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Amsterdam-based WoodWing, a provider of Enterprise Information Management, announced that it has acquired its multi-decade strategic partner Qonqord. Through this acquisition, the Dutch company expanded its portfolio of solutions and gained direct local presence across EMEA, including in the UK, the Benelux, France, and Iberia. The acquisition marks the third add-on acquisition of WoodWing since ... Read more
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Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move. Read more ›
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Meta's about-face on fact checking shows how Musk has remade the world in his image. Read more ›
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Zuckerberg was seen wearing a Greubel Forsey 'Hand Made 1' on his left wrist while making the announcement. Read more ›
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Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation. Read more ›
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Meta ends US fact-checking partnerships, sparking an emergency meeting by the International Fact-Checking Network. Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images As part of Meta’s sweeping changes to content moderation announced today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that the company will also be moving its content moderation teams from California to Texas to “help remove the concern that biased employees are overly censoring content,” he wrote on Threads. “We’re going to move our trust and safety and content moderation teams out of California, and... Read more ›
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Jar of Sparks, the Seattle-based "AAA" studio established by Halo Infinite head of design Jerry Hook back in 2022, has halted work its currently unannounced first title as it searches for a new publishing partner, and that's it's looking to "find all of our team new homes" as a result. Read more Read more ›
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The UK Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that Russian losses reached their worst so far on December 19, when 2,200 troops were killed or wounded. Read more ›
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said moving teams from California to Texas and other states would help address concerns of overcensorship on its platforms. Read more ›
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Mark Zuckerberg announcea Meta's shift to community notes, replacing fact-checkers and easing content restrictions. Read more ›
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The combined company, which will be called Getty Images, will be worth $3.7 billion, Getty said on Tuesday. Read more ›
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The appetite for AI-derived drivel isn’t as strong as many publishers would have you believe, and demand for quality content is growing. Read more ›
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If you bought a home after 2009, your appraisal fee almost certainly included hundreds of dollars for a middleman you've likely never heard of. Read more ›
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Curious to know what wild ideas Sony might be pondering for the future of gaming? Well, you're in luck: it's just unveiled new conceptual technology designed to ramp up immersion by sticking players inside a TV box and squirting smells into the room. So if you've ever wanted a whiff of Kratos after a hard day's slaying, your dreams are now one step closer to reality. Read more Read more ›
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China EV sales projected to reach 12 million units in 2025, overtaking conventional vehicle sales. Government incentives and fierce domestic competition drive EV adoption. Sales of Chinese electric vehicles are on track to achieve a milestone in 2025, with EVs expected to outsell traditional combustion engine cars in the country for the first time. The... Read more » Read more ›
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Huang said he would do everything he can to help President-elect Donald Trump's administration succeed. Read more ›
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Former Annapurna Interactive staff - who departed the acclaimed video game publisher last September as part of a "mass exodus" - have reportedly established a new company and will be taking over indie label Private Division's portfolio, which was sold by Take-Two last year. Read more Read more ›
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Scientists have discovered that quarks and gluons inside protons are quantum entangled, challenging traditional views of proton structure and revealing a more complex, dynamic system influenced by strong interactions. Space.com reports: Entanglement is the aspect of quantum physics that says two affected particles can instantaneously influence each other's "state" no matter how widely separated they are -- even if they are on opposite sides of the universe. Albert Einstein founded... Read more ›
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Assassin's Creed Shadows features a rejig of the series' usual controls due to the addition of being able to go prone. Read more Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Meta overhauled its approach to US moderation on Tuesday, ditching fact-checking, announcing a plan to move its trust and safety teams, and perhaps most impactfully, updating its Hateful Conduct policy. As reported by Wired, a lot of text has been updated, added, or removed, but here are some of the changes that jumped out at us. These two sections outlining speech (written or visual)... Read more ›
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London-based CUBE, a RegTech specialising in Automated Regulatory Intelligence (ARI), announced on Thursday that it has acquired Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and Oden businesses. The acquisition was finalised on December 31, 2024. The definitive agreement was initially announced in May 2024, but the terms were not disclosed. The acquisition will enhance CUBE’s global customer base ... Read more Read more ›
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Ebusco, a Netherlands-based motor vehicle manufacturer, has submitted a request to the Netherlands Employees Insurance Agency (UWV) and informed trade unions about its plans to restructure, impacting 102 Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs), or nearly 16.5 per cent of its workforce as of September 30, 2024. The affected positions are primarily in the production, warehouse, and facility ... Read more Read more ›
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Berlin-based Apheris, a company specialising in federated computing for the life sciences sector, has completed its Series A funding round, raising its total funding to $20.8M (approximately €20.24M). The round was led by European DeepTech venture capital firms OTB Ventures and eCAPITAL, with participation from existing investors such as Octopus Ventures and Heal Capital. Hannes ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based WoodWing, a provider of Enterprise Information Management, announced that it has acquired its multi-decade strategic partner Qonqord. Through this acquisition, the Dutch company expanded its portfolio of solutions and gained direct local presence across EMEA, including in the UK, the Benelux, France, and Iberia. The acquisition marks the third add-on acquisition of WoodWing since ... Read more Read more ›
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Bern-based Capt’n Greenfin, a Swiss clean fishing startup, has raised fresh funding led by Zürich’s MINUS2. The funding amount, however, remains undisclosed. The investment will support the development and scaling of Capt’n Greenfin’s 100 per cent biodegradable fishing products. MINUS2 is investing in the startup with a clear vision for sustainable fishing and a forward-looking ... Read more Read more ›
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Borssele, The Netherlands-based VAM WaterTech, a company specialised in water treatment and recycling in the agrifood sector, is being acquired by Managing Director Hans Blaak together with Luxembourg-based ORAXYS and France’s SWEN Capital Partners. The acquisition is aimed at accelerating growth in Europe, North America, and Asia and developing new solutions to provide solutions for ... Read more Read more ›
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Paris has been a leading player in the global startup ecosystem, and in 2024, the city continued to reinforce its position as a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship. The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2024 reveals that Paris is home to over 8,000 startups and boasts the world’s largest startup campus, Station F. This makes the ... Read more Read more ›
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Raymon Pouwels, the co-founder of GO Sharing and Umob, has invested in Dutch-based SURE Mobility, bringing valuable expertise in shared mobility, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. Pouwels has taken on the role of advisor to support the growth and success of several ventures alongside Patrick De Wit (Founder ... Read more Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Ver.iD, a SaaS platform specialising in digital identity verification, has secured €2M in an angel round of funding. The company plans to launch a €4M funding round to support its European expansion. The recent funding comes from a group of prominent angel investors. Ver.iD: Reinventing verification The introduction of eIDAS 2.0, the updated European ... Read more Read more ›
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London’s startup ecosystem is one of the most vibrant and successful in the world. According to the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2024, the city is the leading startup hub in Europe and ranks #2 globally (tied with New York City). Janet Coyle, CBE, MD of Grow London at London & Partners, says, “We’re proud to ... Read more Read more ›
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