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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 ...
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While using a smart lock has a lot of positives, one of the negatives is having to deal with a battery that has unexpectedly gone dead. Lockin is introducing a smart lock that bypasses that problem: the V7 Max, which is powered by wireless optical charging. According to the company, the lock uses "eye-safe optical […] Read more ›
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If you're a Windows 11 hater, sit back and enjoy your biases being validated in the most satisfying way possible. A new speed test shows Microsoft's latest OS performing terribly against the five previous Windows versions, placing last in most tests across the board. Read more ›
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Patria, Finland's biggest defense contractor, is scaling up production as it deals with an order backlog of over 1,000 vehicles from NATO allies. Read more ›
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Narwal brought new cleaning robots with it to CES this year, including the Narwal Flow 2, it’s latest flagship robo mop-vac, and the Narwal U50, an automatic mattress vac designed for “deep mite removal.” While I’d hoped the latter vac was an automatic crawler that could navigate your mattress top, the U50 is a handheld device. Still, no one likes to think about what filters down into their mattress as... Read more ›
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America's electric car subsidies expired at the end of September, notes Bloomberg. Yet in those last three months, "while fully electric cars and trucks made up 10% of all auto sales in the US... another 15% of transactions were for hybrid vehicles." The EV market is slowing in the U.S., but analysts expect hybrid sales to continue accelerating. CarGurus Inc., a digital listings platform that covers most of the US... Read more ›
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The administration has made it clear that Nicolás Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them—or if they even want to. Read more ›
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have a complicated relationship. They've had some very public spats, but the two powerful men remain political allies. Read more ›
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Belkin today announced a range of new charging and connectivity accessories at CES 2026, expanding its portfolio of products aimed at Apple device users. UltraCharge Pro Power Bank 10K with Magnetic Ring The lineup includes new Qi2 and Qi2.2 wireless chargers, magnetic power banks, a high-capacity laptop battery, and USB-C productivity accessories, with an emphasis on higher charging speeds, modular designs, and broader device compatibility. Most of the products are... Read more ›
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20 years ago today, the CES in Las Vegas was buzzing with talk of Blu-ray technology, players, and media, and the format isn't dead yet. Read more ›
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The ROG Xbox Ally X is the newest handheld gaming device from Asus, and the third of its kind from the company in as many years. The Xbox Ally X, along with the cheaper Xbox Ally, is made in collaboration with Microsoft's Xbox division, and features a unique design that mirrors Xbox controllers, as well as ships with a lightly modified version of Windows 11. The Xbox Ally X that... Read more ›
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Yukai Engineering, maker of the weirdly cute Mirumi robot, has another interesting gadget at CES 2026. Baby FuFu is a portable fan for babies that attaches to strollers.Baby FuFu is modeled on the company's smaller (but otherwise identical-looking) drink-cooling gadget, Nekojita FuFu. "Baby FuFu grew out of Nekojita FuFu fans' feedback that their children love not only cooling their food with it but also playing with it, pretending to fan... Read more ›
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Belkin has announced a plug-and-play casting system at CES 2026 that allows for screen sharing from a laptop, tablet or smartphone to another display without Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The $150 ConnectAir Wireless HDMI Display Adapter comes with a USB-C transmitter dongle and a USB-A to HDMI receiver that can be connected to a TV, monitor or projector to wirelessly cast over a range of up to 131 feet (40 meters).... Read more ›
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QLED TVs are great for budget and mid-range shoppers, but it's worth considering how long one will last before you shell out the money for it. Read more ›
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A former McKinsey consultant shares what he had to unlearn from consulting to succeed in startup life. Read more ›
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Trump says the US will look to tap Venezuela's oil. Venezuela has the most oil reserves, but only accounts for 1% of global production. Read more ›
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The US military has experience guarding oil infrastructure, but deploying troops to Venezuela comes with high risks in a dangerous environment. Read more ›
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The US's highly elite but secretive Delta Force captures and eliminates high-value targets. They reportedly helped capture Venezuela's Maduro. Read more ›
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Nicolás Maduro is reportedly in NYC's Metropolitan Detention Center, known for high-profile inmates like Luigi Mangioni and Sean "Diddy" Combs. Read more ›
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Here it is — Betty Boop's first appearance, which became public domain on Thursday. It's a 60-second song halfway through a longer cartoon about a restaurant titled Dizzy Dishes. (The first scene makes it clear this is a restaurant of anthropomorphized animals — which explains why the as-yet-unnamed character has floppy dog ears...) So Fleischer Studios has now warned that claiming Betty Boop is public domain"is actually not true." Very... 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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Europe’s DeepTech ecosystem is approaching an important crossroads. Across the continent, universities and research institutes continue to generate breakthrough science, supported by one of the world’s strongest pipelines of technical talent. The ingredients for globally relevant DeepTech companies are already present. Japan’s recent commitment of more than €33 billion to European DeepTech and AI highlights ... 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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Looking back at the evolution of healthtech, many revolutionary startups have been built, often completely shifting the way clinicians work. We have moved from digital record keeping to telehealth platforms, preventative healthcare devices, and now the latest wave of AI co-pilots. Decades of investing in digitisation have consequently turned healthcare into fertile ground for AI ... 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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Alvotech, a Reykjavík-based BioTech company specialising in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines, has secured a €100 million senior term loan facility to strengthen liquidity and support the execution of its strategic priorities in 2026. The term loan facility bears an interest rate of 12.50%, payable monthly in cash, and has a maturity date ... 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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