, says, ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Watergate, a water tech company dedicated to combating water leaks and promoting conservation, has raised £735,687 (approximately €848,504) through crowdfunding from more than 400 investors. This marks the largest-ever water-tech crowdfunding campaign on Republic Europe. This funding is part of a £2M (approximately €2.3M) Pre-Series A round that is almost finished and involves several ... Read more Read more ›
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Deutsche WertpapierService Bank (dwpbank) announced that it has reached an agreement with Berlin-based Fintech lemon.markets for its acquisition. This acquisition will allow dwpbank to improve its full-custody services by adding a Brokerage-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution. The dwpbank Group will use a two-brand strategy in the market. Both companies will stay independent but will work together closely ... Read more Read more ›
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