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Revent rocks the boat with a fresh $100M to invest in people and the planet

It would appear the environment and society remain relevant, whatever you might hear in some other quarters. At least, that’s one conclusion to be drawn from the news that European specialist VC Revent has closed a  €100 million ($109 million) … Continue reading

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Bitcoin to hit $250,000 this year and Magnificent 7 to adopt stablecoins, Cardano founder predicts

Bitcoin could hit $250,000 as early as this year, Cardano blockchain founder Charles Hoskinson told CNBC’s “Beyond The Valley” podcast.

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Aspiring Engineers Should Study This Bundle

Get hands-on experience in embedded systems, circuit design, IOT microcontrollers, and more for only $24.99

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A fresh $100M rolls into DIG Ventures as it bids to woo early-stage European startups

The number of “operator VCs” — former founders turned VCs — in Europe in recent years. This is common in the U.S., where the majority of VCs are former founders. The reverse is true in Europe, where most come from … Continue reading

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, launches an API for Grok 3

Billionaire Elon Musk might’ve just been countersued by OpenAI. But that isn’t stopping his AI company, xAI, from making its flagship Grok 3 model available via an API. It has been several months since xAI unveiled Grok 3, the company’s … Continue reading

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Wayve’s self-driving tech is headed to Nissan vehicles

Nissan said it will use self-driving software developed by Wayve to beef up its advanced driver assistance system starting in 2027, a landmark deal for the buzzy UK startup that has raised more than $1.3 billion from Nvidia, Microsoft, SoftBank Group, … Continue reading

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Amazon delays first Kuiper internet satellite launch due to bad weather

Amazon has been working on Kuiper for six years, planning to build a constellation of broadband internet satellites.

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Leave school phone bans to head teachers, children’s commissioner says

Dame Rachel de Souza says most schools restrict phone use and children are racking up screen time at home.

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How a hydrogen explosion led a teenage founder to become Sequoia’s first defense tech investment

As Sequoia Capital’s first defense tech investment, Mach Industries is an industry darling, raising over $80 million since its founding in 2023. Its founder, Ethan Thornton, now 21, began Mach as a teenage MIT student before dropping out to focus … Continue reading

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Google says it’ll embrace Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to data

Just a few weeks after OpenAI said it would adopt rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to the systems where data resides, Google is following suit. In a post on X on Wednesday, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis announced … Continue reading

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