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Paris-based Hummink, a DeepTech startup tackling manufacturing imperfections, has raised €15 million to expand deployment of its High-Precision Capillary Printing (HPCaP) technology, which enables manufacturers to print metals and functional materials with record-level accuracy and repair microscopic defects in real time. The latest funding round, supported by historical investors Elaia Partners, Sensinnovat and Beeyond, was ...
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An anonymous Slashdot reader shared this story from Interesting Engineering: Cybersecurity specialists from the research group DARKNAVY have demonstrated how modern humanoid robots can be compromised and weaponised through weaknesses in their AI-driven control systems. In a controlled test, the team demonstrated that a commercially available humanoid robot could be hijacked with nothing more than spoken commands, exposing how voice-based interaction can serve as an attack vector rather than a... Read more ›
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OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness who can help it anticipate the potential harms of its models and how they can be abused, in order to guide the company's safety strategy. It comes at the end of a year that's seen OpenAI hit with numerous accusations about ChatGPT's impacts on users' mental health, including a few wrongful death lawsuits. In a post on X about the position,... Read more ›
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Bankruptcies are suddenly everywhere, from billion-dollar giants to small businesses to individuals. Experts are stumped at the breadth of industries. Read more ›
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We might be looking at literally the most cooked RTX 5090 yet, with a burnt power connector that has melted into itself, despite using a native 12V-2x6 cable on an ATX 3.1 certified PSU. The person smelled fire, saw it, and lived to tell the tale, all on Christmas eve. Read more ›
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A new Windows 11 Insider update optimises File Explorer search by removing redundant indexing operations, promising faster searches, lower memory use, and a cleaner context menu. Read more ›
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OpenAI is reportedly still working on baking in ads into ChatGPT's results despite Altman's 'Code Red' earlier this month. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press: Two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk's Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the aim of reining in Western space superiority that has helped Ukraine on the battlefield. Intelligence findings seen by The Associated Press say the so-called "zone-effect" weapon would seek to flood Starlink orbits with hundreds... Read more ›
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Phoronix reports on "an exciting post-Christmas patch series out on the Linux kernel mailing list" proposing "a new runtime standby ABI that is similar in nature to the 'Modern Standby' functionality found with Microsoft Windows..." Modern Standby is a low-power mode on Windows 11 for letting systems remain connected to the network and appear "sleeping" but will allow for instant wake-up for notifications, music playback, and other functionality. The display... Read more ›
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As AI data centers' power consumption puts more strain on the grid, the U.S. is trying to tackle issue by letting them draw power directly from plants instead. Read more ›
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Celebrating New Year's Eve on a solo trip to a new place, surrounded by strangers, set a positive tone for the year and reminded me I wasn't alone. Read more ›
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I left my kids — including a newborn — to see the Backstreet Boys in August. They're back at the Sphere, and I hope another mom is doing the same. Read more ›
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GameStop just released a press release saying that it will help Valve co-founder Gabe Newell learn how to count to three. Read more ›
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NVIDIA has been "gradually dropping support for older videocards," notes Hackaday, "with the Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs most recently getting axed." "What's more surprising is the terrible way that this is being handled by certain Linux distributions, with Arch Linux currently a prime example.?" On these systems, updating the OS with a Pascal, Maxwell or similarly unsupported GPU will result in the new driver failing to load and thus the... Read more ›
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Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Dec. 28 #931. Read more ›
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Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions. Read more ›
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Samsung has uncovered its 2026 audio products which include new soundbars and those Wi-Fi speakers. Read more ›
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Finland may not be the first country that comes to mind when you think of an Air Force, but it is nonetheless expanding with an expensive new jet. Read more ›
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Some Japanese computer stores are limiting GPU purchases because of supply uncertainty, especially for models with 16GB of VRAM and up. Read more ›
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Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food. On 25 November, the Demo Day of the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme took place in the PKO Rotunda in Warsaw, an initiative that supports women entrepreneurs working to create a more sustainable and innovative food system. Now in its ... Read more ›
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Ghent-based FoodTech startup Those Vegan Cowboys has secured €6.25 million in its first funding round to accelerate the development of its cow-free casein, a vital dairy protein made using precision fermentation – with plans to launch a crowdfunding campaign in the coming months. The funding round was led by Pieter Geelen, co-founder of navigation giant ... Read more ›
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A new report published by the European Commission and the StepUp StartUps Consortium outlines how Europe is entering a critical phase in which the ability to integrate AI across civilian and defense innovation ecosystems will determine both technological competitiveness and strategic autonomy. AI is becoming central to Europe’s dual-use technologies, with the European startup and ... Read more ›
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Jyväskylä-based startup Aisti has secured €20 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to expand production of its bio-based noise-reducing tiles for buildings. The financing will support Aisti’s factory expansion in Kitee, a rural city in Eastern Finland. The loan will also be used for research and development to further enhance its product offering. ... Read more ›
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Stowlog, a SaaS platform developed by Castellón-based Estudio Cactus, has closed a €1 million investment round to accelerate the digitisation of safety and security processes across port logistics operations. The round was led by Draper B1, a venture capital fund affiliated with the Draper Venture Network, with participation from First Drop and the Castellón-based technology ... Read more ›
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Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food. On 20 November 2025 concluded the six-month Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme concluded with Demo Day in North Macedonia. The event showcased the innovative ideas of women entrepreneurs who received support, training, mentorship, and financial backing to develop their agrifood ... Read more ›
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Belgium-based predictive maintenance company I-care has announced the completion of a €20 million fundraising and refinancing operation conducted as a round reserved for existing shareholders and employees. With this transaction, the company has hit unicorn status. According to I-care, this fundraising is the first step in a three-phase development plan. Following the “Eau Rouge” operation ... Read more ›
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Kyiv-based Reface, a startup that develops AI tools to empower content creation, has secured €15.2 million ($18 million) in non-dilutive user acquisition funding from Singapore’s PvX Partners. PvX Partners is a financial services and data intelligence platform for consumer apps. It co-invests in a company’s sales and marketing budget, and in return, receives a share ... Read more ›
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Quakenbrück-based BIOWEG, in partnership with Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), has secured €1.5 million to support the development of its waste-to-value platform tech for water-based Rare Earth Element (REE) recovery. The funding comes from SPRIND, Germany’s Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, as part of the Tech Metal Transformation Challenge; the aim of which is to ... Read more ›
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ScrubMarine, a UK-based startup developing subsea robotics and data systems for inspection and maintenance, has closed its €849k ($1 million) pre-Seed round to accelerate engineering, expand its team, and move into the next phase. PXN Ventures North Of England, SFC Capital, and strategic angel investors Colin Greene and Graham Westgarth supported the round. According to ... Read more ›
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