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South Korea accuses Google of abusing Android app-store power over ‘Project Hug’
South Korea’s competition regulator has accused Google of abusing its dominant position in the Android app market, and signalled i…
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AI hardware demand keeps Asia’s factories humming as the Iran war bites
Asia’s factories grew again in June, and the global scramble for AI hardware is doing much of the lifting, according to survey dat…
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US lifts export controls on Anthropic’s Fable 5, clearing the model’s return
The US Commerce Department has lifted the export controls it placed on Anthropic’s most advanced models, ending a roughly three-we…
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Microsoft plans to cut under 2.5% of its workforce in a fresh round of layoffs
Microsoft is preparing to cut under 2.5% of its workforce in another round of layoffs, according to a Business Insider report pick…
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Judge clears states to try claim that Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram
Meta will have to defend in court the accusation that it built Facebook and Instagram to addict children, after a federal judge on…
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Tapestry VC launches $80m fund aimed at backing repeat founders
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Ex-Speedinvest partner Rick Hao closes $50m solo GP fund for deeptech startups
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21 spinouts to watch, according to VCs
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French bid to block UK from €5bn EU fund sparks backlash
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University of Edinburgh spinouts looking to raise
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Exclusive: DeepMind and Gensyn angels back Xylo in £2.8m raise
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Why this AI founder ditched bootstrapping for a $17m deal with 20VC
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Startups praise UK’s long-awaited defence investment plan
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The “Father of the Internet” is finally retiring
Vinton Cerf, one of the creators of the protocols underlying the internet, will step down as Google's chief internet evangelist ne…
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Trump drops restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models
Anthropic said it would begin restoring access to the Fable on July 1.
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Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation
Wayve’s offering is part of a growing trend of AI startups using employee tenders as a strategic tool to attract and retain talent…
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E-scooters being advertised for commuting despite UK road ban
A Press Association investigation found major retailers advertising e-scooters for "commuting" and "urban riding".
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Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6
What if one pitch changed everything? The next company nobody has heard of yet is building something that will matter. It could be…
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OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS
The free open source agentic program is finally invading your phone.
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Meta faces jury alone as TikTok settles second youth addiction case
TikTok has settled a second bellwether addiction lawsuit, leaving Meta to face a US jury alone in a trial that will heavily influe…
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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds
EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.
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Google releases Nano Banana 2 Lite, its fastest and cheapest AI image generator yet
Google on Tuesday released Nano Banana 2 Lite, the fastest and cheapest model in its Nano Banana family of AI image generators. Th…
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Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired Communicator phone in new hands-on video
Clicks Technology released a video on Tuesday showing the pre-production hardware and internal software of its Communicator, a $49…
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Tech Life
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