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Amsterdam-based FINOM, a digital banking solution for SMEs and entrepreneurs, has raised €92.7M in a growth investment round from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund. This round brings the total funding amount raised to €190M. TechCrunch reports that the capital will be used specifically for accelerating growth and not for operational expenses or product development. The ... Read more
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Education organizations told Sen. Elizabeth Warren that Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education will harm student-loan borrowers. Read more ›
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You may have missed it, but select Apple Watch models are gaining a new Wrist Flick gesture in watchOS 26 that allows users to dismiss notifications and return to their watch face with a simple wrist movement. The gesture works by turning your wrist over and back, using the accelerometer and gyroscope to detect the motion. With the gesture, you can dismiss incoming notifications, mute calls, silence alarms and alerts,... Read more ›
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A record 7,930 US students applied to UK universities for the fall, as President Donald Trump targets elite American colleges. Read more ›
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Slack is using AI to help business users quickly understand confusing company language and concentrate on their most important tasks. The communication platform announced that it will “soon” be adding a feature that explains workplace jargon, and an AI writing assistant for Slack canvases that automates repetitive writing tasks like summarizing conversations and note-taking. The […] Read more ›
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I laughed out loud the first time I saw a folding phone. The contraptions, which debuted when the Samsung Galaxy Fold hit the market in 2019, are smartphones with bendable screens. You can fold them in half and put them in your pocket. That first Galaxy Fold was huge, heavy, cost nearly $2,000, and looked […] Read more ›
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In an industry where 90 percent of drug candidates fail before reaching the market, a handful of startups are betting everything on AI to beat the odds. Read more ›
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In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump said he'd made a deal with Coca-Cola to replace corn syrup with real can sugar in its Coke drinks. Read more ›
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French air traffic controllers went on strike in early July over pay and working conditions, but the government called their demands "unacceptable." Read more ›
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Apple is expected to launch a new foldable iPhone next year, based on multiple rumors and credible sources. The long-awaited device has been rumored for years now, but signs increasingly suggest that 2026 could indeed be the year that Apple releases its first foldable device. Below, we've collated the key details that have been leaked about Apple's foldable iPhone so far. Overall Design Book-Style According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple's... Read more ›
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Google could soon show you much more info when you view more details about a specific message. Read more ›
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Sega has announced its forthcoming Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds release will have the full game on the Switch 2 card, unlike many other third-party titles on Nintendo's new console. Read more Read more ›
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Even Anthem was exciting once. It's easy to forget now EA has sentenced BioWare's multiplayer shooter to the gallows, but there was a moment in time where the gaming world watched the reveal of Anthem with bated breath. What we were seeing wasn't Mass Effect or Dragon Age, these series the studio had clung to for so long, but something brand new. And for a moment, it dazzled. For a... Read more ›
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Analysts expect strong Netflix quarterly earnings, even as growth from its password-sharing clampdown slows. Here's what Wall Street is watching. Read more ›
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Analogue will delay shipments of its long-awaited reimagining of the Nintendo 64, again. Read more ›
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Roblox is introducing a way to let trusted friends chat more freely among themselves, but it will require that they use a new age estimation tool to verify that they’re over 13. The platform is renaming Friends to Connections, and people can only use unfiltered text chat and the Party social feature with a more […] Read more ›
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Meet the 23-year-old investigators tasked with finding Ukraine's missing soldiers. (This story contains graphic descriptions and photos.) Read more ›
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Roblox is joining the growing ranks of online platforms that are trying to better understand the ages of their teen users. The company is rolling out a new "age estimation" feature for teens 13 and older. With the update, teens will be prompted for an age check that requires a video selfie in order to access its new less restrictive chat feature called "trusted connections." Roblox is relying on third-party... Read more ›
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Chris Williams, ex-VP of HR at Microsoft, outlines three industry opportunties for tech workers despite current layoffs and disruptions caused by AI. Read more ›
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The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.” Read more ›
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Texas-based Oracle, a cloud technology company, announced its plans to invest $1B (approximately €855.4M) in the Netherlands over the next five years. This investment will boost Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in the Netherlands by expanding AI capacity in the Oracle Cloud Amsterdam Region. “Organisations in the Netherlands are rapidly embracing AI and new technologies,” says ... Read more Read more ›
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Rotterdam-based Passionfruit, an AI startup that helps food companies tackle ESG, quality, and compliance challenges, has secured a €250,000 investment from Smarter Ventures. Smarter Ventures offers a new approach to venture capital by investing in entrepreneurs who use technology to solve real-world problems. They focus on early-growth software companies, especially in AI and Web3. In ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Figo Mobility, a fintech that simplifies mobility management and travel expenses for employers, secures an investment from Edgar Verschuur, former Global Head of Payments at Adyen. Verschuur joins the Figo team as an investor and will support the company’s next phase of growth as a strategic advisor. With over ten years of experience in ... Read more Read more ›
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Copenhagen-based Ageras, a software platform for accounting, administration, and banking for small businesses, has acquired Amsterdam’s Employes, a payroll software company. This is Ageras’s second acquisition in 2025 and its eighth overall. The company has expanded its operations in several European markets, including through the 2024 acquisition of Shine from Société Générale. With the acquisition ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Altura, an AI-powered bid management startup, has acquired Berlin’s Tendara. Founded in 2024, Tendara built an AI software to help government contractors find, analyse, and win public tenders, gaining customers such as AFRY and Datagroup in Germany. With this deal, Altura looks to expand its operations in Germany and support companies entering the country’s ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Prosus, a global technology company, announced the launch of AI House Amsterdam, a state-of-the-art innovation hub designed to foster collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and development in AI. It is based out of the company’s headquarters in the Zuidas business district. “With AI House Amsterdam, we are doing what Europe urgently needs: bringing together ambition, talent and ... Read more Read more ›
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While most EVs sit idle for 95 per cent of their lives, the Barcelona-based startup sees them as untapped batteries on wheels. Founded in 2023 at Norrsken Barcelona by Luis Medina Rivas, Tether uses AI to predict and coordinate the charging behaviour of millions of EVs, effectively turning them into a decentralised, clean power reserve ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based re:cap, a fintech company, has launched a €125M credit facility for onward lending and has expanded its operations to the UK. The funding was provided by HSBC Innovation Banking and Avellinia Capital. Julian Schickel, Founding Partner at Avellinia Capital, says, “re:cap is solving a major headache for tech founders. Traditional banks rarely lend to ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based CityFibre, an independent telecommunications network provider, has secured £2.3B (approximately €2.6B) in a financing round to support its growth. This funding includes £500M (approximately €5.7M) in new equity investment from shareholders such as Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Antin Infrastructure Partners, Mubadala Investment Company, and Interogo Holding. Alongside the equity injection, the UK company has also ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based SeaO2, along with TU Delft, University of Twente, and NERA, has received €1.64M in funding from the TKI Energy and Industry programme. The funding will support the development of a decentralised process to produce aviation fuel using seawater, renewable electricity, and captured CO2. The project combines work in CO2 capture, electrochemical conversion, and catalysis ... Read more Read more ›
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