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Paris-based Thunder Code, a startup focused on transforming software quality assurance (QA), has raised $9M (approximately €7.8M in seed funding to accelerate the development of its autonomous, AI-powered testing platform. The investment round was led by Silicon Badia, with participation from Janngo.africa, Titan Seed Fund, MEDIN Fund Management, and prominent angel investors. It includes Roxanne ... Read more
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There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death. Read more ›
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Canada would bear the brunt of Trump's tariffs in terms of economic contraction, says The Budget Lab of Yale. Read more ›
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An image from June shows a scorch mark where a geodesic dome used to be at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Read more ›
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OpenAI's deal to buy Windsurf is off, and Google will instead hire Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some of Windsurf's R&D employees and bring them onto the Google DeepMind team, Google and Windsurf announced Friday. Mohan and the Windsurf employees will focus on agentic coding efforts at Google DeepMind and work largely […] Read more ›
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for July 12, No. 292 Read more ›
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We’ve tested just about every laptop you’d want to buy, and these are the best deals we’ve found for Amazon Prime Day. Read more ›
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From the beginning, Elon Musk has marketed Grok, the chatbot integrated into X, as the unwoke AI that would give it to you straight, unlike the competitors. But on X over the last year, Musk’s supporters have repeatedly complained of a problem: Grok is still left-leaning. Ask it if transgender women are women, and it […] Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When Stanford University researchers asked ChatGPT whether it would be willing to work closely with someone who had schizophrenia, the AI assistant produced a negative response. When they presented it with someone asking about "bridges taller than 25 meters in NYC" after losing their job -- a potential suicide risk -- GPT-4o helpfully listed specific tall bridges instead of identifying the... Read more ›
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If you need to replace your [insert Apple product here], this Amazon Prime Day is a chance to snag it at a significant discount. Read more ›
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iFixit has harsh words for Nintendo's $85 Switch 2 Pro controller, calling it a "piss-poor excuse for a controller" due to its difficult repairability, use of outdated drift-prone joysticks, and poor internal accessibility. The Verge reports: Opening the controller requires you to first forcefully remove a faceplate held in place by adhesive tape before a single screw is visible. But you'll need to extract several other parts and components, including... Read more ›
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Season one ended on a poignant note that proved extra-emotional for the Apple TV+ series star. Read more ›
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Bizarre query results have come up when researchers ask the new chatbot what it's thoughts on Israel are. Read more ›
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Anthropic shifted its stance on AI use in job applications, allowing job candidates to collaborate with its chatbot Claude in certain ways. Read more ›
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Senior staff at Erebor, a tech-focused banking startup, have worked at Palmer Luckey's family office, in tech startups, and at other banks. Read more ›
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We dug into Indianapolis' internet to find out which ISP has the best quality, speeds and prices for you. Read more ›
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Six Republican Congress members callously urged Canada to take “proper action” to mitigate smoke wafting into the U.S. Read more ›
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The 'Foundation' fan favorite joins an expanding cast of faces familiar and new—including Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest, who'll reprise their roles from the 1998 film. Read more ›
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Apple updated its vintage and obsolete products list to add several Macs, iPads, accessories, and more. The 2013 "Trash Can" Mac Pro was added to the vintage list, 12 years after it was first introduced. Most products are added to the vintage list much earlier, but Apple sold the 2013 Mac Pro for so long that it wasn't eligible until now. A device is considered "vintage" five years after it... Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based AI startup Perry announced its official launch today, along with a €1.6M investment round. The Dutch startup aims to address the shortage of technical workforce in Europe. The funding round was led by Revent, a fund based in Berlin, and included participation from angel investors with experience at companies such as Google and OpenAI. ... Read more Read more ›
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Netherlands-based Ebusco, a motor vehicle manufacturing company, has announced that it has reached an agreement to restructure loans that were due in mid-August 2025. Additionally, the company has signed a contract for Ebusco Energy and has scheduled an Extraordinary General Meeting to take place on August 18, 2025. The announcement comes two months after the ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Conpend, an AI fintech scale-up, has secured a majority investment from Cape Investment Partners (CIP), an investment firm headquartered in the same city. The financial details of the deal, however, were not disclosed. The funds will support Conpend’s expansion across global markets, strengthen its product development efforts, and increase its reach among banks and ... Read more Read more ›
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Barcelona-based Biorce, a healthtech startup revolutionising clinical trials with AI, has secured €5M from Norrsken VC, Europe’s largest impact VC. Norrsken VC is Europe’s early-stage fund investing in impact. Headquartered in Stockholm, the VC backs startups solving the world’s biggest problems while building massive businesses. Tove Larsson, General Partner at Norrsken VC says, “Biorce is ... 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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Belgium’s startup ecosystem is proving itself to be more vibrant and resilient than ever in 2025. Fuelled by strong public–private partnerships, innovative deep tech, and a wave of AI-first startups, the country is cementing its place on Europe’s innovation map. According to the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2025 report, Belgium climbed to 23rd place globally, ... Read more Read more ›
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Kongsberg, Norway-based Kongsberg Ferrotech, a company specialised in robotic solutions for the inspection, maintenance and repair of critical offshore infrastructure, has raised €12M in a Seed funding round led by the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF). Investinor, Norway’s sovereign investment fund, also participated in the funding round. The new funding will help the company enhance the ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based Cariqa, the payments and pricing platform built specifically for electric vehicle (EV) charging, has raised €4M in an oversubscribed seed round of funding. The investment was co-led by Anthemis and Contrarian Ventures, with participation from Earth.now, Anthemis Female Innovators Lab, Golden Egg Check and Techstars. Marin Cauvas, Partner at Anthemis, says, “Building scalable and ... Read more Read more ›
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Netherlands-based NRG2fly, a company building the world’s first nationwide charging network for electric planes, has secured fresh funding. The funding amount, however, remains undisclosed. The investment comes from a group of angel investors and Horizon Flevoland, the regional development company of Flevoland. As part of this development, day-to-day management of the company will be handed ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based wefox, an insurtech unicorn, has secured €151M funding, which includes €76M raised mainly from existing investors and €75M from refinancing a credit facility with Searchlight Capital Partners’ credit fund, Searchlight Opportunities Fund II. This funding comes after completing a restructuring program, which involved selling wefox Insurance AG in Liechtenstein and the Italian companies wefox ... Read more Read more ›
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