Tech & Startups
European technology, startups, AI and innovation.
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Anthropic hires Orange’s AI chief as its European build-out accelerates
Steve Jarrett, Orange’s chief AI officer since 2019, will join the Claude maker in Paris in late August to adapt its products for …
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A Michigan township killed a $2.4 billion Chinese battery plant, and now the company might bankrupt it
Less than three years ago, residents of Green Charter Township, a rural community of roughly 3,000 people in central Michigan, pac…
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The EU signs up to Pax Silica, the US-led chip pact France called colonisation
Brussels is joining a Washington-led effort to secure AI chip supply chains, a fortnight after unveiling a tech-sovereignty agenda…
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China wants its green power wired straight into the data centre
In the desert outside Zhongwei, in the northwestern region of Ningxia, four dedicated power lines now run from a field of solar pa…
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Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment
Amazon’s latest India investment comes as global tech companies race to expand AI infrastructure in the country.
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Cellebrite tech used in Russia despite firm's exit pledge
A Russian court document proves government hackers used Cellebrite software to crack an activist's phone months after the company …
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Alan valued at €5.5bn as Prosus leads €480m raise
The French digital insurer's latest funding round signals strong investor confidence in applying artificial intelligence to Europe…
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N26 hits profitability following leadership shakeup
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TD Bank staff tracking plan highlights EU privacy shield
Toronto-Dominion Bank's abandoned plan to harvest employee keystrokes for AI training has exposed a legal vacuum in Canada that Eu…
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Oracle cuts 500 jobs in Romania as AI shift bites
Oracle is laying off roughly 500 staff in Romania, exposing how Europe's outsourced tech services sector faces a structural threat…
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IBM sub-1nm chip breakthrough hinges on ASML High-NA tools
IBM has demonstrated a sub-1nm transistor architecture, a five-year-out research milestone that signals the semiconductor industry…
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South Korean chip shares rally after Micron’s upbeat earnings
South Korean chip stocks rallied on Thursday after Micron Technology reported a record quarter and an upbeat outlook, reviving opt…
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Berlin’s Almetra raises €16.3M to turn factory video into live data
The Berlin startup points cameras at production lines, converts the footage into live data, and says it has lifted output at Bosch…
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IBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips
IBM says it has created the world's first known chip tech below 1 nanometre - but it will be some time before it's ready for produ…
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Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used is tools anyway
Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking dev…
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Amazon to invest an extra $13bn in Indian cloud and AI by 2030
Amazon will invest an additional $13bn in India by 2030, the company said on June 25, lifting its planned spending in the country …
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Two more Gemini researchers are leaving Google for Anthropic
Two leading artificial intelligence researchers at Google are planning to leave for Anthropic, according to a Bloomberg report on …
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Solo-maxxing: How tech taught Gen Z to monetise being alone
We can no longer pretend that the bridge between generations is invisible, because it stands before us, growing wider every day, h…
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Tombot raises $7m to bring its robotic dog Jennie to market
Tombot, a Los Angeles-area company that makes a robotic dog for people who cannot keep a real one, has closed a $7m Series A3 fina…
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H.B. Fuller nears a $628 million deal for UK wound-care maker AMS, over its own investor’s objections
The US adhesives group has agreed a 285 pence-a-share cash offer for Advanced Medical Solutions, even as an activist shareholder d…
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Tesla sued over fatal Texas crash the driver says happened on Autopilot
A wrongful-death suit filed days after a Model 3 ploughed into a Katy home leans on the same argument that produced last year’s $2…
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OVHcloud confirms its outlook as public cloud growth accelerates past 20%
Europe’s largest cloud company posted faster third-quarter growth and reaffirmed full-year guidance, with its public cloud segment…
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Actress Cate Blanchett launches a free registry tool to keep AI from using your likeness
The actor and MEP Eva Maydell revealed RSL Media’s Human Consent Registry at the European Parliament, a tool that lets anyone set …
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