Bootstrapped And Profitable Hello Klean Raises €1.3M Funding

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Hello Klean, a water-focused beauty brand, has secured £1.5M (around €1.3M) in debt financing from re:cap to fuel its next stage of growth. re:cap, founded in Berlin in 2021 by Paul Becker and Jonas Tebbe, provides debt capital and automated …

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Microsoft will not publish a diversity and inclusion report for 2025, ending a practice of annual transparency disclosures that the company has maintained since 2019. The decision was confirmed after the tech giant missed its typical publication window, w…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #microsoft #business #technology

Microsoft kills its annual diversity report to focus on “dynamic stories”

3 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Microsoft will not release a 2025 diversity report

3 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Fintech Revolut valued at $75 billion following fundraising share sale

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Revolut, the London-based fintech, has completed a fundraising process which values the company at $75 billion. The fundraising involved a share sale which saw NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, investing in the company. Employees of Revolut were ab…

#startups #vc #fintech #nvidia #banking #stockmarket #investment #privateequity #business #technology

Revolut hits $75B valuation in new capital raise

3 months / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

Revolut’s Valuation Hits $75 Billion Following Share Sale

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Revolut valued at $75B after secondary share sale backed by top VCs

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Revolut confirms $75bn valuation after secondary share sale

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Revolut Hits €65 Billion Valuation Following Share Sale, Advancing Global Banking Ambitions

3 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Revolut lands a €65 billion valuation after latest share sale fuels global bank ambitions

3 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Fintech Revolut valued at $75 billion following fundraising share sale

3 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Revolut valued at $75bn, with Nvidia and A16z joining investor roster

3 months / tech / John Reynolds

Revolut completes shares sale valuing it at $75bn

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Onstage launches new early-stage venture fund

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Onstage, an organiser of standalone demo events in Europe, announced the launch of its first venture fund, with an initial close of £10 million. The fund is intended to support European founders at t...

#startups #vc #innovation #investment #business #finance #uk #europe #technology

After facilitating €567 million in follow-on funding, Britain’s Onstage introduces debut €11.3 million fund

3 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

London’s Onstage Launches €11.3M Early-Stage Venture Fund

3 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Onstage launches new early-stage venture fund

3 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Onstage raises £10M to build Europe’s answer to Y Combinator

3 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Onstage launches ‘Y Combinator for Europe’ with £10m fund

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Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts

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Major insurers move to ring-fence AI liability as multi-billion dollar risks emerge — Recent public incidents have lead to costly repercussions

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Major insurers seek to exclude AI-related risks from corporate policies

3 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Insurers to Pull Back From AI Liability Coverage

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"Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts" www.ft.com/content/abfe... via techcrunch.com/2025/11/23/a... "AI is too risky to insure, say people whose job is insuring risk"

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In more AI bubble news, major insurers are declining to insure risks from AI chatbots & agents, saying AI models are too unpredictable & error-prone with no one clearly liable when things go wrong. Firms & universities better consider this in

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Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts

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Insurers Uneasy About Covering Corporate AI Risks

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Valve’s Steam Machine could cost you PC money, not console money

digitaltrends - Valve has confirmed that its upcoming Steam Machine will be priced “in line with the current PC market” rather than being subsidised like traditional consoles. The move signals a shift in hardware strategy and sets new expectations for buyers.

#hardware #gaming #business #pricing #technology #steam

Why Valve is pricing its new console like a custom PC instead of an Xbox

3 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Valve’s Steam Machine could cost you PC money, not console money

3 months / digitaltrends

Valve says that the Steam Machine's price will be more 'in line with current PC market'

3 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

The upcoming Steam Machine won't be 'subsidized' like consoles to hit a more attractive price target, suggesting high relative pricing — Valve engineer confirms the device competes with only the PC market

3 months / tomshardware

X’s new About This Account feature is going great

Anthony Ha / techcrunch - A new feature seemingly revealed many right-wing “America First” accounts are actually based outside the United States. But the data seems questionable.

#politics #trump #internet #technology #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

X Displays Users’ Locations, Fueling Scrutiny Over Political Accounts

3 months / nytimes / Yan Zhuang

A new feature seemingly revealed many right-wing “America First” accounts are actually based outside the United States. But the data seems questionable.

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

3 months / hindustantimes

This Chrome extension makes it easier to trust your X feed

3 months / digitaltrends

About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem

3 months / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

This Chrome extension shows X profile locations right in your feed

3 months / digitaltrends

X’s new About This Account feature is going great

3 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

X’s messy About This Account rollout has caused utter chaos

3 months / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

New X Feature Reveals Many MAGA Patriots on X Are Not Even Based in The U.S.

3 months / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

Apple CEO Tim Cook isn't retiring in 2026

appleinsider - An earlier report suggested that Tim Cook could announce his retirement in 2026 before WWDC, and while succession plans are underway, the report is being called false.Apple CEO Tim Cook isn't retiring just yetWhen the Financial Times made the claim that A…

#innovation #apple #earnings #business #iphone #macbook #technology #timcook

Apple’s iOS 27 might be all about making your iPhone faster and more reliable

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Gurman says Tim Cook is not stepping down in 2026

3 months / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

Gurman: Tim Cook Likely to Remain Apple CEO Until at Least Mid-2026

3 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple CEO Tim Cook isn't retiring in 2026

3 months / appleinsider

Elon Musks X rolls out feature that shows users country of origin – then suddenly removes it

mashable - X has already removed a feature showing users' country of origin after briefly rolling it out for a few hours late at night.

#techpolicy #privacy #ux #media #technology #updates #digitalprivacy

X shows where you’re “based in”, and it could shake up the feed

3 months / digitaltrends

Elon Musks X rolls out feature that shows users country of origin – then suddenly removes it

3 months / mashable

X rolls out 'About this account' feature that displays a profile's country of origin and more

3 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

AI robots with the power to crush skulls? "Whistleblower" lawsuit sounds alarm on Figure AI

techspot - The case has been filed in the Northern District of California by Robert Gruendel, a principal robotic safety engineer. He alleges that he was dismissed from Figure AI in September after lodging safety complaints about the company's humanoid robots.Read E…

#ai #robotics #automation #ml #aiethics #law #technology #litigation #safety #regulation

Heist Exposes AI's Flaws

3 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

You Must Read This Riveting Whistleblower Lawsuit About Allegedly Dangerous Robots

3 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

iRobot Co-Founder Calls Out Elon Musk's Optimus Robot 'Fantasy'

3 months / slashgear

AI robots with the power to crush skulls? "Whistleblower" lawsuit sounds alarm on Figure AI

3 months / techspot

Waymo gets California DMV's approval to test robotaxis in more areas

Mariella Moon / engadget - The California DMV has approved Waymo’s request to conduct driverless testing and to deploy its robotaxis in more locations in the state. As CBS News reports, Waymo now has the permission to operate across the whole Bay Area, Sacramento and most of Southe…

#robotics #selfdriving #robotaxis #aiethics #technology #automotive #regulation #california

Waymo continues to expand its reach, with the robotaxi company posting Friday that it’s now “officially authorized to drive fully autonomously across more of the Golden State.”

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Waymo gets regulatory approval to expand across Bay Area and Southern California

3 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

California Just Legalized Waymo in Some of the Nation’s Most Populous Areas

3 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Waymo gets California DMV's approval to test robotaxis in more areas

3 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Waymo's California Land Grab: 47,493 Square Miles of Permission, 2,500 Cars of Reality

3 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Google Mandates 1,000x AI Capacity Growth by 2030 Despite ‘AI Bubble’ Fears

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has internally mandated a 1,000-fold increase in AI capacity by 2030, defying CEO Sundar Pichai's public warnings about an AI market bubble.The post Google Mandates 1,000x AI Capacity Growth by 2030 Despite ‘AI Bubble’ Fears appeared first on WinBu…

#ai #cloud #innovation #ml #google #aiethics #datacenter #alphabet #technology

This unlikely Google-Microsoft duo works better than it should

3 months / pocket-lint / Chris Hachey

Google's Nested Learning aims to stop LLMs from catastrophic forgetting

3 months / the-decoder / Jonathan Kemper

Google Mandates 1,000x AI Capacity Growth by 2030 Despite ‘AI Bubble’ Fears

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google says it isnt using your Gmail to train AI

3 months / mashable

Google plans a 1000x jump in AI compute over the next five years

3 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

This week in AI: Brushing off new bubble warnings, Google’s AI comeback and Nvidia’s China threat

3 months / cnbc

I cant believe it, but Apple AirPods with ANC are now just $99 — the lowest price ever

mashable - We've been watching AirPod prices closely during Amazon's Black Friday sale, and the new AirPods 4 with ANC just hit a new low price.

#mobiletech #apple #pricing #technology #airpods #gadgets #bluetooth

This Black Friday deal sounds as good as the Apple AirPods 4 — now just $79.99

3 months / mashable

I cant believe it, but Apple AirPods with ANC are now just $99 — the lowest price ever

3 months / mashable

Grab AirPods 4 with ANC at a record low price of $99 this weekend

3 months / appleinsider

AirPods 4 With ANC Hit $99.99 Low Price

3 months / macrumors / Mitchel Broussard

Read Epsteins emails as if you hacked into his Gmail account

mashable - Jmail is the best way to read and search through Jeffrey Epstein's emails.

#cybersecurity #software #browsers #internet #cybercrime #privacy #hack #technology #digitalprivacy

Read Epsteins emails as if you hacked into his Gmail account

3 months / mashable

‘Jmail’ is like any other inbox, except this one has Jeffrey Epstein’s emails

3 months / theverge / Richard Lawler

Jmail

3 months / jmail / John Gruber

Pranksters Recreated a Working Version of Jeffrey Epstein’s Gmail Inbox

3 months / wired / Boone Ashworth

Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode

BeauHD / slashdot - Google has begun testing sponsored ads inside its Gemini-powered AI Mode, placing labeled "sponsored" links at the bottom of AI-generated responses. Engadget reports: [A] Google spokesperson says the result shown is akin to similar tests it's been running…

#ai #google #aiethics #genai #alphabet #technology #algorithm #ads #advertising #gemini

How Google Finally Leapfrogged Rivals With New Gemini Rollout

3 months / wsj / Katherine Blunt

900 Days to Decide AI's Future

3 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Google starts testing ads in AI Mode

3 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Google's AI Mode Gets Ads: The Search Giant Just Admitted It Can't Compete

3 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Cryptographers Cancel Election Results After Losing Decryption Key

BeauHD / slashdot - The International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) was forced to cancel its leadership election after a trustee lost their portion of the Helios voting system's decryption key, making it impossible to reveal or verify the final results. Ars Tech…

#cybersecurity #crypto #infosec #governance #security #privacy #technology #encryption #election #digitalprivacy

Magician Forgets Password To His Own Hand After RFID Chip Implant

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Cryptographers Cancel Election Results After Losing Decryption Key

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Cryptography group cancels election results after official loses secret key

3 months / arstechnica / Dan Goodin

Cryptology Group Held an Election, but Can’t Decrypt the Results

3 months / nytimes / Pranav Baskar

Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

Benj Edwards / arstechnica - Google's AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.

#ai #cloud #hardware #ml #google #gpu #aiethics #datacenter #alphabet #technology

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Google Must Double AI Serving Capacity Every 6 Months To Meet Demand

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

3 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Google Exec Claims Company Needs to Double Its AI Serving Capacity ‘Every Six Months’: Report

3 months / gizmodo / Lucas Ropek

Google's AI Infrastructure Faces a Brutal Math Problem

3 months / implicator / Robert Brown

You can now try the Xbox Full Screen Experience on any PC, laptop, or tablet

Jay Peters / theverge - Microsoft is bringing the Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE), which adds a console-like UI while navigating through your game library on a PC with a controller, to laptops, desktops, and tablets. FSE launched with the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, and it has …

#software #gaming #windows #microsoft #ux #xbox #technology #updates

The ROG Xbox Ally X’s secret weapon just landed on every Windows 11 device

3 months / pocket-lint / Patrick O'Rourke

You can now try the Xbox Full Screen Experience on any PC, laptop, or tablet

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

From desktop clutter to console mode: Xbox’s full-screen UI arrives on all Windows handhelds

3 months / digitaltrends

Xbox Full Screen Experience is Now Available for Dev and Beta Insiders

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

SpaceX’s upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing

Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - It may not have been a massive fireball, but SpaceX now has more work to do before it can kick off this next-generation version of Starship.

#space #nasa #aerospace #mars #engineering #technology #elonmusk #satellite #safety

SpaceX’s Next-Gen Starship Booster Explodes During Test

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It may not have been a massive fireball, but SpaceX now has more work to do before it can kick off this next-generation version of Starship.

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The booster for SpaceX's Starship V3 suffered a gas system failure during testing

3 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

L’article de Berger n’est pas tendre, il souligne que le premier vol remonte à 2 ans déjà et qu’on en est encore là, puis liste tout ce qui reste à accomplir. L’affection portée au projet aux États Unis est bien ancrée, donc ce genre d’échec fait mal, ça

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SpaceX’s upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing

3 months / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

SpaceX loses debut V3 Super Heavy in ground test mishap

3 months / theregister / Richard Speed

Rocket Report: SpaceX’s next-gen booster fails; Pegasus will fly again

3 months / arstechnica / Stephen Clark

Newest Starship booster is significantly damaged during testing early Friday

3 months / arstechnica / Eric Berger

OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Group Chat Functionality Globally

bgr - OpenAI has expanded its group chat mode to several other regions across the world, allowing multiple people to converse with ChatGPT at the same time.