Visa Partners With BVNK to Enable Stablecoin Payouts on Visa Direct

Ventures.eu’s Fund I marks its maiden voyage by leading the €1.1 million round in maritime tech startup Spot Ship

Spot Ship closes £1M round led by Ventures.eu to modernise ship chartering

German sustainability software outfit osapiens becomes unicorn, following $100M raise

Mannheim’s osapiens Raises €85.8M Funding In Series C Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Mannheim-based osapiens, a provider of enterprise software for sustainable growth, has secured an €85.8 million ($100 million) Series C funding round led by Decarbonization Partners, a joint venture between BlackRock and Temasek. With this round, osapiens…

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osapiens Secures US$ 100 Million To Advance Sustainable Growth Software

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Mannheim’s osapiens Raises €85.8M Funding In Series C Round

osapiens Raises US$ 100M in Series C Funding

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German sustainability startup osapiens raises $100M, becomes Europe’s newest unicorn

New German unicorn! Mannheim’s osapiens secures €85.8 milllion led by BlackRock–Temasek JV

Netflix/Warner Bros expected to test CMA’s “wait and see” stance

Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer

@MarketWatch / x - Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer https://t.co/zh0tvWXHht— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) January 13, 2026

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Netflix prepares all-cash bid to seal Warner Bros. deal

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Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer

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Netflix preparing all-cash deal for Warner Bros to fend off Paramount

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Netflix Reportedly Eyeing Changing Accepted $82.7 Billion WBD Offer to All Cash

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FCC Ends Verizon's 60-Day Automatic Unlocking Requirement

iclarified - The Federal Communications Commission has officially waived a long-standing requirement that forced Verizon to automatically unlock mobile devices 60 days after activation. The ruling, released late yesterday, fundamentally alters the landscape for Verizo…

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FCC kills Verizon's 60-day phone unlocking rule after massive fraud spike

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Verizon (VZ) Stock: Shares Slide After FCC Waiver Amid Market Volatility

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The FCC is letting Verizon lock your phone for more than 60 days - Android Police

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Verizon stock slides after FCC loosens phone-unlocking rule as fraud fight takes center stage - TechStock²

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Verizon customers will have to wait to unlock their phone going forward — here’s why - Tom's Guide

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FCC Ends Verizon's 60-Day Automatic Unlocking Requirement

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Verizon To Stop Automatic Unlocking of Phones as FCC Ends 60-Day Unlock Rule

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Verizon wins FCC waiver on unlocked phones - fiercewireless.com

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Verizon gets FCC permission to end 60-day phone unlocking rule

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America’s biggest telecom company can now save hundreds of millions of dollars as FCC takes U-turn on sma - Times of India

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Microsoft Vows to Pay Full Cost of AI Data Centers After White House Pressure

James Maguire / techstrong - Microsoft has moved to blunt growing public opposition to its expanding data-center footprint, pledging to absorb the full cost of the electricity, water use, and local taxes associated with its AI infrastructure. The commitments mark the company’s most s…

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Enhancing local sustainability with water, jobs, and more

Microsoft responds to backlash with new data center promises

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Microsoft plan aims to protect energy and water in data center rollout

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Microsoft details plan to prevent its data centers from straining power, water resources

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Microsoft to overhaul AI data center building with community-first approach — says it will 'be a good neighbor' to communities, cover energy cost increases, and replenish water

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Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers

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Navigating political pressure and regulatory demands

Microsoft vows to limit data center energy costs

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Big Tech wants more data centers. Everyone else wants lower bills

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Microsoft vows to ‘pay its way’ as it seeks to defuse data centre backlash

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Microsoft Vows to Pay Full Cost of AI Data Centers After White House Pressure

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Safeguarding community electric bills amid AI expansion

Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up

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Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

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Microsoft says will foot AI's massive power bill

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Microsoft pledges to cover data center power costs as community pushback grows

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Microsoft's Brad Smith pushes Big Tech to 'pay our way' for AI data centers amid rising opposition

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Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill

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Microsoft says communities won't see energy price hikes near data centers as utility costs rise

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Microsoft Pledges Full Power Costs, No Tax Breaks in Response To AI Data Center Backlash

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Microsoft Vows to Pay Utility Rates to Cover Data Center Costs

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Microsoft is the latest tech giant promising to address frustrations among local communities around its data centers. It has made five pledges today to address concerns that have stymied plans to build out new AI data centers www.theverge.com/news/861080/

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NEW: As public backlash against data centers grows, Microsoft (sounding to my ear a bit like a baseball team that wants a new publicly-financed stadium) says it has a plan to keep its data centers from driving up electric bills in surrounding areas. @moll

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big tech companies are taking note of the backlash to data centers — and they, w/ the help of the Trump administration, are promising to be good neighbors first up is Microsoft, which announced a series of commitments this morning - some of Microsoft’s

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Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme and Sequence, ‘foundational’ elements of its Open Money Stack

Daniel Kuhn / theblock - Sequence offers smart wallet routing for "1-click" cross-network transfers, while Coinme has secured U.S. money-transmitter licenses.

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Polygon Labs Boosts Stablecoin Payments via Coinme, Sequence

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South Korean financial giant KB files patent for stablecoin credit card

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Polygon buys blockchain startup Sequence to power its stablecoin push

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Polygon Labs Spends $250M to Challenge Stripe in Crypto Payments

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Polygon Labs To Acquire Coinme & Sequence For $250 Mn+

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Polygon Labs Bolsters Stablecoin Payments Push, Acquiring Coinme and Sequence

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Polygon Makes $250 Million Investment in Stablecoin Payments

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Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme and Sequence, ‘foundational’ elements of its Open Money Stack

7 wks / theblock / Daniel Kuhn

Crypto infrastructure firm pushes deeper into stablecoin payments with $250 million deal

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Apple bundles creative apps such as Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro into a single subscription

Kris Holt / engadget - Apple has been putting more onus on its services for the past several years — the company makes tens of billions of dollars in revenue from that side of the business, which it claimed had a record year in 2025. Apple is nudging a little more in that direc…

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Quantum software startup Haiqu raises $11M to launch hardware-aware operating system

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Quantum software startup Haiqu Inc. announced today that it has raised $11 million in new funding to accelerate the launch of its operating system for quantum applications, which will include a hardware-aware quantum software stack for running near-term a…

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Quantum software startup Haiqu raises $11M to launch hardware-aware operating system

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Startup in spotlight: Haiqu raises $11M to unlock near-term quantum apps

Quantum startup Haiqu raises $11M

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Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority

eWEEK Staff / eweek - The cuts represent roughly 10% of the division's workforce and signal Meta's accelerating pivot away from its metaverse ambitions toward AI dominance.The post Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority appeared first on eWEEK.

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Meta Layoffs: Shift from Metaverse to AI

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Meta’s metaverse dream fades as 1,000 employees are let go

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Meta begins job cuts as it shifts from Metaverse to AI devices

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Meta lays off more than 1,000 employees from metaverse division

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Meta is Cutting 10% of its Reality Labs Workforce as it Shifts its Focus to Mobile and Wearables

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Meta Lays off VR Staff to Focus on AI

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Meta layoffs today: Facebook parent reportedly slashing hundreds of workers from Reality Labs VR division

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Meta confirms Reality Labs layoffs and shifts to invest more in wearables

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Meta to Cut 10% of Reality Labs Workforce as Metaverse Vision Faces Reckoning

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Meta refocuses on AI hardware as metaverse layoffs begin

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Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

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Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority

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Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

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Meta to lay off hundreds in Reality Labs amid shift from metaverse to AI

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Meta Cutting Reality Labs Workforce by 10%

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VR Studio Shutdowns: Retiring VR amid pivot

Meta Closes Three VR Studios As Part of Its Metaverse Cuts

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Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI

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Meta has closed three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

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Meta’s metaverse layoffs apparently include some of its VR studios

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Meta Shuts Down Deadpool VR Studio Twisted Pixel and Asgard’s Wrath Studio Sanzaru Games Amidst 10% Cut to Reality Labs Division

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Meta is laying off about 10% of its Reality Labs metaverse division, and the cuts include closing down some of its VR gaming studios. Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, and Armature Studio are all being closed down

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Real-time voice AI unicorn Deepgram raises $130M to streamline human-to-machine interactions

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Real-time voice artificial intelligence startup Deepgram Inc. has reasons to think the new year could be a good one after raising $130 million in funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. It also unveiled its latest acquisition, buying an AI-native voice start…

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Voice AI Deepgram Hits $1.3B Unicorn Status with $130M Funding

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Deepgram Acquires OfOne to Bring Voice AI to Drive-Thru Restaurants

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Deepgram Raises $130M in Series C Funding

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Deepgram is raising its Series C round at a $1.3 billion valuation.

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Deepgram Hits Unicorn Status at $1.3bn With $130m Raise as Voice AI Goes Mainstream - Tekedia

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Real-time voice AI unicorn Deepgram raises $130M to streamline human-to-machine interactions

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Voice AI Deepgram hits unicorn status with $130M raise led by AVP

Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup

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Slack’s automated bot is getting an upgrade into an AI workplace helper

Steven Melendez / fastcompany - If you’re a Slack user, you’re probably familiar with Slackbot as a good-natured—if annoying—assistant that delivers notifications, reminders, and keyword-based automatic responses within the workplace chat app. But for organizations with paid Slack plans…

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Slack launches AI-powered Slackbot for Business+ orgs

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Your Slack Is Infected With an AI Agent Now https://gizmodo.com/your-slack-is-infected-with-an-ai-agent-now-2000709707

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Salesforce makes revamped Slackbot generally available

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Your Slack Is Infected With an AI Agent Now

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Salesforce releases new AI slackbot based on Anthropic's Claude

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Salesforce unveils Slackbot, a new AI agent that allows users to complete tasks across multiple enterprise applications from Slack.

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Slack’s automated bot is getting an upgrade into an AI workplace helper

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Salesforce Converts Slackbot into an Personal AI Agent

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Salesforce releases updated Slackbot powered by Anthropic's AI model

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Slackbot is an AI agent now

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Slack revamps Slackbot: The battle for the business AI assistant has begun

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Nuclera Raises $87M Series C To Advance Antibody Research

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Biotech firm Nuclera has raised an additional $12 million increasing its total Series C funding to $87 million. The extension round was led by Elevage Medical Technologies and Jonathan Milner with participation from existing investors including British Bu…

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Nuclera Raises $87M Series C To Advance Antibody Research

UK biotech Nuclera extends Series C to $87M to speed up protein discovery

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UK’s Nuclera brings Series C funding to €74 million following €10 million extension for its eProtein Discovery system

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Nuclera extends Series C funding to $87M to accelerate antibody engineering work

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SK Hynix to invest $13 billion in new plant amid memory chip shortage

cnbc - South Korea's SK Hynix will invest 19 trillion Korean won into a new advanced packaging plant, as the company attempts to meet growing memory demands.

SK Hynix's $13B packaging facility promises more HBM for the AI bubble

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SK Hynix Announces Mega Investments to Enter Advanced Packaging Business as AI Demand Forces It to Take Production Into Its Own Hands

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PC Market Grew Almost 10% Last Quarter But Only Because Everyone Is Rushing To Counter The Looming Memory Crisis

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SK Hynix expands capacity with $12.9B investment in South Korea

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SK hynix to pour W19tr into advanced packaging for HBM chips

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SK Hynix to invest $13 billion in new plant amid memory chip shortage

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SK hynix aims for full-cycle HBM hub in Cheongju with new back-end fab

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SK Hynix Plans to Invest $13 Billion in New Chip Packaging Plant

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Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - AI-native internal tool builder Bricks.sh has raised €1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Primo Capital, with participation from Octopus First Cheque Fund, Eden Ventures, Vesper Holding, and Vento. The round also featured angel investors such as Gianlu…

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With a third of developer time spent on internal tools; Milan’s Bricks.sh raises €1.6 miliion to automate admin panels

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Bricks.sh Raises €1.6M in Pre-Seed Funding

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Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round

Bricks.sh secures €1.6M pre-seed to expand AI-native internal tools

Bricks.sh’s 3-click AI builder just raised €1.6M to automate admin panels for non-tech teams

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Ex-Google execs’ Ahead Health raises $6M to catch cancer, heart disease years early with AI

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Diseases are often caught late, data is scattered across systems, and advanced diagnostics remain expensive and hard to…

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“We all want to lift our grandkids when we’re 70”: Ahead Health raises €5.1 million for preventive healthcare expansion

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Ahead Health Raises $6M To Expand Preventive Healthcare In Europe

Ex-Google execs’ Ahead Health raises $6M to catch cancer, heart disease years early with AI

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Ahead Health raises $6M to build AI-powered health system in Europe

Exclusive: Hugging Face cofounder and Liverpool forward back ex-Googler's body scanning startup Ahead Health

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NetBird announces $10M Series A to expand open source VPN alternative

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - NetBird,an open-source network security platform built on product-led adoption, hasclosed a $10 million Series A round led by Pace Capital, with participationfrom Nauta Capital, InReach Ventures, and ...

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NetBird announces $10M Series A to expand open source VPN alternative

Berlin’s NetBird Secures €8.5 Million Funding In Series A Round

Berlin’s NetBird raises €8.5 million to offer a European open-source alternative to SSL VPN giants

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams Accused of Crypto Pump and Dump With NYC Token https://gizmodo.com/former-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-accused-of-crypto-pump-and-dump-with-nyc-token-2000709645

Former 'bitcoin mayor' Eric Adams faces $3 million rugpull allegation after issuing NYC Token

Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - On-chain data revealed that a wallet linked to the token's deployer removed $2.5 million in liquidity, prompting accusations of a possible rug pull.

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Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused of $2.5 million crypto ‘rug pull’ as his NYC Token crashes

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Former New York mayor Eric Adams under fire after NYC Token collapses after launch

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Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams Accused of Crypto Pump and Dump With NYC Token

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NYC Token Crashes 80% After Eric Adams Launch as Liquidity Questions Emerge

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Former 'bitcoin mayor' Eric Adams faces $3 million rugpull allegation after issuing NYC Token

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Eric Adams' NYC Token Crashes Amid Liquidity Extraction Allegations

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Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ memecoin faces rug pull allegations

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Klearly raises €12M from PayPal Ventures to fix restaurant payments chao

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Restaurants, bars, and clubs face a persistent challenge: legacy systems that stutter during peak service hours, disrupting operations…

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Klearly Raises €12M To Expand Restaurant Payments Platform

Amsterdam’s Klearly raises €12 million to satiate its appetite for building Europe’s best restaurant payments system

Klearly raises €12M from PayPal Ventures to fix restaurant payments chao

Klearly secures €12M for restaurant payments system