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In Q3 2024, around €424M was invested in Dutch startups, nearly the same as in Q3 2023. Despite a slight decrease from Q2 2024 (€427M), the total investment for 2024 exceeds €1.9B, surpassing the total for 2023, according to the Quarterly Startup Report. Enschede-based Golden Egg Check (GEC), a Dutch analyst startup that tracks startups, ... Read more
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Apple today announced a significant update to the iPad mini, featuring the powerful A17 Pro chip and support for the company's new Apple Intelligence system. The refreshed tablet maintains its compact 8.3-inch design while offering substantial performance improvements and new capabilities. The A17 Pro chip brings a 30% boost in CPU performance and a 25% increase in GPU performance compared to the previous generation, according to Apple. The new iPad... Read more ›
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Score one for OpenAI? Before we get to today’s column, we should flag Aaron’s scoop yesterday about OpenAI hiring one of Microsoft’s most prominent artificial intelligence researchers. It must be a welcome relief for OpenAI to be on the receiving end of such a move for a change.Onto today’s issue…Between headlines about OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar financing and executive drama, you might have forgotten it’s also reworking its convoluted structure so that... Read more ›
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Sonos apparently believes its mobile app has reached a good enough place to resume product launches: today the company has announced the Arc Ultra and Sub 4. The $999 Arc Ultra is a more powerful take on the original Arc, and it’s the first Sonos product to feature unique transducer technology from Mayht, a startup that Sonos acquired in 2022. Sonos refers to this as “Sound Motion” and says it... Read more ›
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OPPO's upcoming Find X8 series will include a pressure-sensitive camera shutter button that resembles Apple's new Camera Control feature introduced with the iPhone 16. The iPhone 16's Camera Control is a pressure-sensitive button allows users to interact with the camera in ways that were previously only possible with on-screen gestures and can perform functions such as launching the camera, taking pictures, switching between cameras, and zooming in. Chinese smartphone maker... Read more ›
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Xbox Cloud Gaming will welcome three Call of Duty games to its service this month. Read more ›
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Apple just announced, in a somewhat understated fashion via a press release, a new iPad Mini. It’s the first upgrade for Apple’s smallest tablet since 2021. The new Mini starts at $499. Iis up for pre-order now and goes on sale next Wednesday. The new Mini is mostly a spec bump: it runs a new A17 Pro chip, which Apple says has a 30 percent faster CPU, 25 percent faster... Read more ›
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Uber CEO is open to a Tesla partnership and wants to get its robotaxis onto its platform after ditching its own driverless car dreams. Read more ›
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An increase of nearly 50 cents a gallon may be on the way next year, courtesy of a state climate program that has enjoyed popular and bipartisan support. Read more ›
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Emteq Labs, a UK-based company, says it's developed the "world's first emotion-sensing eyewear," which it named "Sense." Read more ›
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Image: Roku Roku is making your TV more like a surveillance center. It’s rolling out a carousel of all your Roku security camera feeds that will automatically rotate when cameras detect activity or during timed intervals. In addition to this update, Roku is expanding TV notifications to include alerts from all your cameras — not just your video doorbell. This can give you a heads-up when your baby’s waking up... Read more ›
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A new type of smart glasses from Emteq Labs have cameras pointed inwards, aiming to track your life and quantify how you’re feeling—and what you’re eating. Read more ›
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Robotics company Starship Technologies filed trademarks for both "Starship" and "Robovan" before SpaceX and Tesla did, per US patent office data. Read more ›
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Meet Apple’s seventh-generation iPad mini. Arriving over three years after its predecessor, the new tablet adds a faster A17 Pro chip originally found in the iPhone 15 Pro series with support for Apple Intelligence, more entry-level storage and support for the Apple Pencil Pro. The iPad mini 7 has the same 8.3-inch screen size as the previous model and an identical 2266 x 1488 resolution at 326 ppi. Unfortunately, the... Read more ›
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Meanwhile, a Star Wars, DCU, The Thing , Death Proof and Final Destination veteran joins the Hand That Rocks the Cradle remake. Read more ›
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Broader support for more public spending, resistance to tax hikes, and spending pressures have driven public debt to record levels, the IMF said. Read more ›
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Apple's 2026 iPhones will use TSMC's next-generation 2-nanometer fabrication process in combination with a new packaging method that will integrate 12GB of RAM, a reputable source of accurate predictions about Apple's plans has claimed. In a Weibo post on Tuesday, Chinese-language user "Phone Chip Expert" said Apple's A20 chip in iPhone 18 models will switch from the previous InFo (Integrated Fan-Out) packaging to WMCM (Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module) packaging, while memory... Read more ›
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A business operations director at LinkedIn started her career journey at a community college and now holds a six-figure job. Read more ›
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In today’s fast-paced digital age, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the constant flow of information. With so many changes happening daily and quickly, it’s easy for some stories to slip through the cracks. But worry not, we have gathered them all in this roundup to make sure that you stay updated in the ocean ... Read more Read more ›
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More than half (58%) of employees block off time in their calendars to protect themselves from meetings, according to new workplace research from Owl Labs. Negativity about meetings is nothing new, and employee gripes often include the fact that they have to do so many meetings, they have no time left for their actual work. ... Read more Read more ›
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Nordic-Dutch climate-tech scaleup Paebbl has raised $25M (approximately €22.81M) in a Series A funding round. The company turns captured CO2 into permanent carbon-storing materials. The funding will help the company build a sustainable value chain for CO2 storage, positioning the construction industry as a key player in mitigating climate change. The funding round was led ... Read more Read more ›
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Buyers Edge Platform, a US-based software and analytics company for the food service industry, has invested in HosCat in the Netherlands as part of its European expansion. The investment supports Buyers Edge Platform’s strategy to build the largest Digital Procurement Network in Europe, similar to its success in the US. Through strategic acquisitions, partnerships, and ... Read more Read more ›
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Rotterdam-based Blue Radix, a specialist in autonomous greenhouse solutions, has secured a €5M investment from Dutch-based Navus Ventures and Horticoop to accelerate its commercial growth. Horticoop, representing 300 greenhouse companies committed to enhancing the horticultural sector, aligns with Blue Radix’s mission by investing in solutions that promote increased yield and energy efficiency. Eduard Meijer, Director ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based PIABO Communications, a communications agency for innovative companies, has announced its acquisition of Munich’s PR and social media firm Startup Communication. Founded in 2016, Startup Communication is a PR and online marketing agency specialising in supporting startups and fast-growing companies, particularly those aiming to enter the German market. With a focus on the tech ... Read more Read more ›
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Frederiksberg-based Bemakers, a Danish distribution partner for ambitious alcohol brands, announced that it has secured €3.5M in a seed round of funding. Morten Stengaard, CEO and co-founder of Bemakers, says, “We’re excited to close this funding round, and truly appreciate the continued support from our investors. This investment will enable us to expand distribution channels ... Read more Read more ›
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In Q3 2024, around €424M was invested in Dutch startups, nearly the same as in Q3 2023. Despite a slight decrease from Q2 2024 (€427M), the total investment for 2024 exceeds €1.9B, surpassing the total for 2023, according to the Quarterly Startup Report. Enschede-based Golden Egg Check (GEC), a Dutch analyst startup that tracks startups, ... Read more Read more ›
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Lyngby, Denmark-based PSV Hafnium, a new early-stage venture fund dedicated to deep tech, has announced its launch. Besides the launch, the Danish fund also announced that it has secured DKK 185M (approximately €24.8M) from the European Investment Fund (EIF) and DKK 100M (approximately €13.4M) from the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO). With a ... Read more Read more ›
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Eindhoven-based PhotonVentures, a deep tech venture capital firm, announced that it has secured €5M investment from Invest-NL and a group of new private investors. Invest-NL joins a group of prominent tech investors, family offices, the Brabant Development Agency (BOM), PhotonDelta, Oost NL, the University of Twente, and TNO, who have previously invested in the fund. ... Read more Read more ›
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