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European technology, startups, AI and innovation.
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Uber’s robotaxi service is heading to Houston to take another swing at Waymo
Uber is taking its robotaxi service to Houston. The company said on 17 June that it will launch a premium driverless service in th…
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Mistral spent two years warning the US could switch off its rivals. A fat-cat meme just made the point for it.
On Wednesday, Arthur Mensch took his seat at a G7 working lunch in Evian alongside Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Dario Amodei. D…
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Snap unveils $2,195 smart glasses after previous flops
The augmented reality glasses from Snapchat's parent company are expected to ship in autumn.
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Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
This will be the second market to have an Uber robotaxi service outfitted with Lucid EVs equipped with a self-driving system from …
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Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’
Pinterest has launched 'Ask Pinterest,' an experimental AI-powered shopping app that lets users seek recommendations and inspirati…
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Microsoft’s talks to lease Oracle cloud capacity have collapsed, report says
A reported deal worth more than $3bn fell apart over a US-government security framework Oracle was unwilling to add, according to …
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Is this Europe’s most audacious founder?
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The FCC reopens the door to Chinese toy drones, but only the tiniest ones
The exemption is narrower than the announcement makes it sound. On Tuesday the US Federal Communications Commission said it would …
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Interpol reports a sharp rise in cybercrime and scams across Asia
The figure that reframes the problem is a share, not a sum. In more than half the countries Interpol surveyed for its latest Asia …
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Mistral CEO pitches open source AI days after Anthropic ban: ‘We exist outside of state control’
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CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say
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US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek and 100-plus Chinese firms
The decision had, in effect, already been made. According to people familiar with the matter, reports Reuters, a US interagency co…
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G7 leaders weigh a ‘trusted partners’ route to America’s top AI models
The conversation happened where these conversations usually happen, on the sidelines of a dinner. At the opening of the G7 summit …
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OpenAI burned $3.7bn in the first quarter, The Information reports
OpenAI burned through $3.7bn in the first three months of 2026, more than half its revenue of $5.7bn over the same period, accordi…
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French battlefield software startup Comand AI raises €32m from Blossom Capital, Saab
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Microsoft sued by shareholders over Azure slowdown and AI spending
The number that anchors the case is a single day. On 29 January, Microsoft shares fell about 10%, the company’s steepest one-day d…
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Luxembourg Venture Days connects capital and dealflow
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Telegram challenges India’s order temporarily blocking the app
The company has gone to the Delhi High Court over a block tied to alleged cheating on a national medical-entrance exam, a measure …
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Intel pushes 18A-P into risk production to prove its manufacturing pitch
Intel said on Tuesday that the next iteration of its 18A manufacturing process, designated 18A-P, has entered risk production, the…
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Everlab raises AU$65m to turn primary care from treatment to prevention
The Melbourne healthtech’s oversubscribed Series A, led by Airtree, funds a move into the UK and a pitch to coordinate a patient’s…
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Hacking group claims it breached Novo Nordisk and demanded $25m
A cyber-extortion group calling itself FulcrumSec said on Monday that it had stolen roughly 1.3 terabytes of data from Novo Nordis…
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Europe frets over American AI as the tech world descends on France
The timing was almost too neat. Days before more than 180,000 people were due to file into VivaTech in Paris, and before G7 leader…
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Four mistakes not to make as a first-time founder
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