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Amsterdam-based Aquablu, a company focused on workplace hydration through tech-enabled dispensers, has raised €7M in a Seed funding round. A key moment in the round took place on the Dutch Dragons podcast, where entrepreneurs Bas Witvoet, Pieter Schoen, and Michel Perridon committed €750,000 during the recording. The commitment later increased to €1.1M after the episode ... Read more
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Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.” Read more ›
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Michael McCready wanted a new home base. He moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Chicago, and now lives three buildings from the beach. Read more ›
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Google has confirmed that its upcoming Chrome 138 browser update will be the last version to support macOS Big Sur. Going forward, Chrome 139 and later versions will no longer support macOS 11, which Apple released in November 2020. In a platform status update, Google says that on Macs running Big Sur, Chrome 138 will continue to work, but the browser will display a warning infobar and will not update... Read more ›
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The popular podcaster is expressing outrage and disappointment with Donald Trump, whom he supported in the 2024 presidential election, alleging a cover-up of the Jeffrey Epstein case and amplifying conspiracy theories to his millions of followers. Read more ›
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Veldhoven-based ASML Holding, a manufacturer of chip-making equipment, has published its 2025 Q2 results. The company has reported a total net sales of €7.7B, a gross margin of 53.7 per cent, and a net income of €2.3B. Notably, the company, in its own previous forecast issued in April, said it expected second-quarter net sales of ... Read more Read more ›
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With his tax agenda finally passed, Donald Trump has turned back to his true passion: making America poorer and more geopolitically isolated for no good reason. Last week, the president threatened 25 of America’s trading partners with punishing tariffs, unless they present him with an agreeable trade deal by August 1. These represent a modified […] Read more ›
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Jensen Huang tells Beijing press conference it takes nine months to restart supply chain Read more ›
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America's One Big Beautiful Bill is going to make buying electric rides more expensive—so the clock is ticking to bag a bargain. Read more ›
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Nintendo has announced who will play Link and Zelda in its forthcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda film, with two relatively unknown actors taking the lead roles. Read more Read more ›
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Google is rolling out AI-generated summaries directly within Discover, its personalized news feed nestled within the Google Search app. TechCrunch reports that some users in the US are seeing Discover cards on iOS and Android that provide the new summaries in place of a headline and logo from a single publisher, similar to how AI […] Read more ›
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Commentary: Apple is set to release iOS 26 this fall, and it will save us from the alarm's ancient 9-minute snooze. Read more ›
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Amazon launched on July 16, 1995, with a million book titles and a vision. Learn how Jeff Bezos turned it into a $2 trillion empire over 30 years. 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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Batteries Plus CEO Scott Williams said the chain has reduced its reliance on Chinese suppliers for car batteries in order to minimize tariff costs. Read more ›
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A Reddit user claims to have used a Mig-Flash on their online Switch 2 console extensively and not gotten banned. Read more ›
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Curious about generative AI and copyright? Subscribers can join WIRED live on July 16 as we answer your questions about this critical topic. Read more ›
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There’s more than one king size in the mattress world. Our sleep expert helps parse which one might fit your needs. Read more ›
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Isn't Windows 11 on a gaming portable the worst? Not for much longer, hopefully, as new handheld mode is spotted in testing. 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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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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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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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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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 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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Amsterdam-based Flow, a specialist in embedded finance, has recently become part of the SnelStart group, a supplier of administrative software for SMEs. The acquisition follows a successful partnership between Flow and SnelStart in delivering embedded banking solutions, made possible by Adyen’s banking-as-a-service platform. Embedded finance means integrating financial services, like payments or loans, into non-financial ... Read more Read more ›
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Darkstar, a defence tech ecosystem builder, announced the official launch of Europe’s first pan-European defence fund fully dedicated to backing real military systems, including weapons and dual-use technologies. The newly launched €25M fund has secured a first close of €15M, led by SmartCap, Estonia’s sovereign defence fund. Additionally, over 30 founders and supporters from across ... Read more Read more ›
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