Tag: Digital
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Ukraine’s digital resilience is Europe’s warning signal
What would your life be like right now without electricity? You wake up in the dark. You can’t charge your phone or laptop or make a cup of coffee. The shower is cold. You head out to work and have to walk down six flights of stairs as the elevator isn’t running. The streets are read more
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Nabu raises €3M to scale digital customs in Europe
France-based Nabu has raised €3 million in funding to accelerate its expansion across Europe and strengthen its position in digital customs clearance. The round includes participation from Getlink, alongside existing investors such as Maersk Growth, which continues to support the company following its initial pre-seed round in 2022. Founded in 2022 and operating between Paris read more
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Digital Art Pioneer Nancy Burson Collapses the Border Between Mysticism and Quantum Physics
At first glance, Nancy Burson’s “Quantum Entanglement” paintings appear simply as white dots washing over black canvases in clusters and waves. Some dots resemble pairs of eyes; others appear as overlapping roundish figures. But when viewed as the 78-year-old artist intends—through a phone camera—the forms appear to jitter like static. Faint washes of color and read more
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Beowolff Combines Artsy and Artnet in Digital Art Market Push
Artsy and Artnet are being brought under the same leadership, consolidating two of the art world’s largest online platforms across data, media, auctions, and e-commerce. The companies said Wednesday that they will continue to operate as separate brands, even as they combine their underlying infrastructure and data. The move follows Beowolff Capital’s acquisition of a read more
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Sybol raises €1M+ to advance its corporate digital identity wallet
Spanish startup Sybol, which focuses on corporate digital identity and verifiable credentials, has raised over €1 million in a funding round that combines public and private investment. The round is backed by the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), alongside investors including Repsol, Grupo Synaptia, Bolboreta Innova Group, Tritemius, Venturade, and Chromata Invest. The company read more
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Explore Art UK's Digital Database of More Than 6,600 Street Art Murals
The surprise of turning onto a street to see a vibrant mural—or the joy of viewing several in progress during popular festivals like Nuart Aberdeen—is essentially an ephemeral experience. Murals may be designed to last several decades, or they may be temporary installations that address a particularly interesting bit of local history or urgent social read more
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Europe builds Microsoft-alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereignty
Today, a coalition of European enterprises and community organisations has launched Euro-Office, a solution for editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, developed as a true sovereign community collaboration of over a dozen different organisations. A tech preview is available immediately. The effort, backed by major European tech firms including IONOS, Nextcloud, Eurostack, XWiki, OpenProject, Soverin, Abilian read more
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The Lume digital art gallery at Indianapolis Museum closes
In 2021, the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields turned the museum’s fourth floor contemporary art galleries into an exhibition space for high-tech digital art called the Lume. Over the past five years, the controversial initiative featured immersive, crowd-pleasing exhibitions like “Van Gogh Alive” (2021), “Monet & Friends Alive” (2022-23), and “Dalí Alive” (2024-25). However, read more
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6 Must-See Artworks on Digital Art Streaming Platform CIFRA
Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with CIFRA. As the art world continues to grapple with how best to exhibit, preserve, and monetize digital work, a new streaming platform aims to do more than simply replicate the white cube online. CIFRA positions itself as a platform made for artists working in video, sound, read more
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Travel News, Guides & Tips for Global Adventures
I’m sure the creators of the internet never thought of a time when phrases like doomscrolling, social media addiction, and bed rot would be mainstream. But here we are. If you’ve ever jolted yourself awake by dropping your phone on your face at 1am, or instinctively reached for it in a room full of read more
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YOU(th) closes $4.5M round for digital preventive health
YOU(th) Health Tech, a digital health company focused on expanding preventive care globally, has announced $4.5 million in funding. The round was led by Callisto Health, with participation from caesar., adesso Ventures, Antler, Moonstone, and 1024 Ventures. Angel investors also joined, including Jean-Charles Samuelian, Founder and CEO of Alan and founding member of Mistral read more
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Paul Slocum, One of Digital Art’s First Champions, on Building a Sustainable Digital Ecosystem
This past week, Paul Slocum celebrated 20 years of And/Or gallery, a pioneering space for the exhibition of new media art. Founded in 2006 with a show featuring works by Tom Moody and Saskia Jorda, Slocum’s ad hoc gallery became a home for outsider artists exploring the cutting edge of art made with computers and read more
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Elaia’s Digital Venture Fund V reaches €120M at first close
Elaia has announced a first close of its fifth Digital Venture Fund (DV5) at €120 million. The fund will focus on investing in European B2B technology companies with strong intellectual property foundations, spanning both foundational infrastructure and application-level innovation. The first close includes commitments from both returning and new investors. Participants include Bpifrance, investing on read more
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Basel’s House of Electronic Arts and Tezos Foundation Partner to Preserve Digital Art
Blockchain may still feel like a buzzword to some, but for the House of Electronic Arts (HEK)—a museum in Basel dedicated to digital culture, media art, and technology—and the Tezos Foundation, it’s a vital tool for expanding the museum experience and helping artists connect with audiences. The two institutions recently announced a year-long partnership bringing read more
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EU commits €10M to accelerate Ukraine's digital integration with Europe
The European Union has allocated €10 million to support the development of digital public services in Ukraine and their alignment with European standards. According to Oleksandr Bornyakov, Acting Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, cooperation with the European Union and the Academy of Electronic Management is a long-standing success story that laid the foundation for read more
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Building a European digital stack: The alternatives to US big tech you should know
For more than a decade, Europe has relied on US Big Tech for the core layers of its digital economy — from cloud infrastructure and productivity software to search, social platforms, and, more recently, foundation models. But as regulation tightens, geopolitics hardens, trade tensions and tariffs reshape global supply chains, and AI becomes strategic infrastructure, read more
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UK bets £210M on cybersecurity to unlock digital government — and £45B in productivity savings
The UK Government has unveiled a £210 million cyber action plan to secure online public services and protect people’s data as more services move online. The plan aims to strengthen defences across departments, respond faster to cyber attacks, and support digitisation that could save up to £45 billionin productivity savingswhile cutting queues and paperwork. Driven read more
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Evertrust secures €10M to accelerate expansion in Europe’s digital trust market
French cybersecurity software vendor Evertrust has closed a €10 million Series A round from the fund Elephant, which will support the company’s growth strategy, including team expansion, product development, and international scaling. Founded in 2017 by Kamel Ferchouche (CEO), Jean-Julien Alvado (CTO) and Étienne Laviolette (COO), Evertrust has evolved from a digital trust consulting firm read more
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Social Links raises $3M to boost AI digital risk protection
Netherlands-based Social Links has secured $3 million in follow-on funding to advance the development of next-generation tools that help organisations protect their brands, assets, and personnel in an AI-driven risk environment. The investment is led by Yellow Rocks!, which has increased its total commitment sixfold since its initial funding. Drawing on a decade of experience read more
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10 Ways To Avoid Burnout as a Digital Marketer – Goats On The Road
Jobs in digital marketing can be straining, and unfortunately there’s no magic wand to make them less demanding. You’ve probably been told to take more breaks, go for some walks, or spend less time on social media. Maybe you’ve even wondered whether a mental health app might help. Whatever it looks like for you, your read more
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