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Wildfires force Los Angeles app developer to use his own technology to navigate crisis

The GOES Health app was developed to help travelers in remote areas, but it’s increasingly become a tool for people in areas hit by climate disasters.

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North Korea stole over $659M in crypto heists during 2024, deploys fake job seekers

A joint international statement provides the first official confirmation that North Korea was behind the $235M hack of WazirX, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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UK plans to ban public sector organizations from paying ransomware hackers

The Home Office has proposed a ‘targeted ban’ on ransom payments following a wave a cyberattacks targeting the UK © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Venture funding remains stable in France thanks to AI startups

Alex Dewez, a partner at 20VC, just released its highly anticipated State of the French tech ecosystem report. This is a nice followup to Atomico’s State of European Tech report, with a more granular view on French startups in particular. … Continue reading

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Google faces UK investigation over search dominance

The tech giant accounts for 90% of web searches in the UK – the regulator will probe whether that harms consumers and rivals.

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UK’s CMA slaps Google Search and its 90%+ market share with an antitrust investigation

The Competition and Markets Authority — the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog — is wasting no time in lodging its first official investigation of 2025 under its new rules that came into effect this month. It’s looking into the market dominance of … Continue reading

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Google faces first major probe under UK’s tough new antitrust rules

Britain’s competition watchdog said Tuesday that it’s opening a formal antitrust investigation into Google’s search and search advertising business.

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Bioptimus raises $41M to develop a ‘GPT for biology’

A fledgling French AI startup has raised $41 million to develop a foundational AI model for biology. Just as OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm for a super-smart generative AI tool capable of natural language conversation in text … Continue reading

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LemFi moves remittances further into Asia and Europe with $53M in new funding

For many emerging market economies, remittances have become a lifeline. Inflows surpassed $669 billion in 2023, according to World Bank research, and they now represent significant portions of GDP in these countries, often outpacing foreign direct investment as the primary … Continue reading

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How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups

Barcelona’s mix of affordable cost of living and quality of life has helped create a vibrant startup community — and become a hotbed for the creation of surveillance technologies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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