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  • CHANEL Culture Fund Names Winners of Its 2026 Next Prize, with 10 Artists Awarded €100 K. Each

    The CHANEL Culture Fund has named the recipients of its 2026 CHANEL Next Prize, awarding €100,000 each to ten artists working across visual art, performance, design, music, and film. The fashion house’s Culture Fund is aglobal programme of initiatives and partnerships that “seek to champion equality of voice and give visibility to global game changers read more

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    CHANEL Culture Fund Names Winners of Its 2026 Next Prize, with 10 Artists Awarded €100 K. Each

  • Google Chrome Is Getting a Safari Data Import Option on iPhone

    Chrome for iOS will soon feature an option for iPhone users to import their Safari data into Google’s mobile browser, avoiding the need to perform the transfer on desktop. Starting in Chrome 145, currently in beta, the new feature will guide users through the process of importing bookmarks, browsing history, and passwords from Safari, since read more

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    Google Chrome Is Getting a Safari Data Import Option on iPhone

  • Threads Usage Overtakes X on Mobile

    Meta’s Threads has now reportedly surpassed its rival X (formerly Twitter) in daily mobile usage globally. Market intelligence firm Similarweb (via TechCrunch) reports that Threads recorded 141.5 million daily active users across iOS and Android worldwide as of January 7, 2026, compared with 125 million daily active mobile users for X. The data indicates that read more

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    Threads Usage Overtakes X on Mobile

  • Water returned to last 500 homes in Harrietsham after latest outage, South East Water says

    Water has been restored to all properties after another outage in Kent over the weekend, South East Water has said. According to the water company’s incident manager, Matthew Dean, the last 500 properties in Harrietsham, in Maidstone, saw water returned after a leaking main was repaired on Sunday night. South East Water (SEW) said early read more

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    Water returned to last 500 homes in Harrietsham after latest outage, South East Water says

  • Are DJI Drones Still Banned?

    As of December 23, 2025, the US Federal Communications Commission barred Chinese-based drone maker DJI from importing any new drones into the United State. That might sound like you can’t buy a DJI drone right now, but that’s not true. Head over to Amazon and just about the whole DJI drone lineup is still for read more

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    Are DJI Drones Still Banned?

  • Prosser: iPhone 18 Pro Dynamic Island Moving to Top-Left Corner

    Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro models will have a front camera cutout in the top-left corner of the screen alongside a new under-display Face ID system, which will see the Dynamic Island software feature relocated to the same corner. That’s according to the latest YouTube video from Front Page Tech’s Jon Prosser. Introduced on the iPhone read more

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    Prosser: iPhone 18 Pro Dynamic Island Moving to Top-Left Corner

  • TeamFeePay announces £9M funding round and European expansion plans

    Belfast-based sports technology company TeamFeePay has completed a £9 million equity funding round to support expansion into new markets and planned recruitment. The round was led by investments from YFM Equity Partners and the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland (IFNI), managed by Clarendon Fund Managers. Additional participation came from Techstart and a group of private read more

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    TeamFeePay announces £9M funding round and European expansion plans

  • India is profiling Kashmir mosques, raising new surveillance fears

    Mohammad Nawaz Khan regrets the day his father, Sanaullah Khan, a retired government employee, agreed to head the managing committee of the neighbourhood mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. Khan’s worries began earlier this month after the police started distributing a four-page form, literally titled “profiling of mosques”, to their functionaries, triggering fears read more

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    India is profiling Kashmir mosques, raising new surveillance fears

  • De-Gunk and Descale Your Keurig with These Cleaning Tips

    It can be tricky to figure out how to clean your Keurig, but it’s important work. If your household is like mine, your pod coffee maker runs anywhere from three to seven times per day. All of that use can cause buildup and gunk, which can affect the taste of your coffee and the lifespan read more

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    De-Gunk and Descale Your Keurig with These Cleaning Tips

  • Martin Luther King Jr. in Art and Memory

    Daily Newsletter Revisiting a 40-year-old mural of the civil rights leader, John Yau on the paintings of John Wilson, and a perspective from a former educator at the California College of the Arts. Good morning. Like the freedoms we often take for granted, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was hard-won. The designation of the third read more

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    Martin Luther King Jr. in Art and Memory

  • Ananda Impact Ventures secures €73M first close for fifth Core Impact Fund

    Ananda Impact Ventures has completed a €73 million first close of its fifth Core Impact Fund, exceeding its €50 million target and representing the largest first close in the firm’s 16-year history. The fund is backed by a mix of returning and new investors, including the European Investment Fund (EIF), NRW.BANK, Investcorp-Tages, Mercator Foundation, and read more

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    Ananda Impact Ventures secures €73M first close for fifth Core Impact Fund

  • The Search for Alien Artifacts Is Coming Into Focus

    There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C. Clarke to game franchises like Mass Effect and Outer Wilds. The discovery of the first interstellar objects in the solar system within the past decade read more

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    The Search for Alien Artifacts Is Coming Into Focus

  • Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded

    The Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA Array) at Georgia State University has generated detailed images of the early stages of two nova explosions that were detected in 2021. Through near-infrared interferometry, a process that combines light from multiple telescopes, the CHARA Array was able to capture in high resolution the rapidly changing conditions read more

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    Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded

  • Anzen Industries raises $2.2M for chemical production innovation

    UK-based deeptech startup Anzen Industries has raised $2.2 million in pre-seed funding, led by LocalGlobe and Creator Fund, with participation from strategic angel investors across the UK, EU, and US, including Konstantin von Unger and early-stage investor Cory Levy. Founded by scientists Amy Locks and Pedro Lovatt Garcia, Anzen Industries is a biomanufacturing company focused read more

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    Anzen Industries raises .2M for chemical production innovation

  • Vanagon Ventures closes €20M Fund I to back deeptech startups

    Vanagon Ventures, a German deeptech venture capital firm, has reached the final close of its €20 million Fund I. The fund is backed by Allocator One, alongside additional limited partners including family offices and high-net-worth individuals, senior technology executives from companies such as Apple and Google, and unicorn founders from the Munich ecosystem. Vanagon Ventures read more

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    Vanagon Ventures closes €20M Fund I to back deeptech startups

  • CoolSem Technologies raises pre-seed funding for wafer-level thermal innovation

    CoolSem Technologies, a semiconductor thermal management company, has closed a pre-seed funding round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from KBC Focus Fund NV, the Brabant Development Agency (BOM), and TTT Green Tech B.V. (SHIFT Invest). As chips become an increasingly critical resource, pressure on raw materials is rising, and heat management remains a read more

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    CoolSem Technologies raises pre-seed funding for wafer-level thermal innovation

  • Why is Germany trying to build Europes strongest conventional army?

    At the beginning of the year, German men aged 18 began to receive a compulsory questionnaire registering their fitness for army service under a law passed last month. Joining the army is voluntary for now, but the law allows the government to introduce mandatory service to meet its goal of building what it says will read more

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    Why is Germany trying to build Europes strongest conventional army?

  • Senegal win Africa Cup of Nations after players storm off pitch during dramatic final

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    Senegal win Africa Cup of Nations after players storm off pitch during dramatic final

  • Sinpex raises €10M Series A to redefine KYB automation for Europe’s AML era

    Sinpex, an AI-powered platform for KYB / KYC lifecycle management, today announced its €10 million Series A financing round. Sinpex streamlines business client onboarding and continuous KYB compliance, empowering companies to meet the regulatory demands of the 2027 EU Anti-Money Laundering (EU AML) Regulation. Sinpex is an all-in-one platform that unifies every stage of the read more

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    Sinpex raises €10M Series A to redefine KYB automation for Europe’s AML era

  • Chinas birth rate hits record low as population continues to shrink

    China’s birth rates sunk to a record low in 2025, despite the government rolling out a spate of incentives to boost it, as the country’s population fell for the fourth straight year. Government data on Monday showed that the country’s birth rate fell to 5.63 per 1,000 people – a record low since the Communist read more

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    Chinas birth rate hits record low as population continues to shrink