A private premiere screening of âHoliguards Saga â The Portal of Force,â the pilot installment of the planned Holiguards Saga franchise, was held on February 16 at ASTOR Film Lounge Berlin. The event took place in a closed format with invited industry guests, partners, and media representatives. The screening was organized as a formal black-tie [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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A growing number of startups are rushing to build software that thinks fast. But one of the hardest parts of teaching machines to improve isnât raw computing power, itâs human insight at scale. Zurich-based startup Rapidata has just taken a significant step toward fixing that with a âŹ7.2 million seed round aimed at scaling a [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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When Gartner first disclosed that it had agreed to part with its Digital Markets ( business unit that included its major software review, specifically Capterra, GetApp, and Software Advice) business in early 2026, the announcement was forward-looking and economical with detail: it named the buyer and the assets involved, but it left out any financial [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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Googleâs announcement that its Gemini app now writes music for you isnât just one of those âblowing my mindâ product updates. It feels like a symbolic surrender to a long-standing refrain from Big Tech: creative work is now just another checkbox for a machine. If you donât know what I am talking about, yesterday Google [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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Plato, a Berlin-based startup, has raised $14.5 million in seed funding to bring generative AI into wholesale distribution, a massive industry that rarely makes tech headlines but quietly moves a significant share of the worldâs goods. The round was led by Atomico, with Cherry Ventures, Discovery Ventures, and D11Z joining in. Wholesale distribution accounts for [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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David Silver, a British AI researcher known for his role at Googleâs DeepMind lab, has helped build some of the most influential AI systems and is now leading his own ambitious start-up. He is in the middle of raising a $1 billion seed round for his new London-based venture, Ineffable Intelligence. If the fundraising will [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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If you tuned in to Chinaâs 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala looking for traditional lion dances and nostalgic tunes, you may have done a double-take when what greeted you was a squad of humanoid robots performing kung fu, synchronized moves, and comedy sketches with more precision than most of us manage during family reunions. It [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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A Paris-based venture firm that has quietly shaped the quantum technology scenery is now making a much louder statement about Europeâs role in the future of computing, materials science, and sensing. Quantonation Ventures has today announced the successful close of its second flagship fund at âŹ220 million, more than double the size of its first [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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When European tech observers talk about AI ambition, the narrative often splits neatly in two: models and infrastructure. On one side are the clever bits of code that can write, reason, and generate text or images. On the other is the gritty reality of making those bits run reliably, at scale, and in production. Today, [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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Venture capital has long avoided âhardâ sectors such as government, defence, energy, manufacturing, and hardware, viewing them as uninvestable because startups have limited scope to challenge incumbents. Instead, investors have prioritised fast-moving and lightly regulated software markets with lower barriers to entry. End users in these hard industries have paid the price, as a lack [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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The European Parliament has taken a rare and telling step: it has disabled built-in artificial intelligence features on work devices used by lawmakers and staff, citing unresolved concerns about data security, privacy, and the opaque nature of cloud-based AI processing. The decision, communicated to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in an internal memo this [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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When FOMO ( fear of missing out) first entered popular language, it was about teenagers scrolling through friendsâ social feeds and worrying they werenât having as much fun. But today, that word has taken on a different meaning in the era of artificial intelligence. The fear now isnât about beach photos or party snapshots. Itâs [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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If you checked X today expecting the usual stream of hot takes, memes, and AI spats, you probably saw⊠nothing. A widespread outage hit the platform today, leaving feeds blank, timelines unresponsive, and users staring at the digital equivalent of an empty room. Outage trackers such as Downdetector logged a dramatic surge in problem reports [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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I need to say something that might make CS leaders uncomfortable: most of what your team does before a renewal is valuable, but itâs listening to only one channel. Your EBRs, your health scores, your stakeholder maps. They capture what your customer is willing to tell you directly. What they donât capture is the conversation [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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Not long ago, Peter Steinberger was experimenting with a side project that quickly caught fire across the developer world. His open-source AI assistant, OpenClaw, wasnât just another chatbot; it could act on your behalf, from managing emails to integrating with calendars and messaging platforms. Today, that project has a new chapter: Steinberger is joining OpenAI [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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The 62nd Munich Security Conference opened on 13 February 2026 in Munich, Germany, and this yearâs gathering feels different from past editions. For decades, Munich was about jets, troops, and treaties. Today, cyber and AI are no longer peripheral; they are part of the architecture of security itself. Cyber risks, digital infrastructure, and emerging technologies [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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London-based deep tech startup Stanhope AI has closed a âŹ6.7 million ($8 million) Seed funding round to advance what it calls a new class of adaptive artificial intelligence designed to power autonomous systems in the physical world. The round was led by Frontline Ventures, with participation from Paladin Capital Group, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, UCL Technology Fund, and MMC Ventures. The company says its approach moves beyond the pattern-matching strengths... Read more âș
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Anthropic has just closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, pushing its valuation to $380 billion and catapulting it into the rarefied ranks of the most valuable private tech companies in the world. The financing was led by Singaporeâs sovereign wealth fund GIC and investment firm Coatue, with backing from a long list of global institutions, including D.E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, and MGX, alongside strategic participation... Read more âș
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If you opened a tech newsletter or even the internet in early 2026 and thought youâd stepped into a dystopian screenplay, or you are the main character in one of Isaac Asimovâs writings, you wouldnât be alone. Headlines trumpet layoffs, companies blame âAI transformation,â and somewhere in the background, billionaires cheer hot-off-the-press artificial intelligence strategies. Hereâs the uncomfortable truth: people are still losing their jobs, while AI gets most of... Read more âș
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Have you ever asked Alexa to remind you to send a WhatsApp message at a determined hour? And then you just wonder, âWhy canât Alexa just send the message herself? Or the incredible frustration when you use an app to plan a trip, only to have to jump to your calendar/booking website/tour/bank account instead of your AI assistant doing it all? Well, exactly this gap between AI automation and human... Read more âș
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