Meta Ships Superintelligence. Calls It 'Very Good.'
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Meta ships first superintelligence models, calls them "very good." OpenAI profiles users for adult mode. Anthropic CEO likens chip exports to nukes.
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Ukrainian-founded language learning edtech Preply hits $1.2B valuation with $150M Series D
Cate Lawrence / tech - Ukrainian-founded language learning marketplace Preply has raised $150 million Series D funding led by WestCap with support from Índico Capital Partners. This latest round brings Preply’s total fundin...
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Energy Tech Startup Cloover Secures $1.2 Bn to Build AI Operating Systems for Europe
Smruthi Nadig / analyticsindiamag - Cloover aims to be a global, decentralised energy platform to deliver affordable, independent energy.The post Energy Tech Startup Cloover Secures $1.2 Bn to Build AI Operating Systems for Europe appeared first on Analytics India Magazine.
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Lausanne-based SWISSto12 secures €73 million to develop its compact satellite HummingSat ahead of planned 2027 launch
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - SWISSto12, a Lausanne-based aerospace company and manufacturer of satellite systems and radio frequency (RF) products, today announced that it has secured €73 million ($84.8 million) in financial support from European Space Agency (ESA) member states thro…
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Delaware Life, BlackRock Offer Bitcoin Exposure Through Fixed Indexed Annuity
Stacy Elliott / decrypt - Delaware Life breaks new ground with the insurance industry's first Bitcoin-linked annuity, offering crypto exposure with principal protection.
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Spotify might soon let you sync audiobooks with real books
digitaltrends - Page Match could let Spotify users scan a page from a physical book and instantly jump to the matching point in the audiobook, making format switching far less frustrating.The post Spotify might soon let you sync audiobooks with real books appeared first …
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Realme says its 10,001mAh P4 Power phone can last nearly four days
techspot - Realme's P4 Power phone will be the first to feature the company's 10,001mAh Titan silicon-carbon battery. That extra 1mAh is likely a marketing ploy to put it ahead of rival Honor, which released the 10,000mAh Honor Win in China at the end of last year.R…
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British Business Bank makes record investment in Kraken Technologies
Oscar Hornstein / uktech - The UK government-owned British Business Bank is set to make its largest-ever direct investment, £25m into the Octopus Energy spinout Kraken Technologies. Kraken was formed from within Octopus, one of the UK’s largest energy providers, as the AI technolog…
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The Fastest Human Spaceflight Mission In History Crawls Closer To Liftoff
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon in more than 50 years took a big step forward this weekend with the rollout of the Artemis II rocket to its launch pad. The rocket reached a to…
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Asus Confirms It Won't Launch Phones in 2026, May Leave Android Altogether
msmash / slashdot - Asus won't release any new smartphones this year, and that may signal the brand's exit from the Android space altogether. From a report: Asus Chairman Jonney Shih confirmed the news at an event in Taiwan on Jan. 16. According to a machine-translated versi…
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New York Stock Exchange Developing 24/7 Tokenized Trading Platform
PYMNTS / pymnts - The New York Stock Exchange is reportedly creating a venue for round-the-clock tokenized stock trading. The exchange (NYSE) plans to combine its technology that matches sellers and buyers with private blockchain networks, to allow for the trading of token…
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Anzen Industries Secures $2.2M Funding In Pre-Seed Round
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - UK-based deeptech startup Anzen Industries has raised $2.2 million in pre-seed funding, led by LocalGlobe and Creator Fund, with support from strategic angel investors across the UK, EU and US, including Konstantin von Unger and early-stage investor Cory …
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Hamburg-based one.five raises €14 million to solve the product-market-fit problem in packaging
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - one.five, a Hamburg-based company building AI-powered solutions for packaging product development, has raised €14 million in Series A funding to scale its proprietary AI platform and data foundation. The round was led by Dr Hans Riegel Holding (shareholde…
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Vanagon Ventures Raises €20M To Support Europe’s Deep-Tech Pre-Seed Startups
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Vanagon Ventures, a Munich-based venture capital firm, has announced the final close of its €20 million Fund I, created specifically to support deep tech and AI startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. Vanagon intends to invest up to €500,000 per company…
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Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away
Bradley Olson / wsj - Developers and hobbyists are comparing the viral moment for Anthropic’s Claude Code to the launch of generative AI.
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AST SpaceMobile’s stock soars to a fresh record as the SpaceX rival nears a big win
@MarketWatch / x - AST SpaceMobile’s stock soars to a fresh record as the SpaceX rival nears a big win https://t.co/PYes8cSyx5— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) January 16, 2026
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OpenAI Quietly Rolls Out ChatGPT Translate to Take on Google
Aminu Abdullahi / eweek - OpenAI quietly launches ChatGPT Translate, a standalone AI translation tool focused on tone and context, signaling a potential challenge to Google Translate.The post OpenAI Quietly Rolls Out ChatGPT Translate to Take on Google appeared first on eWEEK.
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Europe’s Largest Defense Fund for Startups Set for €500 Million
Christina Kyriasoglou / bloomberg - German investor Digital Transformation Capital Partners GmbH is on track to raise Europe’s largest-ever dedicated venture capital fund for defense startups, signing its first big backers for a fund targeting €500 million ($580 million).
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Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse
nytimes / nytimes - “If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.
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HOLYWATER Raises $22M To Expand Mobile Microdrama Content
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Ukraine-based HOLYWATER has secured $22 million in a funding round led by Horizon Capital, with participation from US investors including Endeavor Catalyst and Wheelhouse. The funding follows a prior investment from Fox Entertainment in October 2025 (see …
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