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Germany-based Quantum Systems, an aerial data intelligence company, has raised €160M in new funding. This brings the company’s total funding to €310M. Balderton Capital led the round, which included participation from Hensoldt, Airbus Defence and Space, Bullhound Capital, LP&E AG, and existing investors HV Capital, Project A, Peter Thiel, DTCP, Omnes Capital, Airbus Ventures, Porsche ... Read more
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MSNBC is rebranding to "MS NOW" and is getting a new logo. Employees are chattering about what the rebrand signals for the cable TV network's future. Read more ›
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Apple today released the fourth public betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26, allowing the public to test the updates ahead of their September launch. The fourth public betas come a week after the third public betas, and the updates correspond with the seventh developer betas that were released earlier today. Beta testers that have registered on Apple's website can download the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 updates... Read more ›
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Russian state media footage shows the M113 armored personnel carrier driving into combat in the Zaporizhzhia region. Read more ›
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The Trump administration is considering taking a 10% stake in Intel by converting $10.9B in Chips Act grants into equity, a move that would make the U.S. government Intel’s largest shareholder and mark a major shift in how federal chip funding is deployed. Read more ›
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A WIRED review of a now-deleted Twitter account that used the screen name “Dr. Erwin J. Antoni III” shows it posted conspiratorial content about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and Jeffrey Epstein. Read more ›
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced plans to investigate both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for offering AI chatbots that can claim to be health tools, and potentially misusing data collected from underage users. Paxton says that AI chatbots from either platform "can present themselves as professional therapeutic tools," to the point of lying about their qualifications. That behavior that can leave younger users vulnerable to misleading and inaccurate... Read more ›
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Texas attorney-general joins Senate in investigating Meta’s practices around minors using its technology Read more ›
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Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 19, #800. Read more ›
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We're approaching the iPhone 17 launch, and with less than a month to go, MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera decided to take a look back at his year with the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. The iPhone 16 Pro Max has held up well over the last 11 months, with no major problems with the durability or battery life. Battery health has held... Read more ›
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Apple today provided developers with the seventh betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 for testing purposes, with the updates coming a week after Apple seeded the sixth betas. Registered developers can download the new beta software using the Software Update section of the Settings app. iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 feature Apple's new Liquid Glass design aesthetic, with a focus on translucency and glass-like interface elements. The design extends... Read more ›
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So far the most Meta has to show for it is a glitchy chatbot, a growing chorus of irritated users, and frustrated shareholders who would like to have something show for the billions of dollars spent on the project. Read more ›
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Goodbye MSBNC, and hello “MS NOW.” In an announcement that has triggered widespread befuddlement and mockery, the progressive cable news network is getting rebranded. The new name isn’t meant to call to mind Microsoft or the honorific “Ms.” Instead, in the style of congressional bill-naming, MS NOW is purportedly an acronym for the following mouthful: […] Read more ›
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Apple is expected to delay the launch of its base iPhone 18 model until spring 2027, marking a major shift in the company's long-established release cycle, according to South Korea's ETNews. The report claims that Apple has informed some of its suppliers that the iPhone 18 will not be part of the September 2026 iPhone lineup. Instead, the company will unveil only higher-end models in the fall of that year,... Read more ›
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Starbucks salaried employees, such as store managers, are set to get a 2% raise in 2025 amid the company's turnaround plan. Read more ›
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Oculis has amended its loan facility with BlackRock, increasing potential access to CHF 100M. The company develops therapies for ophthalmic and neuro-ophthalmic diseases. Lausanne-based biopharmaceutical company Oculis has amended its loan facility with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, increasing the facility to allow access of up to CHF 100M (nearly €106.23M). The Swiss company ... 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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A couple of months after the acquisition by US-based IonQ, this UK quantum computing company delivered and installed a full-stack quantum computer on this campus. CL Oxford-based Oxford Ionics, a company specialised in trapped-ion quantum computing, announced that it has delivered and installed a full-stack quantum computer — called Quartet in the UK’s National Quantum ... 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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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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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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Plancraft has secured funding to drive its AI-powered transformation of the construction industry across Europe. This investment will accelerate product innovation and support the company’s growth and expansion. Hamburg-based construction SaaS platform Plancraft has raised €38M in Series B funding led by global venture capital firm Headline. The round, which brings the company’s total funding ... Read more Read more ›
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A Swiss biotech company working on engineering novel antibody therapeutics in allergy, inflammation and neurology, raises funding. Zurich-based Mabylon AG, a biotech company, has raised a total of CHF 30M (approximately €32M) in the form of both equity investment and convertible loan from existing private investors, with the major investment coming from former management and ... Read more Read more ›
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The Aarhus University Research Foundation join hands with these local firms to drive growth in the startup ecosystem across these regions. The Aarhus University Research Foundation announced that it has joined forces with HEARTLAND, Norlys, and the Salling Group to drive growth in the startup ecosystem across East and Central Jutland. As a part of ... Read more Read more ›
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This Dutch company, specialised in renewable and circular polymer materials, reached a conditional agreement with its Lenders to extend and amend its existing Senior Debt Financing Agreement. Amsterdam-based Avantium, a company specialising in sustainable chemistry technologies, announced a conditional agreement with its lenders — ABN AMRO, ASN, ING, Invest-NL, and Rabobank to extend and amend ... Read more Read more ›
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