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  • What Is Thread? We Explain the Smart Home Network Protocol

    Amazon Echo (4th Gen) Amazon Eero 6, 6 Plus, Pro 6E, Eero 7, Pro 7, Max 7, PoE 6, and PoE Gateway Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen), Echo Show 15 (second-gen), Echo Show 21 (second-gen), and Echo Hub Apple HomePod (2nd Gen) Apple HomePod Mini Apple TV 4K (2nd Gen and 3rd Gen with read more

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    What Is Thread? We Explain the Smart Home Network Protocol

  • UK legaltech Lawhive raises $60M as looks to crack US

    A UK-founded legaltech startup looking to democratise legal services for consumers has raised $60 million in funding, with the funds geared towards speeding up its US expansion. The Series B funding round inLawhive was led byMitch Rales, co-founder of conglomerate Danaher Corporation, withparticipation from TQ Ventures, Google’s investment arm GV, Balderton Capital andJigsaw. The investment read more

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    UK legaltech Lawhive raises M as looks to crack US

  • Empress Eugénie’s Damaged Crown to Be Restored After Louvre Heist

    When thieves broke into Paris’s Louvre on October 19 last year, they ran off with an estimated $102 million in jewels. In their scramble to escape, however, they left behind what may have been at the top of their loot list: the crown of Empress Eugénie. Dropped and badly damaged during the heist, the diamond- read more

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    Empress Eugénie’s Damaged Crown to Be Restored After Louvre Heist

  • Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue

    An insurrectionist robot unleashed by a mad inventor in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. HAL 9000 sabotaging a manned mission to Jupiter in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Skynet, the self-aware global defense network that seeks to exterminate humanity throughout the Terminator franchise. Hollywood has never wanted for audacious depictions of artificial intelligence or the ways in which read more

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    Hollywood Is Losing Audiences to AI Fatigue

  • Invest Europe and EIF report: How gender and geography shape Europe’s VC ecosystem

    Invest Europe, in collaboration with the European Investment Fund (EIF), has published a new report titled TheVC Factor: Skills Edition. The report analyses Europe’s venture capital landscape, with a focus on cross-border startup funding and the influence of education and gender on funding outcomes and startup development. Beyond mapping current investment volumes, the Skills Edition read more

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    Invest Europe and EIF report: How gender and geography shape Europe’s VC ecosystem

  • Synthesia and Flatpay founders back Pluto.markets in $6M raise

    Danish tech luminaries, including leaders from Synthesia, Pleo and Flatpay, are backing Pluto.markets, a Danish YC-backed investment platformlooking to disrupt the brokerage market in the Nordics, in a new funding round. Danish challenger neobroker Pluto.marketswas founded in 2021 by Joakim Bruchmann, a former base metals trader at Goldman Sachs, and Oscar Vingtoft, a software engineer. read more

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    Synthesia and Flatpay founders back Pluto.markets in M raise

  • Gardia secures €8.5M to scale its mobile emergency system for seniors

    Healthtech startup Gardia has closed an €8.5 million Series A round to support the expansion of its mobile fall-detection emergency system for seniors. The round was led by European venture capital firm Peak, with participation from amberra, the corporate venture studio of Germany’s Cooperative Financial Group, and the butterfly & elephant accelerator by GS1 Germany. read more

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    Gardia secures €8.5M to scale its mobile emergency system for seniors

  • Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs | TechCrunch

    Anthropic and OpenAI may be rivals, but their presidents Daniela Amodei and Gregory Brockman have one thing in common: they are both Stripe alumni. With former employees who went on to create dozens of startups, the fintech company has become one of the most prolific “founder factories” — and the money is following. The latest read more

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    Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs | TechCrunch

  • Plato closes $14.5M round to scale AI tools for distributors

    Plato, an AI-based operating system for wholesale distributors, has closed a $14.5 million seed funding round led by Atomico, with participation from existing investors including Cherry Ventures. The distribution sector is under increasing pressure from labour constraints, low margins, economic uncertainty, and rising digital expectations from B2B customers. Plato aims to address these challenges by read more

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    Plato closes .5M round to scale AI tools for distributors

  • Valeria lands $2M to fix payroll for the frontline economy

    Valeria, a Barcelona-based payroll and workforce operations startup, has raised $2 million in a funding round led by Venture Friends, with participation from Fortino Capital and 10k Ventures. Founded by Pau Laporte, Carlos Saiz, and Sergio Morales Bonet, Valeria is pioneering a payroll and workforce management platform designed specifically for industries where high turnover and read more

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    Valeria lands M to fix payroll for the frontline economy

  • R3 Robotics raises €20M to automate EV dismantling at scale

    R3 Robotics (formerly Circu Li-ion) has raised €20 million in combined financing to industrialise the automated disassembly of electric vehicle systems at scale. The company has raised €14 million in Series A funding, co-led by HG Ventures and Suma Capital, with participation from Oetker Collection, the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund), and existing shareholders read more

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    R3 Robotics raises €20M to automate EV dismantling at scale

  • Fintower completes €1.5M oversubscribed seed round

    The Gothenburg-based company Fintower has closed an oversubscribed €1.5 million seed round, attracting both new and existing investors. Participants include Chalmers Ventures, Akka, the Stena family through William Olsson, several entrepreneurs and angel investors, as well as existing investors Almi, Daniel Jonsson from Inet, and Alexander Hars. Founded by Salman Eskandari and Ehsan Yazdani, Fintower read more

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    Fintower completes €1.5M oversubscribed seed round

  • Willo secures €2.9M to commercialise alignment-free wireless power

    Finnish-headquartered deeptech company Willo has raised a €2.9 million Pre-Seed round to accelerate the development of its wireless power system. While most wireless power systems depend on alignment or directionality, Willo has designed a system that keeps devices charging over the air even as they move and rotate. From hackathon meeting to deeptech founders Willo read more

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    Willo secures €2.9M to commercialise alignment-free wireless power

  • HR tech company talentguide raises €1.3M to expand data-driven skills management in Europe

    Ghent-based HR tech company talentguide has secured €1.3 million in funding to support the European expansion of its AI-driven skills intelligence platform, which helps organisations manage workforce upskilling and reskilling amid shifting labour market demands. The round included participation from investment funds NXT II, Travvant (Partena Professional), Miles Ahead Capital, imec.istart, and the founders, as read more

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    HR tech company talentguide raises €1.3M to expand data-driven skills management in Europe

  • Qontext closes $2.7M pre-seed round to develop a context layer for AI

    Berlin-based Qontext, which is developing an independent context layer for AI, has secured $2.7 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by HV Capital, with participation from Zero Prime Ventures and a group of founders and operators from the AI infrastructure, automation, and enterprise software sectors, including Jan Oberhauser (n8n), Emil Eifrem (neo4j), Bastian read more

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    Qontext closes .7M pre-seed round to develop a context layer for AI

  • Bahia Principe Coupons: 40% Off in February 2026

    For nearly three decades, Bahia Principe Hotels and Resorts has been a go-to for travelers seeking all-inclusive luxury with unbeatable value. The hotel chain consists of 27 properties in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Spain—some adults-only, others family-friendly, and many all-inclusive. Property services are dependent on their category, with all Bahia properties falling into one of read more

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    Bahia Principe Coupons: 40% Off in February 2026

  • As it preps Specs for the masses, Snap's Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily users | TechCrunch

    Snap is on a mission to diversify its revenue sources — moving from a business model in which it largely chases ad revenue to one where it can also make money through subscriptions and, eventually, hardware. The company’s latest quarterly earnings report shows that, so far, the firm is having moderate success with that strategy. read more

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    As it preps Specs for the masses, Snap's Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily users | TechCrunch

  • Panarin traded to Kings, signs 2-year contract

    Panarin was New York’s leading scorer every season since joining the team. He has 57 points (19 goals, 38 assists) in 52 games this season and is ninth in Rangers history with 607 points (205 goals, 402 assists). He had 35 points (12 goals, 23 assists) in 46 playoff games and helped them reach the read more

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    Panarin traded to Kings, signs 2-year contract

  • Netflix Says if the HBO Merger Makes It Too Expensive, You Can Always Cancel

    There is concern that subscribers might be negatively affected if Netflix acquires Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and movie studios businesses. One of the biggest fears is that the merger would lead to higher prices due to less competition for Netflix. During a US Senate hearing Tuesday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos suggested that the merger would read more

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    Netflix Says if the HBO Merger Makes It Too Expensive, You Can Always Cancel

  • Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users | TechCrunch

    Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings. This figure illustrates the rapid consumer adoption of Gemini, which has quickly become a prominent player in the AI space. Last quarter, Google reported 650 million monthly active users for Gemini, indicating substantial growth in a read more

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    Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users | TechCrunch