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London-based PolyAI, a provider of customer-led voice assistants for the enterprise, announced on Thursday that it has secured $50M (approximately €46M) at a valuation of $500M (approximately €460M) in a fresh funding round from Hedosophia and NVentures, the VC arm of NVIDIA. Existing investors, including Khosla Ventures and Point72 Ventures, also participated in the round, […]
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Temu Indonesia ban leads wave of Southeast Asian regulatory actions. Region’s $160 billion e-commerce market proves challenging as Indonesia leads regulatory pushback. Following the ban on Temu in Indonesia in October 2024, the Chinese e-commerce sensation’s meteoric rise has hit a regulatory wall in Southeast Asia. The platform, known for its low prices and aggressive... Read more » Read more ›
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Elon Musk says a lot of us are doing it wrong when it comes to posting links on X. He calls it "lazy linking" — a term I've never heard of. Read more ›
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ETH advanced 4% during the day, outperforming BTC's 1.5% loss and slight gains of the broader market benchmark CoinDesk 20 Index.The ETH/BTC ratio hit its weakest level in three years last week, but has rebounded since and is poised for more gains, observers noted.Bitcoin is likely to move sideways until year-end, said Paul Howard, senior director of Wincent. Read more ›
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Console deals like one that takes $75 off a Switch OLED are in rare abundance, and there’s even more to shop. | Image: Nintendo Black Friday is brimming with great deals on new games, including older titles you can purchase for pennies on the dollar and recent hits that might be hard to justify at full price. You can usually find great deals on gaming accessories, too, from controllers and... Read more ›
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Max isn’t the only one of our favorite streaming services with a juicy Black Friday deal. From now until December 4, you can get two months of Paramount+ for $3 monthly. Formerly CBS All Access, the platform has original series like Star Trek: Discovery and a growing selection of sports content. The deal applies to the Paramount+ Essential (with ads, usually $8) or Paramount+ with Showtime (ad-free, usually $13) tiers.... Read more ›
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Nvidia has introduced Fugatto, an AI music editor that can generate never-head-of audio combinations, including instruments mimicking animal sounds. The tool processes both text and audio inputs to create music, sound effects, and modified speech. The system can isolate vocals, swap instruments, and alter voice characteristics. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›
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Lawyers for the United States on Monday said that Google had created a monopoly with its services to place ads online, closing out an antitrust trial over the company's dominance in advertising technology that could add to the Silicon Valley giant's mounting woes. From a report: The legal case concerns a system of software that is used by advertisers to place ads on websites around the internet. Aaron Teitelbaum, a... Read more ›
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The criminal case related to Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election is ending. Read more ›
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The famous superhero mouse is getting a new movie from the team and writer behind Free Guy. Read more ›
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The newly surfaced report appears to have been assembled by Google strategists to try to imagine what kind of ad business Apple might build out. Read more ›
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The spacecraft delivered food and supplies to the ISS, but its cargo might be contaminated. Read more ›
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New York City's High Line, hip boutiques, and the Standard Hotel have grown up around it: Now the Meatpacking District will soon have no meat. Read more ›
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An ongoing furnace issue at Tesla's Texas factory raised the temperature and created a "constant haze," The Wall Street Journal reported. Read more ›
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Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi says job candidates come prepared to answer "gotcha questions," so he likes to put them to work on a real problem instead. Read more ›
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Sony is developing a portable version of the PlayStation 5, according to a new report. Read more Read more ›
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The Chinese technology giant is set to release its new Mate 70 smartphones with software and hardware developed locally. Read more ›
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Marc Andreessen argues against sharing too many personal details at work. The famous VC says to "leave your full self at home" and act like a grownup. Read more ›
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Apple's iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will offer "significant design changes," The Information's Wayne Ma reports. The two flagship iPhone 17 models will be the first high-end iPhones to feature an aluminum frame since the delineation of the iPhone lineup into Pro and non-Pro models. In recent years, lower-end iPhone models such as the iPhone SE and iPhone 16 have featured aluminum frames. Until the release of... Read more ›
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Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Rumble, the video streaming platform that’s become the home for right-wing personalities like Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, and Tim Pool as well as full-throated racists like Nick Fuentes, has a new member joining its ranks: Dr Disrespect. The streamer announced the news via social media and Rumble confirmed it in a press release, stating that the streamer will provide a mix of free... 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 Celebratix, a blockchain ticketing startup, announced on Tuesday that has secured €1.1M in investments from numerous Dutch serial entrepreneurs, the Swedish VC uBIT, and the UK business angel Justin Rees. The Dutch company backed by Solana will use the funds to expand internationally, particularly in Sweden and the United Kingdom. “We are beyond excited ... Read more Read more ›
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Bochum-based GEMESYS, a German AI hardware startup, has secured €8.6M in a pre-seed funding round. The investment was led by the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund together with Atlantic Labs, with additional contributions from NRW.BANK, Sony Innovation Fund, and Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play Tech Center. The round was also supported by grant funding from the ... Read more Read more ›
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Overijssel, the Netherlands-based Qredits, a microfinance institution, has signed a new credit facility of €15M with ING Nederland. Elwin Groenevelt, CEO of Qredits, made the official announcement on LinkedIn through a post. “After a three-year absence, ING is fortunately part of the financiers of Qredits again,” says Groenevelt. “ING Bank was one of the founding ... 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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Paris-based Twenty, the company behind open-source CRM, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $5M (approximately €4.7M) in a seed funding round led by Runa Capital. Other participating investors include the founders of HubSpot, Front, Cal.com, Sentry, and Photoroom, among others. The company will use the funds to further grow its open-source community, enhance its ... 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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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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