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On Friday, Leuven, Belgium-based Capricorn Partners, announced the first close of its Capricorn Health-tech Fund II at €51M to support innovative health technology startups. This fund invests in healthcare innovators across digital health and medtech, enhancing personalised and value-based healthcare throughout Europe. Out of the total, Amsterdam-based Invest-NL, a national financing and development institution, announced ... Read more
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The Getty Villa remained standing as fires razed homes around it. Getty staff have been doing simple yard work all year that homeowners should follow. Read more ›
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On 26th July 2024, performers from the US actors union SAG-AFTRA began a strike after failing to reach a deal with major video game companies over the use of AI. Negotiations had been ongoing for more than a year and a half; now, six months later, the strike continues, delaying game production and leaving actors out of work. Read more Read more ›
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If you thought 2025 might finally be the year you get through that pesky games backlog, signs aren't looking good. You can now chuck more onto the pile, with Amazon having announced it's bringing 16 more titles to Prime Gaming in January. Read more Read more ›
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Six minutes of developer Splash Damage's unreleased Transformers: Reactivate have leaked online following the studio's announcement earlier this week it was ending development. Read more Read more ›
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In November last year, Amazon officially announced a Mass Effect TV show is in development. Now, voice actor Jennifer Hale told Eurogamer she'd love to be part of it and believes the original cast should be involved too. Read more Read more ›
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BioShock creator Ken Levine wanted developer Irrational Games to continue, and didn't expect publisher Take-Two to shut it down. Read more Read more ›
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OCBC has become the first bank in Singapore offering tokenised bonds. APAC leads in digital asset adoption, with 29% of 2024’s cryptocurrency trades. OCBC has appeared as the first bank in Singapore to offer bespoke tokenised bonds to corporate accredited investors (corporate AIs) – businesses with net assets exceeding SG$ 10 million. The tokenised bonds... Read more » Read more ›
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Ubisoft has said it is delaying Assassin's Creed Shadows again, as the company explores sale options. Read more Read more ›
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Nintendo's determined streak of announcing absolutely anything but Switch 2 continues today with the news its beloved Game Boy handheld is getting the Lego treatment later this year. Read more Read more ›
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Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge You may be wondering how to delete your Facebook account now that fact-checking is no longer considered important, and Meta’s changing its definition of what constitutes Hateful Conduct. It’s easy to do, and we’ll show you how. But, you should download all your stuff first. The following instructions are for the web version of Facebook, but you can follow pretty much the same... Read more ›
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There are bad guys and then there are Bad Guys that you just can't wait to punch in the face. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's Emmerich Voss falls easily into that second category. He's a Nazi, and an especially vile one at that. Voss is so snide and so sure of himself in that greasy, smart arse kind of way. He plays on people's weaknesses and exploits them, allowing... Read more ›
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Microsoft will once again hold a Xbox Developer Direct to kick off the new year, with deep dives into a small selection of upcoming Xbox Game Studios titles. Read more Read more ›
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A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes. Read more ›
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The SpaceX founder said on Wednesday night that the rocket company would provide the terminals to areas hit by the huge wildfires. Read more ›
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Accessory maker ESR this week introduced the Geo Digital Pencil, a low-cost Apple Pencil alternative that has support for Apple's Find My functionality. Priced at $30, the Geo Digital Pencil connects to an iPad with Bluetooth, and it supports writing, drawing, sketching, and more much like the Apple Pencil. The Geo Digital Pencil connects to an iPad using a magnetic attachment to keep it from being lost, but charging is... Read more ›
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Image: The Verge xAI has released an iOS app in the US for its Grok chatbot, as spotted earlier by TechCrunch. The standalone app version of the chatbot, which xAI calls a beta, can perform the same functions as the one built into X, as it can field real-time information, answer questions, and generate images. xAI started testing Grok’s standalone iOS app in December in a handful of countries. There’s... Read more ›
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Internet can get expensive. Here are our favorite internet plans that cost $55 and less. Read more ›
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Following a festive bout of generosity with December's free PowerWash Simulator update, developer FutureLab has announced the squirt 'em up's next blast of paid DLC, this time themed around Lancashire's premier Wensleydale gobblers, Wallace & Gromit. Read more Read more ›
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There is an exodus of users who are ditching Meta platforms following the decision to end fact checking. 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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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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Åstorp-based Qvantum, a Swedish heat-pump systems and technology company, has closed its €108M Series C funding round, which includes a €15M debt facility. The investors include Thomas von Koch, Partner and former CEO of EQT, who is investing through his private company, IMAS Foundation. IMAS Foundation is a sister organisation to the INGKA Foundation, which ... 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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Limburg, Belgium-based Hyperfox, a startup that automates order processing with AI, announced that it has raised €3.2M in seed funding round. Investors, including Volta Ventures, JK Invest, LRM, and Birdhouse Ventures, joined the funding round. The announcement comes a year after receiving an investment from Birdhouse Ventures and participating in the Birdhouse programme. Additionally, VLAIO ... Read more Read more ›
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On Tuesday, Hückelhoven, Germany-based JTL-Software (JTL), a provider of e-commerce and multichannel software, announced that it has acquired Returnless, an Eindhoven-based company. Returnless: Optimises returns management Founded by Marijn Prijs and Chris Boer, Returnless develops solutions to optimise returns management. The platform helps online retailers make the returns process more efficient while gaining valuable data ... Read more Read more ›
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Meta has announced changes to its content management and moderation policies, aiming to balance free expression and responsible enforcement on its platforms. The announcement comes as Donald J Trump is set to assume the presidency for the second time. Notably, Meta also donated around $1M last year to support Trump’s inauguration. Starting in the United ... 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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