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London-based Shop Circle has announced the extension of its Series B funding round to a total of €84 million, combining €50 million in equity with strategic financing, in order to fund its M&A roadmap. with multiple acquisitions already in progress, and accelerate its AI product development. The round was led by Nextalia Ventures and backed ...
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Tragic images showing 50 mangled M.2 SSDs has been shared on social media. It looks like a naughty boy was the culprit. 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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Larian is using generative AI as part of its game development process, but CEO Swen Vincke has confirmed the studio's new Divinity game won't include anything AI-generated. Read more 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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"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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Special collector sets of the final batch of US pennies ever made set a record at a specialized coin auction site. Read more ›
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He's been in 'Lord of the Rings,' 'Star Trek,' 'Dredd,' 'The Boys,' and many more, but 'Mortal Kombat II' really put the star to the test. Read more ›
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Google's at it again, once more insisting that AI is something people need or want more of in their lives. The latest move comes from YouTube Gaming, which announced an open beta for a project called Playables Builder. This allows select YouTube Creators to use a "prototype web app built using Gemini 3" to make bite-sized games, no coding required. YouTube is launching a closed Beta test for Playables Builder,... Read more ›
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Former UK chancellor to lead start-up’s effort to spread ‘democratic’ AI across the world Read more ›
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Brooke Parrish was born with Pfeiffer syndrome, a rare genetic condition affecting her facial features. She gained confidence over the years. 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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Meet Larry Ellison, the world's fifth-richest man. He cofounded Oracle in 1977 and is still one of Silicon Valley's top dogs. Read more ›
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Mozilla is in a tricky position. It contains both a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the internet a better place for everyone, and a for-profit arm dedicated to, you know, making money. In the best of times, these things feed each other: The company makes great products that advance its goals for the web, and […] Read more ›
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Travel brands understand what personalization should deliver. What’s missing is integrated customer data that allows them to execute consistently across journeys and moments. Read more ›
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Kennedy has previously argued that Lyme is "highly likely to have been a military weapon." Read more ›
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Following the release of GPT-5.2 last week, OpenAI has begun rolling out a new image generation model. The company says the updated ChatGPT Images is four times faster than its predecessor. If you're a frequent ChatGPT user, you'll know it can sometimes take a while for OpenAI's servers to create images, particularly during peak times and if you're not paying for ChatGPT Plus. In that respect, any improvement in speed... Read more ›
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Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson are engaged after a year of dating. They announced their engagement at a White House holiday party. Read more ›
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All of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 17 models are equipped with a Camera Control button that provides quick access to the Camera app and camera settings, but not everyone is a fan of it. Fortunately, though, Apple apparently plans to improve it. The Information today reported that Apple plans to remove touch sensitivity and haptic feedback from the Camera Control on the standard iPhone 18 model, which suggests that... Read more ›
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Behold: Ken Paxton will now demonstrate that broken clocks are indeed right twice a day. The Texas Attorney General is notorious for, well, a very long list of reasons. But in this case, he at least appears to be doing consumers a solid: He sued five television companies for using ad-targeting spyware on their TVs.Texas sued Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL for allegedly recording what viewers watch without their... 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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APEX, a Oeiras-based investment firm specialising in sports assets, has announced the launch of a new private equity fund targeting €300 million ($350 million) to back minority investments in European sports teams, leagues, and related businesses, with a focus on small to mid-size assets historically ignored by larger institutional investors. The new fund will focus ... 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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EpilepsyGTx, a Cambridge-based BioTech startup focused on research and development of gene therapies to treat refractory epilepsy, today announced it has raised €28 million ($33 million) in Series A financing to advance its lead programme EPY201 through Phase 1/2a clinical trials. The round included investment from XGEN Venture, the British Business Bank (who invested €12 ... 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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This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Karim Saleh, Co-founder and CEO of Cerrion. This Zurich-based company is building agentic AI that watches factory lines around the clock and intervenes in real time to prevent safety incidents, scrap, and costly downtime. By plugging into standard cameras and understanding production flows like an ... 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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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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London-based dementia care startup Punto Health has raised €2.3 million ($2.7 million) in a Seed funding round to accelerate product development and commercial expansion across the UK and Spain. The round was co-led by Shilling VC and Plus Partners, with participation from Exceptional Ventures, Heartfelt, Fondo Bolsa Social, and ABAC Nest. “Dementia is never just ... Read more ›
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Spoor, an Oslo-based startup that leverages AI to help wind farms monitor and protect wildlife, announced it has secured an €8 million Series A investment round to support further global expansion and new hires. The round was led by European EnergyTech VC SET Ventures, with additional participation from EnBW New Ventures, Ørsted Ventures and Superorganism. ... Read more ›
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