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Optics11, a Dutch DeepTech scale-up that builds advanced fiber optic sensing solutions, announced a €17 million funding round in order to scale its solution and “protect Europe’s vital infrastructure from increasing threats”. The round was led by investors FORWARD.one, which now becomes the largest investor in Optics11, and SET Ventures. Also participating in the round ...
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Rejoice, two of the biggest contributors to the AI movie trailer problem on YouTube have been taken down. Read more ›
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Archive.org now has a page with "the raw analog waveform and the reconstructed digital tape image (analog.tap), read at the Computer History Museum's Shustek Research Archives on 19 December 2025 by Al Kossow using a modified tape reader and analyzed with Len Shustek's readtape tool." A Berlin-based retrocomputing enthusiast has created a page with the contents of the tape ready for bootstrapping, "including a tar file of the filesystem," and... Read more ›
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Apple finally threw a bone to Android users with its new Invites app. Here is how the "green bubble" crowd can RSVP and share photos without an iPhone Read more ›
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One developer tells MIT Technology Review that AI tools weaken the coding instincts he used to have. And beyond that, "It's just not fun sitting there with my work being done for me." But is AI making coders faster? "After speaking to more than 30 developers, technology executives, analysts, and researchers, MIT Technology Review found that the picture is not as straightforward as it might seem..." For some developers on... Read more ›
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You'll always know what time it is if you drive close to this custom Rolls-Royce, which boasts Rolex watches instead of traditional wheel designs. Read more ›
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Contracts with Chinese tech giant have rapidly turned Datasection into one of Asia’s biggest ‘neoclouds’ Read more ›
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The Department of Homeland Security is now reviewing the social media of some visa applicants, causing delays in processing for some foreign workers. Read more ›
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Newly released documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein probe reveal some of the high-profile figures who rubbed elbows with the financier. Read more ›
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Valve has begun the final phase of its plan to end Steam support for 32-bit versions of Windows, with a December Steam client update that changes how the platform runs on modern systems. Read more ›
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After 18,000 hours of simulated use, RTINGS' longevity test reveals fascinating insights into the TVs that dominate our markets today. While OLED has clearly overcome its reliability woes to become the least vulnerable panel type, LCDs with local dimming are still competitive and fare better than their unified-backlight brethren. Read more ›
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The Justice Department released new documents related to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. Read more ›
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New York governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Friday aimed at holding large AI developers accountable for the safety of their models. The RAISE Act establishes rules for greater transparency, requiring these companies to publish information about their safety protocols and report any incidents within 72 hours of their occurrence. It comes a few months after California adopted similar legislation. But, the penalties aren't going to be nearly as steep... Read more ›
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Fortnite will not be returning to iOS in Japan next year "as promised" because, according to Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney, Apple has allegedly launched "another travesty of obstruction and lawbreaking". Read more Read more ›
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See the moon phase expected for December 21, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected. Read more ›
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'Steel Ball Run,' the next chapter in the 'Jojo's Bizarre Adventure' saga, gets a new trailer ahead of its spring premiere. Read more ›
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Faraway road trips just got a lot easier, at least for the passengers. Sony Honda Mobility, the joint venture between the two Japanese conglomerates created to produce electric vehicles, announced that its Afeela EV will come with PS Remote Play. While playing video games in a car may be a niche feature, it means drivers will have something to do when parked, and passengers can chip away at their favorite... Read more ›
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Gone are the days when Netflix was the only streaming app you needed. Thankfully, on a Roku smart TV, you can get by with just these five extra apps. Read more ›
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The Trump Administration was legally required to release all documents related to federal investigations of Jeffrey Epstein by Friday, with only limited grounds for withholding documents and full explanations required for any redactions. They did not do this. Or anything close to it. The Justice Department released several thousand documents Friday, but top officials acknowledged […] Read more ›
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China has brought online a national experimental research network designed to support experimentation on future network designs and to improve data transmission quality. Read more ›
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Zurich-based cybersecurity company Soverli has raised €2.2 million ($2.6 million) in pre-Seed funding to introduce a sovereign smartphone architecture that works alongside Android and iOS. The round was led by Founderful, with backing from the ETH Zurich Foundation and Venture Kick, as well as prominent figures from the cybersecurity industry. In September, the company secured ... Read more ›
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Agreenculture, a Toulouse-based startup specialising in the autonomy and safety of agricultural machinery and tractors, has raised €6 million in a Series A equity round to enhance, standardise, and industrialise its products for rapid integration, while strengthening its commercial deployment. The funding was raised with participation from Supernova Invest, Future Food Fund and Unilis (Unigrains ... Read more ›
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QuantumDiamonds (QD), a Munich-based quantum sensing company for semiconductor inspection, has unveiled plans to invest €152 million to build what it calls the world’s first production facility for advanced chip testing systems. The planned Munich facility is “expected to receive tens of millions of euros in public support from the German federal and Bavarian governments ... Read more ›
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Oxford-based materials science startup A&B Smart Materials (A&B) has closed its €1.7 million (£1.5 million) “heavily oversubscribed” pre-Seed round to replace the synthetic sustainable superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) used in hygiene products and agriculture. The funding round’s principal investors include existing backer Sake Bosch, alongside new strategic investors, Caesar and Living Hope VC. Archipelago Ventures, Triple ... Read more ›
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Danish flavour company EvodiaBio has raised €6 million (DKK 45 million) in a new funding round to accelerate growth in existing markets and support their expansion into the asian market. The round was led by the American investment firm RA Capital Management’s Planetary Health Fund and joined by other new investors Wild Radicals and Francis ... Read more ›
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Mirelo, an audio company that lets anyone generate perfectly synchronized sound effects for videos, has just raised about €35 million ($41 million) in a seed round, co-led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Atlantic.vc and TriplePoint Capital. The Berlin-based startup was founded by two senior AI researchers who are also accomplished musicians, ... Read more ›
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Basel-based FoRx Therapeutics, a clinical-stage BioTech company developing precision anti-cancer therapeutics, today announced the close of an insider-led €42 million ($50 million) Series A financing. Existing investors including EQT Life Sciences, Pfizer Ventures, Novartis Venture Fund and M Ventures participated in the financing including a first closing in June 2024, which provided funding through the Investigational ... Read more ›
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Ankar, a London-based AI platform innovating how companies and law firms capture and protect their patents, has raised a €17 million ($20 million) Series A round to grow its team and expand further into the US. The round was led by Atomico, with Index Ventures doubling down and Norrsken VC and Daphni participating – bringing ... Read more ›
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Mindoo, a Belgian platform for deploying safe and governed agentic workflows in healthcare, announced today that it has secured €5 million in Seed financing to provide hospitals and practices with a scalable AI workforce layer that performs routine tasks and alleviates pressure. The round was raised from 6DC, Syndicate One and a group of strategic ... Read more ›
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Repsense, a Lithuanian dual-use data analytics company specialising in information tracking and threat detection, has closed its €2 million Seed round in order to strengthen its technology for tracking and predicting information threats. The round was closed with a final €1.1 million investment led by Tensor Ventures and Seed Starter, CVC of Česká spořitelna bank, ... Read more ›
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