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European technology, startups, AI and innovation.
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TechEx Europe 2026: eight events, 8,000 tech leaders, one enterprise agenda
Most large organisations now have the AI budgets approved and the transformation roadmaps drawn up. The harder question is what ac…
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TechnologyWire launches PR distribution platform engineered to secure brand visibility in AI search
MediaFuse.org, a newswire network dominant across finance, cybersecurity, blockchain, and gaming, today announced a major disrupti…
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Google backs Proxima Fusion in €411m raise
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IQM investors applaud ‘very good’ debut on public markets
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Hive raises $15m for ‘silicon brain’ that cuts hourly cost of running machines by 80%
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Netflix invented binge-watching. Now it may have outgrown it.
A new report suggests Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for Season 2. The bigger issue may be that binge-watching itself is n…
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The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human
An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a…
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SK Hynix seeks $28bn in US listing as AI chip shortage bites
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix is launching a $28 billion US share sale, a move that highlights the severe global memory shortage…
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Judge upholds the verdict that Musk defrauded Twitter investors
A federal judge has refused to overturn a jury’s finding that Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors during his $44bn takeover of t…
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Utah let an AI renew prescriptions without a doctor, and its medical board wants it stopped
Utah has quietly become the first US state to let an AI chatbot renew prescriptions without a doctor, according to the Associated …
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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents
"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunc…
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You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta
The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around gene…
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An AI agent just ran a full ransomware attack with no human at the keyboard
Security firm Sysdig says it has documented the first ransomware attack run end to end by an AI agent, first reported by Business …
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Tencent offloads $1.6bn Kuaishou stake in shift to AI
Tencent is selling a $1.6 billion stake in Kuaishou to rotate capital from a mature short-video platform into domestic artificial …
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How crypto payment processors can help businesses accept cryptocurrency
Businesses looking to modernize their payment systems may want to learn what a crypto payment processor is, how it works, and why …
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Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year w…
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WEF founder Klaus Schwab says he found a hidden listening device in his home
Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, says a routine security inspection found a covert listening device in his home …
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SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell pledges $320M in stock to Trump Accounts
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell will donate a share of SpaceX stock to roughly 2 million children through the Trump Accounts prog…
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Amazon competitor Bookshop.org says Kobo eReader support will happen this year after all
Bookship.org seemed to delay this anticipated partnership again, but tells TechCrunch that it has settled business terms and is wo…
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Beyond wires and batteries: Voltify’s new model for freight rail electrification
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…
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Pegasus hack of the EU’s own spyware investigator sparks calls for urgent action
Pressure is mounting on the European Commission to act on spyware, after forensic evidence showed one of the EU’s own spyware inve…
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If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.
Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, incl…
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Apple brings back card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after a four-year hiatus
Apple has started a phased rollout of card payments for Apple Account purchases in India after adapting to the country's payments …
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Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next year
Nearly ten years after launch, the original Nintendo Switch will vanish from European shops next year. Blame a new EU rule on batt…