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Investment group Plural has co-led a $34m (£25.2m) Series B funding round into Phasecraft, a Bristol-based quantum algorithms company. Founded in 2019, Phasecraft develops “hardware-agnostic” algorithms in partnership with the likes of Google Quantum AI, IBM, QuEra and Quantinuum – which this week raised over £400m. The new funding for Phasecraft brings the total amount ...
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OpenAI added several new features to its flagship ChatGPT product today, introducing Apple Music support and upgraded image generation capabilities. ChatGPT has supported app integrations since earlier this year, and it will soon work with Apple Music. With Apple Music integration, ChatGPT will be able to make music recommendations and playlists based on listening history and user suggestions. Music recommendations made by ChatGPT will be able to be clicked to... Read more ›
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Frustrations are mounting in the Republican conference despite the GOP controlling the House, the Senate, and the White House. There is a growing feeling — from women specifically — that they just can’t get anything done. The target of members’ ire? House Speaker Mike Johnson. Multiple high-profile congresswomen have spoken out publicly about their dissatisfaction, […] Read more ›
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My favorite kind of update is the one that gives my gadgets entirely new features and specs for free - and Microsoft is unleashing one of those today by bringing Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio to its 2024 Xbox Wireless Headset, which unlocks a lot of those new features! It could bring better battery life, […] Read more ›
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If you want to understand how the US government works today, you should study President Donald Trump’s attempt to pardon a woman named Tina Peters last week. Peters is a former Colorado election clerk and a die-hard believer in the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. In 2021, Peters committed a series of […] Read more ›
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"He's an odd, odd duck, as I think geniuses are," Susie Wiles said of Elon Musk Musk. "You know, it's not helpful, but he is his own person." Read more ›
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Tech Climbers has revealed its latest shortlist of the best performing product-led tech businesses in Greater Manchester that are making an impact. This week, the tech community gathered at the Cloud 23 cocktail bar in the heart of Manchester’s city centre as journalist Peter Stojanovic unveiled the 11 companies that made the official list and ... Read more ›
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Bristol-based battery tech startup Anaphite has raised £1.4m to boost its mission to decarbonise electric vehicle (EV) battery production by accelerating the industry’s shift to dry electrode coating. The sum is a combination of £700,000 in grant funding from the Innovate UK Investor Partnerships: Clean Energy and Climate Technologies competition, plus £700,000 of aligned investment ... Read more ›
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Bristol-headquartered quantum algorithms company Phasecraft has been named as a finalist in the $5m (£3.75m) XPRIZE Quantum Applications challenge backed by Google. The XPRIZE Quantum Applications challenge was launched in March last year as a global competition funded by Google Quantum AI and the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) to generate quantum computing algorithms ... Read more ›
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The UK allocated £61.4B to defence tech investment in 2025, maintaining one of Europe’s largest defence budgets with a focus on naval and air upgrades, cyber capabilities and nuclear deterrence. A new report by Tracxn titled “European Defence Tech Report 2025: Is Europe’s Defence Tech Entering its Most Compelling Phase for Investors?” shows that the ... Read more ›
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Nu Quantum has closed its £45m series A funding round, signifying the largest ever series A in the quantum sector in the UK. The funding will accelerate Nu Quantum’s mission to reach fault tolerance by interconnecting quantum processors into a more powerful distributed quantum computer, driving the next phase of product development and deployment, and ... Read more ›
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EpilepsyGTx has closed a £24.8m series A round to advance the development of its single dose gene therapy for focal refractory epilepsy. The funding will enable the delivery of first-in-human phase 1/2a clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of the company’s lead gene therapy programme EPY201 in a broad population of patients with ... Read more ›
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Bolt Insight, the London-based market research company helping brands unlock consumer insights through AI-moderated research, has closed its £7m funding round led by Pembroke VCT with participation from 212, Active Partners, Velocity and TIBAS Ventures. The new funding will help to scale its BoltChatAI tool globally, in addition to funding the company’s next ambition to ... Read more ›
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Google DeepMind will open an automated research lab in Britain next year as part of an expanded partnership between the company and the government. Announced on Thursday, the lab will be run by a team of researchers to “harness technology and robotics to push forward cutting-edge work”. Built to be fully integrated with Gemini, Google’s ... Read more ›
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Uber Eats has launched its new autonomous delivery robots in Leeds in partnership with Starship Technologies. The firms announced last month that they would be bringing robotic couriers to select UK locations this year, with the West Yorkshire city being the first. “It’s brilliant to see autonomous innovation supporting one of our busiest times of ... Read more ›
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Zilch has secured a new payments services licence that will allow it to develop in-house payment methods ahead of a major product launch. The firm said that the licence, granted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will remove its reliance on third-parties when building payment methods and new products. The licence has been secured ahead ... Read more ›
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