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Stockholm-based Spiich Labs has raised a €600k pre-seed round led by Ampli Ventures, joined by founders and operators from Lovable, Neo4j, Tandem Health, Creandum, and OpenAI’s startup leadership alongside Index Ventures Scout Fund and Wave Ventures. The KTH-born startup is rebuilding sales software for the AI era, tackling a €300bn productivity drain caused by sales […]
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Paramount has been none too pleased about Netflix striking an $82.7 billion deal to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Now, Paramount is making a hostile takeover bid for WBD. It's making its pitch directly to WBD shareholders with an all-cash offer of $30 per share that expires on January 8.Late last week, the WBD board unanimously accepted Netflix's offer of $27.75 per share. That breaks down to $23.25... Read more ›
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Paramount just launched at $30 offer for all of WBD, after Netflix won the bidding war. Read more ›
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Elon Musk spent the weekend bashing the EU after regulators fined X over its "deceptive" blue checkmarks. Read more ›
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Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflix’s $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giant’s studios and streaming service “inferior.” The Paramount proposal, unlike Netflix’s, would also include the linear networks owned by WBD. Paramount says its deal offers a “superior alternative to the Netflix transaction,” citing […] Read more ›
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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. Read more ›
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Katsuhiro Harada, has announced his departure from Bandai Namco having worked on the Tekken series for 30 years. Read more Read more ›
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For years, I've lived in Canada's Victoria, British Columbia, where Hallmark Christmas movies are filmed. It's a great place to visit all year. Read more ›
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For years now, falling birth rates have been a subject of alarm, with most of that discussion focused on women — the factors preventing them from having kids, whether mothers can balance work and family, if feminism has led women astray. But what about men and what they think? Demographers focused on fertility trends have […] Read more ›
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After a bidding war that reportedly also involved Paramount, Comcast, Amazon, and Apple, on December 5th, Netflix struck a deal to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion, buying the studio, HBO / HBO Max, Warner Games, and more, while leaving cable and sports assets, including CNN, TNT Sports, and the Discovery channels out. A few […] Read more ›
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Facebook agrees changes to ‘pay or consent’ model after talks with European Commission Read more ›
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Today, I’m talking with Willem Avé, who’s head of product at Square. You know Square — it was started by billionaire Jack Dorsey, of Twitter fame, more than 15 years ago, and it got big on the back of that little magnetic reader that plugged into the headphone jack of the iPhone and let small […] Read more ›
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After Netflix announced that it was acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery last week, observers immediatley wondered when or if the deal could obtain regulatory approval. Now, President Trump has made comments indicating that said approval is likely to take awhile if it happens at all, Bloomberg reported. "Well, that’s got to go through a process, and we’ll see what happens," Trump told reporters in a recent Q&A scrum. "But it is... Read more ›
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Amazon's budget Blink smart home brand is adding AI-generated video descriptions as a new benefit for subscribers. Blink Video Descriptions are text descriptions of the motion doorbells and cameras capture, and they’ll be available in beta starting today, November 17.Not unlike Ring Video Descriptions, a feature offered on Amazon's other smart home brand, Blink's AI-generated descriptions are supposed to be a concise way to check out what's happening in and... Read more ›
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Colombia’s emergence as one of Latin America’s most dynamic tourism markets stems from a deliberate, long-term strategy grounded in connectivity, confidence, and community. With new air routes expanding global access and a growing focus on sustainability and inclusion, the country is reshaping the future of modern tourism. Read more ›
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The signs suggesting that Samsung was about to release One UI 8.5 in some form were there, like this massive changelog and a never-ending series of leaks. Today, they went ahead and confirmed its launch, at least in beta form. Owners of the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra can join the One … Continued Read the original post: Samsung Launches One UI 8.5 Beta on Galaxy S25... Read more ›
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Samsung started updating its smartwatches to One UI 8 Watch based on Wear OS 6 back in July, and it's been a rather slow trickle ever since. Today, the latest wearable to be graced with the update is the Galaxy Watch FE, launched in 2024 as a lower-cost model, essentially a re-released Galaxy Watch4 under a different name. [#InlinePriceWidget,13112,1#] Its One UI 8 Watch update is now rolling out in... Read more ›
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Segway’s modest e-bike lineup is about to gain a new entrant. The Ninebot-owned brand, once known for its pioneering self-balancing scooters, currently only sells two e-bikes: the moto-styled Xyber and the low-step Xafari. Now it’s getting a third, Myon, which it plans on officially debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next year. […] Read more ›
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'Severance' and 'Pluribus' did get Best Drama nominations, as did 'Sinners' and 'Frankenstein'. Read more ›
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Espoo-based quantum-algorithm developer QMill and Montréal’s ÉTS have formalized a strategic research partnership that brings together QMill’s industrial expertise in near-term quantum software and ÉTS’s growing academic strength in quantum-algorithm science. The collaboration will focus on co-developing, testing, and benchmarking algorithms designed for real-world use cases—particularly in sectors such as energy, logistics, and telecommunications—while enabling […] Read more ›
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Grasp, a Stockholm-based AI company developing multi-agent systems for automating investment banking and consulting tasks, has appointed former Pitchbook Core EMEA Director Lukas Otto as its UK Managing Director. Otto, who joined Pitchbook in 2017 and played a key role in building out its European operations, will oversee Grasp’s London office — the startup’s first […] Read more ›
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Tallinn-based Bolt is joining forces with Pony.ai to bring Level 4 autonomous driving to Europe, marking a major leap in urban mobility. The partnership integrates Pony.ai’s world-leading self-driving technology into Bolt’s extensive ride-hailing ecosystem, beginning with real-world testing, safety validation, and service design across select EU and non-EU European cities. By pairing Pony.ai’s autonomous vehicle […] Read more ›
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Chromologics, the Copenhagen-based biotech spin-out from DTU, has raised €7 million from Novo Holdings, EIFO, Döhler Ventures, Collateral Good and The Synergetic Group, bringing its total funding to nearly €20 million. The company develops fermentation-based natural food colours, led by its flagship ingredient Natu.Red®, a heat- and pH-stable alternative to synthetic red dyes. The fresh […] Read more ›
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Helsinki-based Gosta Labs has raised a €7.5M seed round led by Voima Ventures, with backing from COR Group, Terveystalo, the Aho family, Reaktor and notable angel investors, bringing its total funding to nearly €10M. Founded by the ex-Kaiku Health team, the company is building an AI operating system for oncology that turns every patient visit into […] Read more ›
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Copenhagen-based compliance startup Complir has raised €1.7 million in pre-seed funding to help retailers navigate the rising complexity of global product regulations. The round was led by Vendep Capital, with participation from Likeminded, Plug and Play, F-LOG Ventures, and several industry operators including former Coop Group CEO Kraen Oestergaard Nielsen, GS1 board member Per Thau, […] Read more ›
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Espoo-based Adalyon has named Ulrik Zeuthen as its new CEO, while founder Dr. Katarina Cantell moves into the role of Chief Scientific Officer, marking a structural shift as the company advances its work in AI-based speech biomarkers for clinical research. Zeuthen, previously a director at Novo Nordisk and a data strategist at Deloitte, brings experience […] Read more ›
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Espoo-based physical AI lab NestAI has raised €100 million in strategic investment from Nokia and Tesi, coinciding with a new partnership to co-develop AI-native defense and critical-infrastructure technologies. NestAI builds next-generation AI systems for unmanned vehicles, autonomous operations, and data-centric command-and-control platforms used in logistics, inspection, security, and defense. The fresh capital will accelerate R&D […] Read more ›
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Stockholm-based Incore Invest has secured a second closing of its Incore Invest II fund at around €40 million, following an additional €15 million raised from new and existing investors. The fund targets high-growth SaaS and fintech startups across Europe, with a focus on scalable platforms and embedded finance solutions. The new capital boosts the firm’s […] Read more ›
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Norway-based startup Fronted has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from Antler and Sondo Capital to further develop its AI-driven platform for managing global hiring and employment. The company is building a system that brings recruitment, onboarding, payroll, compliance and offboarding into one workflow—an attempt to streamline a process that today is handled across multiple […] Read more ›
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