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Zurich-based Flexion, a robotics intelligence startup developing a reinforcement learning platform for humanoid robots, has raised €43 million ($50 million) in Series A funding. The round was led by DST Global Partners with participation from NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), redalpine, Prosus Ventures, and Moonfire. This follows a €6.3 million ($7.35 million) Seed round secured ...
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The billionaire gifted Tesla shares worth nearly $100 million to charities in connection with "year-end tax planning," according to an SEC filing. Read more ›
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Throughout the 2010s, eating less meat and embracing plant-based food was — to many Americans — aspirational. Large swathes of the public told pollsters they were trying to cut back on meat, lots of schools and hospitals participated in Meatless Monday, A-list celebrities dabbled in veganism, and venture capital investors bet big that plant-based meat […] Read more ›
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The U.S. Department of Commerce didn't renew the validated end-user status of these chipmakers, requiring them to acquire annual licenses to import chipmaking tools containing U.S. tech into their Chinese fabs. Read more ›
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Instagram head Adam Mosseri closed out 2025 by acknowledging what many have long suspected: the era of trusting photographs as accurate records of reality is over, and the platform he runs will need to fundamentally adapt to an age of "infinite synthetic content." In a slideshow posted to Instagram, Mosseri wrote that for most of his life he could safely assume photographs or videos were largely accurate captures of moments... Read more ›
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OnePlus is unveiling the Turbo 6 and Turbo 6V on January 8, and the brand has already revealed some of their specs a few days ago, along with two videos. Now OnePlus has also confirmed the handsets' oft-rumored 9,000 mAh battery capacity, along with an interesting detail. The Turbo 6's camera island protrudes just 1.7mm on top of its rear. It's not quite flush, RedMagic-style, but very, very close. Obviously,... Read more ›
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A viral TikTok video about retired United captain and USAF veteran Theresa Claiborne comes at a time when diversity in aviation is under threat. Read more ›
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For a tech writer, being very offline is sort of like being a marathon coach who doesn’t run. So in 2025, I tried to reverse years of studied avoidance towards the most ubiquitous technological phenomenon on earth — I got back on social media. The change was short-lived. My first exodus from the feeds took some work — disabling notifications, removing apps from my homescreen and then deleting accounts entirely.... Read more ›
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As usual, 2025 was a year of deep congressional dysfunction in the US. But state legislatures were passing laws that govern everything from AI to social media to the right to repair. Many of these laws, alongside rules passed in past years, take effect in 2026 - either right now or in the coming months. […] Read more ›
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A first-of-its-kind national trial shows that public Montessori preschool students enter kindergarten with stronger reading, memory, and executive function skills than their peers. These gains don’t fade — they grow over time, bucking a long-standing trend in early education research. Even better, Montessori programs cost about $13,000 less per child than traditional preschool. The results suggest a powerful, affordable model hiding in plain sight. Read more ›
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Sales executive Dave Baxter underwent 12 weeks of AI training after realizing a client knew more about the technology than he did. Read more ›
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European food retail remains one of the most dynamic and strategic sectors within the continental economy, with grocery sales in Europe growing by around 2.4% in 2024 and food sales volumes staying broadly stable following the post-pandemic recovery. At the same time, the sector is being reshaped by digitalisation, sustainability requirements, and changing consumer expectations around ... Read more ›
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No company can afford to innovate in isolation. The speed at which new technologies and business models emerge often outpaces the traditional R&D cycle of large organisations. To bridge this gap, a growing number of corporates have created a dedicated role: the Innovation Manager. The idea of formal innovation management emerged in the 2000s, influenced ... Read more ›
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Octopus Energy Group has raised €850 million ($1 billion) for its technology company, Kraken. The round is the first standalone investment into Kraken and values the business at €7.3 billion ($8.65 billion). This transaction establishes Kraken’s formal independence and demerger from Octopus. The round was led by D1 Capital Partners, with participation from Fidelity International, ... Read more ›
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Raising a funding round does not start when you share your deck. It starts long before that moment, with the reputation, presence, and profile you build in the months leading up to it. Investors form early impressions well before a formal process begins, and those impressions are shaped by how clearly you communicate your vision, ... Read more ›
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Let’s talk about something your sales team probably isn’t doing but should be: turning social media into an actual revenue stream. Most companies limit their social media presence to generic updates that generate little engagement. But real impact comes from using these channels strategically, to create a pipeline, book qualified meetings and close actual deals. ... Read more ›
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NanoXplore, a French fabless company, has secured €20 million in funding to speed up its diversification into the defence sector by developing security-focused products and to back its strategic external growth plans in Europe. The funding was raised from European defence company MBDA and the Defence Innovation Fund managed by Bpifrance. “As an independent French ... 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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Europe’s decarbonisation journey is often told through the lens of renewable generation, smart grids and electric passenger cars. Yet one of the biggest and least transformed sectors is only now shifting gears: heavy-duty road freight. Trucks are the backbone of European logistics and the arteries of modern trade. They are also among the hardest segments ... Read more ›
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Oulu-based CleanTech company Filtrabit has secured a €2 million funding commitment from Ajanta Innovations 2 Ky for its coming financing round. The Finnish startup plans to use the capital to expand the deployment of its modular dust extraction technology into new markets outside Finland, primarily, but not exclusively, in the Nordics, Central Europe, and India. ... Read more ›
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The main thing AI has done for business is fundamentally change competition. When AI is in skilled hands, it has effectively reduced the cost of feedback, which is essential for building better products, to almost zero. The rise of AI closely resembles the famous “Pottery Experiment”, an anecdote illustrating the power of quantity over perfection, ... Read more ›
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