Zurich’s BTRY raises €4.9 million as Switzerland enters the solid-state battery race against Asian dominance

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Swiss battery start-up BTRY AG has raised €4.9 million in an oversubscribed Seed round for its ultra-thin solid-state batteries reportedly capable of combining fast charging, extreme temperature stability, and intrinsic safety within an extremely thin for…

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Make voice notes feel normal with an AI ring that runs your music

digitaltrends - Sandbar’s Stream ring turns whispers into editable notes and runs your music with a thumb swipe. The mic stays off until you press, privacy is baked in, and preorders start at $249 today.

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DJIs new Osmo Mobile 8 gimbal launches today, but not for you

mashable - DJI formally released the new Osmo Mobile 8 in all global markets except for the U.S. Here's why you can't buy it there.

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Adaptronics Raises €3.15M To Transform Robotic Gripping And Handling

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Adaptronics, a deeptech startup developing electro-adhesive grippers for industrial automation and space robotics, has raised €3.15 million. The round was led by 360 Capital and included participation from Galaxia, the aerospace technology transfer hub ba…

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Armilar’s new €120 million fund targets DeepTech and digital transformation ventures in Spain and Portugal

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Armilar, a leading Lisbon-based venture capital firm, has announced the first closing of its Fund IV, securing over €120 million to invest in disruptive technologies in Portugal, Spain, and the rest of Europe. Armilar IV has attracted a notable base of in…

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Tsuga emerges from stealth with $10M to modernise observability in the AI era

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - France-based observability platform Tsuga has closed a$10 million seed round and emerged from stealth. The round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Singular, alongside angel investors...

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Apple's Live Translation feature is finally coming to AirPods in the EU

engadget - After a delay, Apple has announced that it's bringing its AI-powered Live Translation feature to the European Union in December. The expansion is notable, not only because Live Translation was a key selling point of the recently released AirPods Pro 3, bu…

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Dutch startup Source.ag raises €15.2 million to scale AI software powering 300 greenhouses across 18 countries

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Source.ag, the Amsterdam-based developer of AI software for Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), today announced the successful close of its Series B funding round, raising €15.2 million. The investment was led by Astanor, with strategic participatio…

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Microsoft AI Chief Warns Pursuing Machine Consciousness Is a Gigantic Waste of Time

Ece Yildirim / gizmodo - Suleyman thinks conscious AI is an "absurd" pursuit.

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GitLaw Raises $3M Pre-seed Led by Jackson Square Ventures To Launch Its AI Legal companion

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - GitLaw, an AI-powered legal companion for businesses, has raised $3M in pre-seed funding led by Jackson Square Ventures, with participation from Flex Capital, Background Capital, and angel investors. Founded in 2025 by serial entrepreneur Nick Holzherr, G…

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Elon Musk Hints Tesla Roadster Might Fly: ‘It’s Crazier Than James Bond’

Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Elon Musk says Tesla’s long-awaited Roadster (like, 8 years long) is nearing a prototype demonstration—and it could feature some wild new technology. The second-gen Roadster was first announced in November 2017. Speaking on a 3-hour long podcast released …

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NASA's supersonic jet completes its first flight in California

engadget - Nearly a decade after NASA partnered with Lockheed Martin to build the X-59, the supersonic jet has completed its first flight in California, according to a press release spotted by Gizmodo. The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (Quesst) aircraft is design…

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Swedish legaltech Legora raises $150M Series C

Lucy Adams / tech - Legal technology company Legora has raised $150 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the company at $1.8 billion. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from existi...

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Bending Spoons to acquire early internet pioneer AOL

John Reynolds / tech - Bending Spoons, the acquisitive Italian software conglomerate, is acquiring AOL, one of the internet’s most well known early companies.Bending Spoons is buying AOL from Yahoo, which is backed by priva...

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China deploys wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai coast — $226 million project could top 24 megawatts, harnessing the cooling power of the sea

tomshardware - China has launched what it claims is the world’s first wind-powered undersea data center — a sealed, seawater-cooled cluster sitting 35 meters beneath the surface off the coast of Shanghai.

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Samsung's Wild-Looking Tri-Fold Phone Debuts at APEC Summit in South Korea

David Lumb / cnet - The Galaxy phonemaker showed off a twin-hinged foldable at a Korean consumer tech show.

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Oppo Find X9 Pro’s massive 7,500mAh battery arrives in Europe

Dominic Preston / theverge - Oppo has announced the international launch of its Find X9 and Find X9 Pro flagships, and both phones are going on sale in the UK and Europe. Best of all, unlike some other Chinese phones, there’s been no reduction in battery capacity for the global relea…

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Nvidia to Invest $1 Billion in Nokia in AI Pact

Jack Morphet / wsj - The chip maker will have a 2.9% ownership stake in the Finnish telecommunications company.

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Elon Musk launches Grokipedia, an AI-written rival to Wikipedia

techspot - Elon Musk has introduced Grokipedia, a digital encyclopedia that relies on artificial intelligence rather than human editors to compile and update entries. The new platform, developed through his artificial intelligence company xAI, marks his most direct …

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