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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 ...
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Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker demand Trump pay Americans $1,700 in tariff refunds after the Supreme Court ruling. Read more ›
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Justices Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas argued that Trump's tariffs were lawful and that reversing them could get messy. Read more ›
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The president insisted he'll find other ways to make the tariffs that have rocked the tech industry happen. Read more ›
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According to a new rumor, Realme is working on the C83, which will be positioned under the C85, just like the naming scheme implies. The C85 made its debut in November. The C83 is said to arrive in three RAM/storage combos: 4/64GB, 4/128GB, and 6/128GB. Their prices in India are rumored to be INR 13,499, INR 14,499, and INR 17,499, respectively. Realme C85 The C83 has the model number RMX5256... Read more ›
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The process for IEEPA tariff refunds will likely go through the Court of International Trade. Already, over 1,000 lawsuits are pending. Read more ›
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Comments and other data left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security's proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centers reveal the personnel involved in its creation. Read more ›
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Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft after nearly 40 years at the software giant. Xbox president Sarah Bond is also leaving Microsoft, in what is a major shakeup to the management of Xbox and Microsoft's gaming efforts. Asha Sharma, currently president of CoreAI product, is taking over as CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Microsoft CEO […] Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump’s tariffs are unlawful, the Supreme Court said on Friday. What just happened? In a 6-3 decision, the Court struck down the sprawling tariffs […] Read more ›
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Meta is pivoting Horizon Worlds away from its original VR-centric metaverse vision and toward a mobile-first strategy, "explicitly separating" its Quest VR platform from the virtual world. TechCrunch reports: By going mobile-first, Horizon Worlds is positioning itself to compete with popular platforms like Roblox and Fortnite. "We're in a strong position to deliver synchronous social games at scale, thanks to our unique ability to connect those games with billions of... Read more ›
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President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy so far has been to speak loudly and carry a big stick. On Friday, the Supreme Court took away his favorite stick. From Cuba, to China, to Greenland, it’s not an exaggeration to say that tariffs are the default foreign policy tool of the second Trump administration. He […] Read more ›
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The Supreme Court fast-tracked a case over whether President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs. Read more ›
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In a 6-3 ruling, justices upended the Trump administration's signature economic policy, potentially putting the US government on the hook for at least $175 billion in tariff refunds. Read more ›
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The Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in Learning Resources v. Trump on Friday, with a total of six justices concluding that a wide range of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump are illegal. Chief Justice John Roberts, a Republican, wrote the opinion. At least some of his opinion was joined by five other […] Read more ›
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Microsoft gaming boss Phil Spencer has just announced he's leaving the company after 12 years leading Xbox and nearly 40 at Microsoft in total. His replacement: Asha Sharma, formerly head of development for Microsoft's AI enterprise teams. Before that, she was COO of Instacart for three years, and spent four at Meta in charge of […] Read more ›
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What scientists thought were four separate star clusters are actually part of one nearly invisible system. Read more ›
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FYLD, an AI-powered frontline intelligence platform for the global infrastructure sector out of London, announced a €34 million ($41 million) Series B round to scale its platform delivering operational certainty for distributed, high-risk fieldwork in energy, construction, water and more. The round was led by Energy Impact Partners LP with participation from growth equity specialist ... Read more ›
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Xyall, an Eindhoven-based MedTech startup offering an automated tissue dissection solution designed to support molecular pathology workflows, has secured an investment of €7.6 million to globally roll out its molecular pathology laboratory solutions. The investment was secured from a consortium led by Capricorn Partners via their Capricorn Healthtech Fund II, alongside existing investors Sioux Technologies, ... Read more ›
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Tozaro, a Bedford-based company whose ‘Smart Polymer’ technology looks to significantly reduce the cost of life-saving cell and gene therapies, has completed a €6.9 million (£6 million) funding round. The round was led by Mercia Ventures, investing from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II and from its own funds, alongside other existing investors. It will ... Read more ›
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London-based Toyo, a startup building AI agents designed to run day-to-day business operations autonomously, has raised a €3.6 million ($4.3 million) Seed to support product development and the expansion of its secure infrastructure, as the company looks to make advanced AI agent workflows accessible to non-technical founders. The round was raised from Frontline Ventures, iNovia ... Read more ›
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happyhotel, an Offenburg-based HotelTech startup offering revenue management software for the hotel industry, today announced the closing of its €6.5 million Series A funding round to develop AI agents for hotels. The round was led by venture capital fund Reimann Investors. Existing investors also participated again, including Start-up BW Innovation Fund (managed by MBG Baden-Württemberg), ... Read more ›
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SatVu, a London-based thermal intelligence company that reveals operational activity and infrastructure performance from space, has closed a €34 million (£30 million) funding round bringing its total equity funding to €68 million (£60 million), as it accelerates from single-satellite demonstration to execution of a multi-satellite constellation. The round completes with a strategic investment from the ... Read more ›
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Nul, a UK-based HealthTech startup building a supported alcohol reduction platform that offers access to clinical care and prescription medication, today announced that it has raised nearly €840k ($1 million) in Seed funding to support UK launch, team expansion, and international growth plans. The round was led by dmg ventures, the venture arm of Daily ... Read more ›
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European tech has a hiring problem that nobody wants to talk about. While founders obsess over landing senior engineers and AI specialists, they are quietly abandoning the pipeline that produces them. The numbers are stark. According to Ravio’s 2025 Tech Job Market Report, entry-level positions in European tech have seen a 73% decrease in hiring ... Read more ›
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Following our series of country deep dives, we now turn to Ireland, where Dublin has become the clear centre of gravity for the country’s newest generation of tech companies. While Ireland has long attracted multinational giants, a new cohort of locally founded startups is building across biotech, AI infrastructure, fintech, and enterprise software. In this ... Read more ›
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Rome-based startup Intuos, the developer of an integrated platform for aircraft fleet operators that combines operational software and IoT devices with ML-based analytics, has closed a €720k investment round following its expansion in Europe and South Africa. The round was led by Argo, a TravelTech accelerator born from a CDP Venture Capital initiative in collaboration ... Read more ›
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