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Stockholm-based Kameo, an investment platform facilitating direct investments in property project loans across Scandinavia, announced that it has secured £1.1M (approximately €1.29M) in a fresh round of funding. The investment came from Stockholm’s Incore Invest as part of a £2.26M share issuance. Having used the platform for years, the Incore team is backing Kameo’s loan […]
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PayPay and Alipay+ announced an extended partnership at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2024, to increasing merchant coverage across Japan. PayPay, Japan’s leading QR payment operator, and AliPay+, Ant International’s mobile payment method that helps merchants reach shoppers in Asia, will now connect over three million local merchants to the global payment ecosystem. The extended partnership... Read more » Read more ›
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Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Trade associations involved in US broadband and wireless service say competition forces them to have good customer service, which may be news to many customers. The comments are in response to the FCC’s October inquiry reviewing the quality of internet and phone providers’ customer support. Ars Technica quotes a filing from NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, which says... Read more ›
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge If you’re looking to catch up on recent shows and movies — including Shogun, The Penguin, and Dune: Part Two — the upcoming holiday weekend is the perfect time to do so. Thankfully, multiple streaming services are slashing subscription prices ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, including Max, Hulu, and others. Right now, for example, you can sign up for a year... Read more ›
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A still from a video generated by OpenAI’s Sora. | OpenAI OpenAI first teased its text-to-video AI model, Sora, back in February and hasn’t provided any meaningful updates on when it will be released since then. Now, it looks like some artists leaked access to the model in protest of being used by the company for what they claim is “unpaid R&D and PR.” On Tuesday, a group of Sora... Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isn’t so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, we’re here... Read more ›
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The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet. Read more ›
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Nintendo's Switch might be nipping at its heels, but PlayStation 2 continues to hold the record as the best-selling console of all time - with Sony now confirming the machine has shifted a whopping 160m units since launching all the way back in March 2000. Read more Read more ›
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iRacing, Forza Horizon or Gran Turismo is about to get a whole lot better with our choices for the best racing sims cockpits. Read more ›
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Bloomberg reports that Uber has started farming out independent contractors for data-labeling services as well as coders-for-hire. Uber describes its new Scaled Solutions division as a platform of “analysts, testers and independent data operators,” according to the company’s website. Scaled Solutions began life as an internal team, handling “large-scale annotation tasks” for Uber’s other services. Now it’s been expanded to provide coders and data labelers for outside companies like Pokémon... Read more ›
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According to industry figures, recording an album can cost $250,000 to $300,000, making it difficult for artists to make a living without a record label. Read more ›
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The best extra accessories we've seen on sale to go with your Quest 3/3S headset: straps, batteries, and more. Read more ›
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Microsoft has quietly announced the end of an era, with the Xbox Avatar Editor going away early next year. "Due to low engagement and our shift in focus towards delivering other player experiences, the Xbox Avatar Editor app will no longer be available starting on January 9, 2025," the company wrote in its FAQ about the feature. The latest approach to personalizing avatars launched in 2018. The Xbox Avatar Editor... Read more ›
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I take dozens of flights a year and you won't see me board a plane without this travel bag. Read more ›
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There may or may not be some deals on high-end graphics cards during the Black Friday timeframe, but it's a bad idea to plunk down a wad of cash on soon to be deprecated hardware. Midrange and budget GPUs are at less risk, but the top GPUs will be surpassed when the next-gen parts arrive in early 2025. Read more ›
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A PopSocket allows you to hold your phone with one hand, prevents drops and can double as a phone stand. Get one or several for up to 50% off for Black Friday. Read more ›
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Rumors on social media inflamed speculation of a pay disparity between Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Read more ›
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Eric Schmidt said the emotionally and physically "perfect" AI girlfriend may lead young male users to become obsessed with the chatbot. Read more ›
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A recent neo-Nazi rally in Columbus, Ohio drew national attention—but it was just one of dozens that increasingly emboldened white power groups have held this year. Read more ›
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Trump's promise to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico mimics his old strategy of using tariff threats as a negotiating tool. Read more ›
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Stockholm-based Candela, a company specialising in hydrofoiling electric boats and ferries, has finalised its Series C funding round, raising an additional $14M (approximately €13.34M) to surpass $40M in total funding for 2024. The capital will support scaling production to meet growing demand for its electric watercraft, including the Candela P-12. The P-12 has been sold ... Read more Read more ›
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London-based Lighthouse, a commercial intelligence platform for the travel and hospitality industry, has secured nearly $370M (approximately €351.83M) in Series C growth funding. The company has achieved “unicorn” status with this round. The investment, led by global investment firm KKR, is backed by its Next Generation Technology III Fund. Existing investors, including Spectrum Equity, F-Prime ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Mews, a company specialised in hospitality technology, on Thursday, announced that it has acquired Gothenburg,-based Atomize, the Revenue Management Software (RMS) provider. “We couldn’t be more excited about being part of the Mews family,” says Alexander Edström, CEO of Atomize. “With Atomise now part of Mews, it marks an exciting new chapter for the ... Read more Read more ›
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Luxembourg-based emma, a cloud management platform, announced on Monday, that it has secured $17M (approximately €16.2M) in a Series A funding round led by Smartfin, with participation from RTP Global and existing investors. The funding comes over a year after raising $6M (approximately €5.7M) in the Seed round in March 2023, bringing total funding to ... Read more Read more ›
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Lyon, France-based Eden AI, an AI integration platform, announced on Thursday that it has secured €3M in a seed round led by Galion.exe. Other investors, including 50 Partners and several prominent business angels, including Olivier Pomel (Co-Founder of Datadog), Sébastien Pahl (Co-Founder of Docker), and Alix de Sagazan (Co-Founder of ABTasty), also participated. The French ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Treety, an ESG reporting, monitoring & compliance solution for alternative asset managers, has secured fresh funding from venture capital firm Arket Ventures. With this funding, Treety plans to expand its capabilities, furthering its mission to empower businesses and investors to integrate sustainability into their decision-making processes. Resolving ESG data challenges Founded in 2020 by ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based EWOR, a venture capital firm supporting early-stage entrepreneurs, announced that Petter Made, co-founder of SumUp, and Quinten Selhorst, founder of Felyx, have joined as full-time partners. EWOR provides hands-on support for startups at the early stages, guided by experienced founders. Made and Selhorst aim to strengthen EWOR’s mission to build a “leading” fellowship for ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based LearnWise, an AI-driven platform enhancing the student experience, has secured €2M in a seed round of funding led by London-based VC firm Emerge. The platform, which has reduced support queries by 50 per cent for over 720,000 students worldwide, aims to use the funding to enhance its product and expand its team. The move ... Read more Read more ›
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US-based Growth Catalyst Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in information, marketing, and tech-enabled services, on Wednesday announced that it has acquired UK-based InspiredMinds! This acquisition helps InspiredMinds! expand into the US market and strengthen its goal of connecting top AI talent through events like World Summit AI and Intelligent Health. However, post-acquisition, ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based Extantia Capital, a VC firm that backs pioneers in climate, announced Wednesday that it has announced a final close of its oversubscribed Article 9 flagship fund at €204M. The fund received backing from a global network of institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, corporations, and family offices. Extantia invests in ... Read more Read more ›
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