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European Edition Friday, 24 July 2026
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Tech & Startups

European technology, startups, AI and innovation.

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Bluesky launches group chats, as company shifts focus to community features

Bluesky's latest feature is group chats, arriving amid a shift in focus on building features for smaller communities.

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Reddit now lets users reply to any post with video comments

Reddit has launched video comments for all users. The feature lets any Redditor upload or record a short-form video reply directly…

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BlackRock ordered $5 billion in SpaceX shares as IPO demand hit $250 billion, nearly 4x oversubscribed

BlackRock submitted an order to buy at least $5 billion in SpaceX shares ahead of Friday’s debut, the Wall Street Journal reported…

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Meta adds an AI assistant and desktop version to its CapCut rival Edits

Meta is adding an AI assistant and a desktop version to Edits, its video-editing app built to compete with ByteDance’s CapCut. The…

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Barcelona’s THEKER raises €73M to deploy AI-native factory robots that learn on the job

THEKER, the Barcelona-based AI robotics company, has raised €73 million ($85 million) in a Series A to scale its generalist factor…

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Meta’s Edits app is getting an AI assistant and a desktop version

By integrating an AI assistant directly into Edits, Meta is aiming to keep creators engaged on Instagram as it continues to compet…

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Coinbase’s new tool can help agents trade and pay for premium research

Coinbase's agent can use x402 protocol to get access to data and APIs.

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Quantum Space’s military SPAC is trying to catch SpaceX’s IPO wave

Quantum Space says SPACs aren't dead as it seeks a $1.2 billion deal to build military spacecraft.

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Deezer’s new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others

Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.

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These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on…

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Who is Elon Musk and what is his net worth?

The boss of X, Tesla and SpaceX is the world's richest person - and might even soon become a trillionaire.

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Newton Venture Program CEO Anu Adebajo on Europe’s ‘zombie funds’

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Waymo launches a loyalty program with 10% cash back and free cancellations

Members of the program, called "Waymo Premier," will have to pony up $29.99 per month.

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Samsung backs industrial robotics startup Theker in €85m round

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Pool’s new app turns your screenshots into something useful

Pool's new app automatically sorts screenshots into personalized collections, tracks down the original links behind saved content,…

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Barcelona-based THEKER raises €73 million Series A to accelerate AI robotics deployment

THEKER, the Barcelona-based AI robotics company building AI-native generalist robots for industrial production environments, today…

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Microsoft taps Alt Carbon in sign of India’s growing role in carbon removal

Alt Carbon said the agreement followed more than a year of scientific review and due diligence, with Microsoft requiring additiona…

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DoorDash’s new AI chatbot lets you order with prompts and photos

The new chatbot, called Ask DoorDash, allows users to search the app for what they're looking for in their own words instead of ha…

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Berlin-based Angel Invest close €40 million Fund III targeting angel to Seed stages

Angel Invest, a VC firm based in Berlin, today announced the final close of its Fund III in addition to new venture partners and a…

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Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source

SpaceX alumni Andrew Redd is betting the ocean has vast amounts of untapped geothermal energy.

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Polish SpaceTech startup Sybilla exits bootstrapped orbit with over €8 million to strengthen space monitoring

Sybilla Technologies, a Polish SpaceTech company specialising in space situational awareness (SSA), space traffic management (STM)…

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South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions

South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers.

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How the right connections define a startup’s next stage of growth (Sponsored)

For startups looking to scale, access to the right buyers, investors and partners can define what happens next. Innovation Park at…

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Anthropic taps TCS to scale its enterprise AI deployments

The partnership will see TCS creating a business unit focused on deploying Anthropic's AI models to its customers.