Munich-based Proxima Fusion has raised €411mn ($468mn), the largest private fusion round Europe has ever seen and a rare vote of confidence in a technology that has yet to produce a watt of commercial power. The deal values the stellarator company at €2.4bn and brings in Google and German utility RWE as strategic backers. XTX Ventures and […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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A federal defender is reportedly pointing a private, offensive-grade AI model at the government’s own software, though almost nothing about the work is on the record. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is using Anthropic’s AI model Mythos to hunt for bugs in government software, according to three people familiar with the matter who […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Samsung Electronics guided to second-quarter operating profit of about 89.4 trillion won ($58.4bn) on Tuesday, roughly 19 times what it made in the same period a year earlier and, by most counts, the largest quarterly operating profit any technology company has ever reported. It is Samsung’s third consecutive record quarter, and it came in ahead of the roughly 84 […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The world’s first national ban on social media for under-16s is faltering at the very first gate, according to the testers who helped Australia’s government design its age-check regime. In a follow-up study first reported by Reuters, the team opened 50 accounts across nine of the 10 platforms covered by the law, declaring the account […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Across a scorching European summer, the least glamorous machines in the economy have been quietly straining. In cold stores and distribution depots, compressors run harder as the mercury climbs, pulling more power at exactly the hours power is dearest. It is a problem most operators have simply lived with. Gyre Energy, an Oxford-founded energy tech […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Most large organisations now have the AI budgets approved and the transformation roadmaps drawn up. The harder question is what actually reaches production. That gap between strategy and delivery is the organising idea behind TechEx Europe 2026, which runs on 19 and 20 October at the RAI Amsterdam and gathers senior enterprise technology leaders from […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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MediaFuse.org, a newswire network dominant across finance, cybersecurity, blockchain, and gaming, today announced a major disruption to tech PR with the launch of TechnologyWire. TechnologyWire marks the latest expansion for MediaFuse, which scaled the targeted newswire model successfully across several verticals. After capturing a significant footprint in the blockchain and financial sectors through platforms like Chainwire […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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A federal judge has refused to overturn a jury’s finding that Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors during his $44bn takeover of the platform in 2022. US District Judge Charles Breyer denied Musk’s motion to set aside the verdict in most respects on Monday. A San Francisco jury ruled in March that two of Musk’s May 2022 tweets about the […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Utah has quietly become the first US state to let an AI chatbot renew prescriptions without a doctor, according to the Associated Press. The programme, run by a company called Doctronic, launched in January and has set off a fierce medical debate. Residents can skip the doctor’s office and refill prescriptions online through the chatbot. It […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Security firm Sysdig says it has documented the first ransomware attack run end to end by an AI agent, first reported by Business Insider. A large language model planned, executed, and adapted the entire operation, which Sysdig has named JadePuffer. The agent chained together every stage of the attack, from reconnaissance and credential theft to lateral […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Tencent is seeking up to $1.6bn by selling down its stake in short-video platform Kuaishou, Bloomberg reports. A term sheet seen by Reuters puts the block trade at up to $1.55bn. The deal covers about 273 million shares, a 7.5% stake, offered at HK$43.15 to HK$44.53 each. That represents a discount of 3.2% to 6.2% to Monday’s […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Businesses looking to modernize their payment systems may want to learn what a crypto payment processor is, how it works, and why it matters. Cryptocurrency and the crypto industry at large often appear most prominently in investing circles, but recent advancements in blockchain, the technology that supports crypto, have expanded crypto’s usefulness. Today, businesses across industries […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, says a routine security inspection found a covert listening device in his home office in Geneva, Bloomberg reports. The 88-year-old has filed a criminal complaint against persons unknown. The device was reportedly discovered at his private home close to the WEF’s premises. Who planted it, and when, is […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell will donate a share of SpaceX stock to roughly 2 million children through the Trump Accounts programme, CNBC reports. At around $162 a share, the pledge is worth over $320m. The gift comes from Shotwell’s and her husband’s personal holdings, with extra emphasis on lower-income families near their central Texas home. It makes […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Freight rail is often described as the most energy-efficient way to move goods over land, yet it still runs on one of the dirtiest inputs in modern infrastructure: diesel. As rail operators face mounting pressure from volatile fuel costs, tightening emissions rules, and aging locomotive fleets, the question is no longer whether rail should decarbonize, but how. One […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Pressure is mounting on the European Commission to act on spyware, after forensic evidence showed one of the EU’s own spyware investigators was hacked with Pegasus. Civil society groups issued a joint statement demanding the abuse be met with accountability, “not impunity”. Citizen Lab confirmed last week that Stelios Kouloglou, a Greek former MEP, was infected in October […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Nearly ten years after launch, the original Nintendo Switch will vanish from European shops next year. Blame a new EU rule on batteries, not the Switch 2. Nintendo will stop selling every version of the original Switch in Europe from mid-February 2027, The Verge reports. That lands weeks before the console’s tenth birthday. The cull […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Most big funding rounds shrink the founders’ slice. Skello’s just grew it. The profitable French HR startup has raised €200m to go shopping across Europe. Paris-based Skello has raised €200m led by Bridgepoint, EU-Startups reports. The unusual part: its founders and managers came out owning more of the company, not less, as Tech Funding News […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Klarna wants to be a real American bank. The Swedish BNPL giant has applied for a US banking licence, betting a friendlier Washington will let it crack a market that has bruised European rivals. Klarna has applied to US regulators to set up its own bank, tech.eu reports. The Swedish fintech filed with the Utah […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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People increasingly ask ChatGPT instead of Google. So marketers now plant fake opinions on Reddit, hoping the chatbots repeat them. Reddit is fighting back with AI of its own. Reddit has a new spam problem, and a strange one. Brands seed the platform with stealth marketing, Bloomberg reports. They plant posts and comments that pose […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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