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Amsterdam-based Framer, a no-code website platform helping companies build and run sophisticated marketing sites, has raised €85.6 million in a Series D round at a €1.7 billion valuation. The round was led by returning investors Meritech and Atomico, with participation from WiL and HV Capital. Framer’s product is already in use by high-growth startups and ...
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A North Korean imposter was uncovered, working as a sysadmin at Amazon U.S., after their keystroke input lag raised suspicions with security specialists at the online retail giant. Read more ›
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If you want a Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, now is your chance to score a great price on it. Read more ›
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As DDR5 memory prices skyrocket, demand for AMD's two-generation-old Ryzen 7 5800X3D has increased, causing second-hand prices to climb as high as $800 on eBay. Read more ›
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Restricted chipmaking tools are being retrofitted to make advanced AI chips, exposing cracks in US-led export controls Read more ›
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LG said it will let owners of its TVs delete Microsoft's Copilot shortcut after several reports highlighted the unremovable icon. In a statement to The Verge, LG says the company "respects consumer choice and will take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish." From the report: Last week, a user on the r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit posted an image of the Microsoft Copilot icon in their lineup... Read more ›
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Anthropic let its Claude AI run a vending machine in the Wall Street Journal newsroom for three weeks as part of an internal stress test called Project Vend, and the experiment ended in financial ruin after journalists systematically manipulated the bot into giving away its entire inventory for free. The AI, nicknamed Claudius, was programmed to order inventory, set prices, and respond to customer requests via Slack. It had a... Read more ›
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This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. By all measures, Meta's Threads app had a very good year. The app was Apple's second-most-downloaded iOS app of the year, trailing only ChatGPT. Threads now has 400 million […] Read more ›
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Sometimes people’s greatest weakness can be their biggest strength. And in AI, it is turning out that what we thought was a weakness for Google—the fact that it had both a search portal and an AI chatbot—is actually an advantage. People use search and AI chatbots interchangeably, to be sure, but it’s become clear through the course of this year that an AI chatbot is not a replacement for a... Read more ›
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The executive order reclassifies marijuana as a Schedule III drug, easing the path for more research. Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on transgender Americans and gender-affirming health care. What happened? Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday that […] Read more ›
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Also, the Trump administration wants to put some nuclear power reactors there, too. Read more ›
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A heartfelt story told within a mature, superhero workplace comedy, Dispatch has managed to find itself in my top games of the year. My review explores its lovable characters and gorgeous art style to soak up over the course of eight episodes. Read more ›
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China has reportedly built and begun testing a secret EUV lithography prototype using ASML-style laser-produced plasma technology. Yet, despite generating 13.5-nm light, the system remains unable to make chips and appears to be years away from achieving a complete, production-ready EUV manufacturing capability. Read more ›
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The Coldplay "kiss cam" led to harassment for Kristin Cabot, the woman in the video, she says. That should make us all feel bad about the internet. Read more ›
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The “Epstein files” are maybe, finally, coming out — or at least, some of them are. Friday is the deadline for the Justice Department to disclose materials from its two investigations into deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein after Congress passed a bill last month requiring it to do so within 30 days. There are still questions […] Read more ›
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The study shows that using swear words improves physical performance by counteracting your social hesitation. Read more ›
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Human review didn't stop AI from triggering lockdown at panicked middle school. 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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A new report, The European Open-Source AI Landscape, has just been released by the StepUp Startups project. The report offers a snapshot of where Europe currently stands in the global AI race, and explores how faster adoption of open-source AI could boost competitiveness while strengthening the EU’s digital sovereignty. Open-source AI refers to models, tools ... 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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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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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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Iconic, a London-based interactive entertainment and AI-native platform company, has raised €11 million ($13 million) in seed funding to develop its on-device AI technology for immersive gaming experiences. The round was co-led by venture capital firms Kindred and Northzone, with additional backing from industry players including the Google AI Futures Fund. The investment also brings ... Read more ›
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