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Munich-based Proxima Fusion, a fusion company, has secured €130M in Series A funding co-led by Cherry Ventures and Balderton Capital to build the world’s first commercial stellarator-based fusion power plant. Founded by Francesco Sciortino, Lucio Milanese, Jorrit Lion, Martin Kubie and Jonathan Schilling in 2023, the startup has now raised a total of more than ... Read more
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Donald Trump's push to send more Patriot missiles to Ukraine has reignited focus on one of the most advanced air defense systems in the world. Read more ›
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If we had a dollar for every time Google said they were combining Android and ChromeOS, we’d have at least $10 by now. This news is a decade in the making, with quite a few follow-up reports being published every so often. At this point, we will believe it when we see it, but when … Continued Read the original post: Android President Confirms Merge Between ChromeOS and Android Read more ›
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Pockets of Donald Trump’s most loyal base are increasingly angry at what they view as the administration's failure to fulfill its promises. Read more ›
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Transcend today announced the launch of the ESD420, a portable SSD that includes a magnetic attachment designed to work with MagSafe iPhones. The ESD420 can be attached to the back of a MagSafe-compatible iPhone and connected using the appropriate cable, such as a USB-C to USB-C cable. It supports iPhone video recording features that require an external SSD, such as 4K ProRes video recording. Transcend designed the SSD to be... Read more ›
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A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the timing […] Read more ›
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Abbot's office believes the emails are “not of legitimate concern to the public.” Read more ›
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What is the "Gen Z Stare?" Older TikTok users say that Gen Z workers often give blank, unresponsive stares. Gen Zers are pushing back. Read more ›
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xAI announced "Grok for Government" on Monday, and the Elon Musk-owned company's first government client will be the Department of Defense. Read more ›
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A small fraction of hyperactive social media users generates the vast majority of toxic online content, according to research by New York University psychology professor Jay Van Bavel and colleagues Claire Robertson and Kareena del Rosario. The study found that 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets, while just 0.1% of users share 80% of fake news. Twelve accounts known as the "disinformation dozen" created most vaccine misinformation... Read more ›
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Mark Cuban told BI that he doesn't plan to publicly support any of the mayoral candidates. Read more ›
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July 14 is the 25th anniversary of the film starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, and Halle Berry. Read more ›
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Anthropic's Claude can now create and edit designs with visual studio Canva from within an AI chat. This integration is powered by a Canva server that uses Anthropic's Model Context Protocol, or MCP. Claude can use Canvas's tools to generate a design or search for materials within a user's Canva workspace. This functionality requires a paid subscription to Claude, and access also varies based on the user's Canva plan. Multiple... Read more ›
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Nintendo said more was coming after 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' and 'The Legend of Zelda.' Could it be DK? Read more ›
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Apple recently updated its website with a list of products eligible for upcoming 2025 sales tax holidays in select U.S. states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The tax-free holidays will occur in late July to early August, with the exact dates per state and other details outlined on Apple's website. Sales tax holidays provide a limited-time opportunity to purchase select Apple... Read more ›
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The US Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is handing out millions of dollars to the leading AI companies to develop military applications. Each of these "awards" are worth up to $200 million, with Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI on the receiving end. The agency notes that this money will be used to "develop agentic AI workflows across a variety of mission areas." In other words, this is primarily... Read more ›
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Some of Bose’s best headphones, earbuds, and speakers were nicely discounted for Prime Day, but just because the event has ended doesn’t mean the deals are over. Bose is currently offering discounts on a range of refurbished products, plus an extra 25 percent off on top of that with code SUMMER25. For example, Verge-favorite QuietComfort […] Read more ›
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott is refusing to release months’ worth of emails sent to Elon Musk and his companies under public records laws, according to a joint report from ProPublica, The Texas Newsroom, and The Texas Tribune. After initially agreeing to an information request, the governor’s office argued that the emails are covered by a […] 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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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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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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