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Oxford-based materials science startup A&B Smart Materials (A&B) has closed its €1.7 million (£1.5 million) “heavily oversubscribed” pre-Seed round to replace the synthetic sustainable superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) used in hygiene products and agriculture. The funding round’s principal investors include existing backer Sake Bosch, alongside new strategic investors, Caesar and Living Hope VC. Archipelago Ventures, Triple ...
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A new Arctic Report Card recap shows how the Arctic has transformed in just 20 years, warming about twice as fast as the global average and losing most of its oldest sea ice. It's also triggering cascading impacts from "Atlantification" to permafrost-driven "rusting rivers" and more destructive storms. Scientific American reports: The first Arctic Report Card was released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2006. Since then the... Read more ›
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Google has finally killed the Discover tab on Android TV, replacing it with a new 'Free' content hub. Read more ›
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A year of internal disorder, fluctuating priorities and colossal spending at Meta has rattled insiders and investors Read more ›
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Kushner's private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is backing out of Paramount's $108 billion WBD bid. Read more ›
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Tragic images showing 50 mangled M.2 SSDs has been shared on social media. It looks like a naughty boy was the culprit. Read more ›
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Cate Blanchett says her beauty habits let her skip heavy makeup: "If your skin is in good shape, there's no need for a lot of cover-up." Read more ›
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The Google DeepMind CEO warns that some early AI startups are overvalued and the current pace of funding won't last. Read more ›
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Kyrgyzstan is making a bold play for the digital future and they’ve not gone halfway doing it. With the launch of USDKG, a $50 million gold-backed stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, the Central Asian nation is signaling that it’s ready to become a serious contender in global commerce. A hybrid approach to stability So, ... Read more ›
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Larian is using generative AI as part of its game development process, but CEO Swen Vincke has confirmed the studio's new Divinity game won't include anything AI-generated. Read more Read more ›
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An intriguing new rumor today confirms that there will be an iPhone Air 2 (even though it may only arrive in spring 2027), and it will add a second camera. This was first rumored last month, and it's nice to get a 'confirmation' of sorts (as much as any rumor can count as that). While today's report doesn't mention what the second camera will be, the rumor from November did... Read more ›
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Tesla’s sales in California should be suspended for 30 days because its marketing around Autopilot and Full Self-Driving misled consumers, a California administrative law judge has ruled. Back in 2022, the California DMV accused the automaker of using deceptive language to advertise those products and making it seem like its vehicles are capable of level 5 autonomous driving. Tesla has since added the word “Supervised” to the name of its... Read more ›
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The California DMV has given Tesla 90 days to change its advertising language, or face a 30 day dealership suspension. Read more ›
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Nick Reiner is set to be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the death of his parents, director Rick Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Read more ›
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Mozilla is in a tricky position. It contains both a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the internet a better place for everyone, and a for-profit arm dedicated to, you know, making money. In the best of times, these things feed each other: The company makes great products that advance its goals for the web, and […] Read more ›
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If you want to understand how the US government works today, you should study President Donald Trump’s attempt to pardon a woman named Tina Peters last week. Peters is a former Colorado election clerk and a die-hard believer in the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. In 2021, Peters committed a series of […] Read more ›
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Despite changing its name and using decidedly bird-free branding, X is trying to hold on to its original Twitter trademarks, TechCrunch reports. The xAI-owned social media platform has updated its terms of service to include references to Twitter after previously only mentioning X, and seemingly attempted to counter a startup's petition to cancel the company's Twitter trademarks with a petition of its own.The startup X appears to be responding to... Read more ›
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Zurich-based cybersecurity company Soverli has raised €2.2 million ($2.6 million) in pre-Seed funding to introduce a sovereign smartphone architecture that works alongside Android and iOS. The round was led by Founderful, with backing from the ETH Zurich Foundation and Venture Kick, as well as prominent figures from the cybersecurity industry. In September, the company secured ... Read more ›
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APEX, a Oeiras-based investment firm specialising in sports assets, has announced the launch of a new private equity fund targeting €300 million ($350 million) to back minority investments in European sports teams, leagues, and related businesses, with a focus on small to mid-size assets historically ignored by larger institutional investors. The new fund will focus ... Read more ›
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A new report, The European Open-Source AI Landscape, has just been released by the StepUp Startups project. The report offers a snapshot of where Europe currently stands in the global AI race, and explores how faster adoption of open-source AI could boost competitiveness while strengthening the EU’s digital sovereignty. Open-source AI refers to models, tools ... Read more ›
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EpilepsyGTx, a Cambridge-based BioTech startup focused on research and development of gene therapies to treat refractory epilepsy, today announced it has raised €28 million ($33 million) in Series A financing to advance its lead programme EPY201 through Phase 1/2a clinical trials. The round included investment from XGEN Venture, the British Business Bank (who invested €12 ... Read more ›
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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 ... Read more ›
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This week on the EU-Startups Podcast, we sit down with Karim Saleh, Co-founder and CEO of Cerrion. This Zurich-based company is building agentic AI that watches factory lines around the clock and intervenes in real time to prevent safety incidents, scrap, and costly downtime. By plugging into standard cameras and understanding production flows like an ... Read more ›
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Mirelo, an audio company that lets anyone generate perfectly synchronized sound effects for videos, has just raised about €35 million ($41 million) in a seed round, co-led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Atlantic.vc and TriplePoint Capital. The Berlin-based startup was founded by two senior AI researchers who are also accomplished musicians, ... Read more ›
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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 ... Read more ›
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Warsaw-based primary healthcare startup Jutro Medical has raised €24 million to scale its AI-enabled primary care rollup. This Series A extension round was led by Warsaw Equity Group, with participation from Vinci, naturalX Health Ventures, Fluent Ventures, Aternus, KAYA VC, and Inovo VC. A debt component from mBank and Orbit Capital is also included in ... Read more ›
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French preventive healthcare startup Lucis has announced the closing of a €7.2 million ($8.5 million) Seed funding round to boost its European expansion, broaden its network of partner laboratories and physicians, and scale its platform. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Y Combinator, Kima Ventures, Motier Ventures, Circle.Co, and North South ... Read more ›
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