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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
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Lana Del Rey's recent feud with Ethel Cain is the latest in a string of controversies, including conflicts with other famous women. Read more ›
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A former Trump Justice Department appointee blasted some of his ex-colleagues in a speech Monday, saying they “perverted justice and acted inconsistent with the rule of law” — and he named names. Roger Alford was a top appointee in the DOJ’s antitrust division in both President Donald Trump’s first and second terms. He and his […] Read more ›
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What better way to celebrate America's workers than with a fake picture of one? Read more ›
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Because the Pixel 10 launch and release of Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 clearly weren't enough. Read more ›
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Have you ever complained about a decision made by Captain Janeway during the events of 'Star Trek: Voyager' online? You might be entitled to playing 'Across the Unknown' and seeing if you could do better yourself. Read more ›
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The last time I wrote a full review of a Dawn of War game I started throwing around terms like "a prima facie truth". Admittedly I was trying to be ironic - it was about how fun it is to smash big mechs into each other! - but also admittedly, there is something about this series that just makes me get a bit over-excited. The original Dawn of War, which... Read more ›
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Kennedy accused the American Academy of Pediatrics of working for Big Pharma, even as he himself has profited from attacking vaccines. Read more ›
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Just print this form and bring it to the gym when you should be at work. Read more ›
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Last week, two young liberals asked for help finding a job in the ideas industry. And I didn’t have a great answer. It made sense that they were asking: We were at a conference for liberals, dedicated to building a version of the doctrine that works in the 21st century. They were interested in studying […] Read more ›
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The new site will provide 1.4 gigawatts of compute power, enough to power millions of homes. Read more ›
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Every episode of Bella Freud’s video podcast begins the same way: A doorbell rings, and she welcomes a guest—ranging from supermodel Kate Moss to designer Christian Louboutin—to lay down on a couch in her London home. A camera attached to the couch captures a flattering angle of the person’s face from above. The setup is a tongue-and-cheek nod to Freud’s family history. The 64-year-old fashion designer is the great granddaughter... Read more ›
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The team working on the next BioShock game is losing a third of its staff. According to Bloomberg, Take-Two is laying off more than 80 people at Cloud Chamber, which has been working on a new BioShock title, and the game has been delayed from a planned launch in late 2026 or early 2027. The […] Read more ›
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Customs and Border Protection agents searched nearly 15,000 devices from April through June of this year, a nearly 17 percent spike over the previous three-month high in 2022. Read more ›
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More than 60 percent of US drug facilities are in areas with weather disasters. Read more ›
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Get the best espresso machine you can get for your home and make high-quality brew for your mornings at home. Read more ›
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At Google's 2025 announcement event, the company made several digs at apple, from "walled gardens" to the "tired" text bubble color debate. Read more ›
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PlayStation, owned by Sony, announced it will raise the price of PS5 consoles for US consumers starting August 21. Read more ›
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It's the first confirmed case of the plague—the same disease that wiped out millions in the 14th century—in the region since 2020. Read more ›
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SpaceX is pushing back on state funding allotments in Louisiana and Virginia, as the Trump administration revises BEAD priorities. Read more ›
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With the launch of the Pixel 10 smartphones, Google announced new AI functionality that's coming to its Google Photos app and service. Users will be able to describe the edits that they want to make with text or voice in the Google Photos editing interface, and the changes will appear. Google says there will be no need to select tools or adjust sliders, with complex edits enabled through conversational AI.... Read more ›
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UK-based SugaROx raises additional funding to accelerate the development of its plant-enhancing product. The company leverages scientific research to improve crop growth, resilience, and sustainability. UK-based SugaROx has raised £1M (nearly €1.15M) in a seed round extension. The company is developing biostimulants designed to enhance plant metabolism and support food production through sustainable practices. The ... Read more Read more ›
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We spoke with CEO Juho Uzkurt Kaljunen to explore how NPHarvest’s name reflects its mission to recover nutrients from wastewater for sustainable agriculture. Despite growing fertiliser demand and mounting EU tariffs on Russian imports, nutrient sourcing in Europe remains heavily dependent on geopolitically risky suppliers. Wastewater treatment plants and biogas facilities still lose vast amounts ... Read more Read more ›
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Bumper has completed a funding round to support its growth plans, introduce new products, and expand into additional markets. Sheffield and London-based Bumper, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) service provider for car repairs and services, has closed its second Series B extension round, raising an additional £8M (nearly €9.30M) in equity funding. In April ... Read more Read more ›
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KPMG has released the global fintech investment trends—Pulse of Fintech report. Here are the key takeaways. The EMEA region was the only major market to grow fintech investment in H1 2025, while the global fintech market experienced a significant dip in investment. The total investment volume in fintech within EMEA rose from €9.4B across 780 ... Read more Read more ›
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BRAVR Technologies has secured funding to further develop its VR-based system aimed at improving mental resilience for use in both defence and civilian contexts. Amsterdam-based BRAVR Technologies has secured €130K in pre-seed funding to develop portable VR-based mental resilience training systems for military and civilian personnel. Founded in 2025, the Dutch startup aims to provide ... Read more Read more ›
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UK’s first AI-native insurance broker closed an oversubscribed funding round from prominent investors to modernise this broken model from scratch. London-based Meshed, an AI-native insurance broker, announced that it has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round of £950K (approximately €1.10M). The funding round was backed by UK-based VC funds Haatch, Aviva via Founders Factory and ... Read more Read more ›
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Archestra has secured funding to advance its platform aimed at enabling secure integration of AI agents with enterprise systems, addressing safety and compliance concerns while supporting productivity gains. London-based Archestra.AI has secured €2.8M in pre-seed funding to develop its platform that enables companies to securely connect AI agents to internal data sources. The oversubscribed round ... Read more Read more ›
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This prominent non-profit foundation from Sweden announces an oversubscribed first close and rebrands as a part of its evolution since 2020. Stockholm-based Norrsken Foundation, a non-profit foundation focused on solving the world’s greatest challenges, has rebranded its accelerator to Norrsken Evolve. Additionally, the firm announced that it has completed an oversubscribed first close of a ... Read more Read more ›
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A 2024-founded Dutch energy tech startup secures funding to build an AI-led platform that lets households store, share, and time-shift locally generated power. Alkmaar, the Netherlands-based WePositive.Energy, an energy tech startup, announced that it has received a convertible loan of €350K from Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland. The Innovation Fund North Holland is an initiative of the Province ... Read more Read more ›
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The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision has launched the News Wisdom Manifesto, the first manifesto in the Netherlands that promotes a collaborative approach to handling news and information. A healthy democracy depends on independent and diverse news. But with social media, AI, growing inequality, and political division, navigating information is harder than ever. News ... Read more Read more ›
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