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Main Capital Partners, a software investor in the Benelux, DACH, the Nordics, and the United States, announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Norwegian fintech firm Aritma. This Main Foundation II investment further strengthens Main’s presence in the Nordic enterprise software landscape. This partnership will support Aritma’s continued expansion of its product suite, ... Read more
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If success could be measured by numbers, Battlefield 6 would invent new math. The game, which is in its open beta right now, has just crossed the 500,000 player count on Steam, beating not only every other Battlefield before it, but also every COD title ever. Read more ›
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"Linus Torvalds has used his authority to reject the RISC-V architecture changes for the Linux 6.17 kernel," reports Phoronix: Only on Friday were the RISC-V code updates submitted for the Linux 6.17 merge window. The Linux 6.17 merge window is expected to wrap up on Sunday with the Linux 6.17-rc1 release... [T]his pull request has been rejected by Linus Torvalds for Linux 6.17 on the basis of being late in... Read more ›
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The world’s richest man is using his new AI art tool to pump out sexualized images of women, leaning hard into the fantasies of his most devoted male followers. Read more ›
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Once hyped as the indestructible truck of the future, the sci-fi pickup is now leading a massive plunge in used Tesla values as the company grapples with the fallout from its CEO's politics. Read more ›
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Newegg is offering Seagate's legendary BarraCuda hard drive in its 24TB variant for only $250 right now, that amounts to a cent per gigabyte. These are great savings for a NAS-ready, 7200 RPM hard drive that use the fat better CMR tech instead of the archaic SMR method. Read more ›
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With GPT-5, OpenAI addresses the question: What's the point of a model being so intelligent if humans don't understand how to use it? Read more ›
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Another victim has been scammed out of an RTX 5090 from Amazon's French location. Despite buying an RTX 5090 from an Amazon-hosted listing, the buyer received a card with a missing GPU core and missing memory modules. Read more ›
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Disney's largest cruise ship yet, Disney Adventure, will sail from Singapore this December. CEO Bob Iger described the ship as a floating ambassador. Read more ›
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Angelenos have access to several major ISPs, but the best option will depend on what area of the city you live in. Read more ›
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macOS Tahoe includes 15 new aerial screen savers for the Mac, each panning over natural landscapes around the world. The new screen saver options were highlighted by Dylan McDonald, and we have provided still previews of all of them below. The new screen savers can also be set as wallpapers. To browse through all screen savers on macOS Tahoe, open the System Settings app, click Wallpaper, and click the "Screen... Read more ›
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The fifth tvOS 26 beta changed several "HomeKit" references to "Apple Home" in the Settings app on all Apple TV models compatible with the update. For example, Israeli website The Verifier reported that the "AirPlay and HomeKit" menu on the Apple TV is now labeled "AirPlay and Apple Home." MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris spotted other examples, such as the one below. Before:Your Apple TV won't connect with iCloud and HomeKit... Read more ›
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I didn't know how to change a flat tire and it was getting dark. A stranger stopped to help me and left before I could thank me. It changed my life. Read more ›
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Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons. Read more ›
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Sandisk’s 256TB SSD prioritizes density and power safety over speed, with no SLC cache and unverified performance claims creating uncertainty about its real-world effectiveness. Read more ›
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Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 by October 2025, but someone is suing the company to stop it from doing so. Read more ›
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A professional trapper had one question about the wild pig he'd found in California. Why was its flesh blue? The Los Angeles Tiems explains: [California's Department of Fish and Wildlife] is now warning trappers and hunters to keep an eye out for possibly contaminated wildlife in the area, and not to consume the tainted meat, over concerns the blue meat is a sign that the animal may have consumed poison....... Read more ›
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The PC, which was rescued from a dumpster, has an Intel Core i5-6600 CPU and an AMD Radeon R9 380 GPU. Read more ›
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After a five-year legal battle, the SEC has dropped its appeal against Ripple. The outcome is a huge blow to the regulator's playbook and a massive win for the crypto industry's legitimacy. Read more ›
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WindBorne Systems is one of several companies launching balloons, drones, buoys, and other devices to provide critical data to the beleaguered agency’s National Weather Service, but they can’t fill all the gaps. 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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