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Robeauté, a medtech startup developing neurosurgical microrobots, has announced the completion of a €27.2 million funding round to advance their microbot tech, initiate human trials in 2026, and establish operations in the US as the company pursues FDA approval. Led by Plural, Cherry Ventures, and Kindred Ventures, the round also saw participation from LocalGlobe, Think.Health, ...
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CEO Mark Zuckerberg starts another year by focusing even more on efficiency. This time, he's targeting low-performing employees. Read more ›
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Users are exploring RedNote and Lemon8 as TikTok ban looms. RedNote, with over 300 million users, has emerged as a leading choice. In just a couple of days, the United States will decide whether to officially ban TikTok. As the clock counts down, TikTok users are finding creative ways to resist the impending ban, and... Read more » Read more ›
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Mark Zuckerberg said Meta plans to make more extensive performance-based cuts." Staff have questioned how they will work in practice. Read more ›
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Meta's annual performance-based job cuts strategy aims to boost employee standards, increase non-regrettable attrition, and remove lowest performers. Read more ›
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Trump said his new "external revenue service" will go into effect on January 20 to help the US collect more revenue from foreign countries. Read more ›
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Mark Zuckerberg wants more masculine energy at the social companies run by Meta. But his products are used by more women than men. Why is that? Read more ›
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We already knew Baldur's Gate 3 players loved mods, thanks to developer Larian previous announcements on the matter, but it turns out Baldur's Gate 3 players really love mods - with the studio now revealing over 100m mods have been downloaded for the acclaimed RPG. And what better way to celebrate that impressive milestone, you might be asking yourself, than by giving PC, Mac, and console players an officially curated... Read more ›
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Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge Wear OS is much better than it used to be, so there’s never been a better time to consider a smartwatch. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more ›
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ChatGPT can now schedule reminders and recurring tasks -- but only if you're a ChatGPT Plus, Team, or Pro subscriber. TechCrunch reports: With tasks, users can set simple reminders with ChatGPT such as, "Remind me when my passport expires in six months," and the AI assistant will follow up with a push notification on whatever platform you have tasks enabled. Users can also now set recurring requests to ChatGPT, such... Read more ›
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Diamond Comics Publishers, which once held a near-monopoly on the distribution of comics in America, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Read more ›
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Somewhat unbelievably, this February marks The Sims series' 25th anniversary - that's a whole two and a half decades of "yibs", "neibs", and mysterious "incidents" involving suddenly ladder-less swimming pools - and EA is celebrating the occasion with a whole bunch of activities, including free updates, limited-time events, paid DLC, and more. Read more Read more ›
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Some Starbucks customers are trying to get orders faster by placing them through the app when they're already in the drive-thru. Read more ›
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A high school student has created a Doom port that runs inside a PDF file. DoomPDF was inspired by the recent release of Pdftris – Tetris in a PDF. Read more ›
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Director Seth Gordon recounts the first meeting he had with Jamie Foxx when he returned to set after collapsing while in production on "Back in Action." Read more ›
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The layoffs are separate from cuts targeting underperforming employees across the company, a spokesperson confirmed. Read more ›
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Netflix Though the fourth season of Netflix’s live-action Witcher series still doesn’t have a concrete release date, Netflix has finally announced when we’ll see yet another animated take on Geralt of Rivia. Originally, Netflix intended for The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep to debut some time late last year, but the steamer revealed today that the movie is now set to premiere on February 11th. Based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s short... Read more ›
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Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Parallels has added support for x86 emulation in Parallels Desktop 20.2, product manager Mikhail Ushakov wrote in a blog post last week. The “early technology preview” will let you emulate Intel-based hardware on an M1-or-greater Mac, a first for Parallels since Apple’s Arm transition in 2020 — but don’t expect stellar performance. Parallels says users will be able to: Run existing... Read more ›
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Economists at Goldman Sachs expect the LA wildfires will lower first-quarter GDP growth by about 0.2 percentage points. Read more ›
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Hwang Jun-ho spends most of season two in a boat—but season three of the Netflix hit is poised to lead him into another fiery confrontation. Read more ›
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London-based fintech startup nsave has secured a €17.5 million Series A funding round to accelerate its growth and launch an investment product alongside its accounts provision. The funding round was led by TQ Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, ACE Ventures, and Proton Foundation. This investment aims to accelerate nsave’s growth and support ... Read more ›
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Mulder, a female-led and minority-owned startup based in London, has secured €597k in a rolling pre-seed round led by SFC Capital to further its blockchain technology. This funding round was led by SFC capital and also included support from Innovate UK via a SMART Grant. This funding will accelerate Mulder’s mission to tackle the transparency ... Read more ›
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The European Instant Payments Regulation (IPR), formally known as Regulation (EU) 2024/886, represents an important step ahead for the EU’s payments ecosystem. By requiring Payment Service Providers (PSPs) to offer instant credit transfers in euros under clear and fair conditions, the IPR accelerates Europe’s shift toward real-time payments. For startups in the financial ecosystem, the ... Read more ›
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When we think of young entrepreneurs, names like Mark Zuckerberg, Matthew Mullenweg, and Steve Jobs often come to mind—visionaries who began shaping the world in their late teens or early twenties. Zuckerberg launched Facebook at 19, redefining social networking; Mullenweg co-founded WordPress with the same age, empowering online publishing; and Jobs co-founded Apple at 21, ... Read more ›
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FuelFWD, a Rotterdam-based startup specialising in digital solutions for the renewable fuels market, has raised a €1 million seed investment round led by Value Factory Ventures, alongside renewed support from Docklab Ventures and the Port of Rotterdam. This funding marks the second time both Docklab Ventures and the Port of Rotterdam have invested in the ... Read more ›
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Intelex Vision, the London-based company specialising in AI-driven video analytics for real-time surveillance, has successfully closed a €6.6 million Series A funding round. The round was backed by prominent investors including Acurio Ventures, Adara Ventures, and Inveready. Callum Wilson, Co-CEO of Intelex Vision, stated: “This strategic investment allows us to fuel our commercial growth whilst ... Read more ›
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Graph Therapeutics, a next-generation biotech company based in Vienna, announced the closing of a €3 million pre-seed financing round to finance the development an AI-powered platform to bring the precision medicine paradigm to inflammation and immunology (I&I) drug discovery The round was led by Squareone and Merantix Capital, with participation from NAVEC Investment Management and ... Read more ›
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Bulgaria, a vibrant and fast-growing country in Southeast Europe, is emerging as a significant player in the European innovation landscape. With its strategic position between Europe and Asia, a competitive cost structure, and a skilled workforce, the country has become an attractive destination for startups and investors alike. In recent years, Bulgaria’s startup scene has ... Read more ›
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Leiden-based health tech startup BIMINI Biotech has successfully closed a €3 million seed funding round to drive its development of “first-in-class” therapeutics for haematological cancers The round was led by San Diego-based Torrey Pines Investment (TPI), with the participation of InnovationQuarter Capital (IQC), Libertatis Ergo Holding (LEH) and a business angel. The funding marks a ... Read more ›
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Capricorn Partners, headquartered in Leuven, has announced the first close of its Capricorn Health-tech Fund II, raising €51 million to support innovative health technology startups. Capricorn Health-tech Fund II builds upon the success of its predecessor, aiming to invest in groundbreaking companies specialising in health technology, medical devices, digital health, and diagnostics. “With Capricorn Healthtech ... Read more ›
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