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Exclusive: Top 10 largest investments by EIC in 2026 – so far

EU-Startups has received exclusive investment data directly from our partners at the European Innovation Council (EIC), revealing the ten companies that secured the largest EIC Fund commitments during the first three quarters of the year. From quantum computing and nuclear fusion to biotechnology…

AI / MIT Technology Review ·

Securing the agentic enterprise with data lineage

A sales representative asks an AI agent for customer pricing, and the agent pulls data from multiple sources: restricted pricing systems, internal communications, and archived quotes. The output looks accurate to the agent, so a second agent uses the data to draft the proposal for the sales rep.…

AI / The Verge ·

My therapist thinks I should chuck the Amazon Bee Frontier out a window

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. "How does that make you feel?" I get asked this a lot in therapy. Plenty of life…

AI / The Verge ·

ChatGPT will now make you animated GIFs

ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot. The update, which is rolling out alongside OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model, allows you to adjust the GIF's animation speed, edit individual frames, and share it with others. Before this change, ChatGPT couldn't…

Tech / The Next Web ·

Most leaked logins are old, but infostealers reach 72% of firms

Infostealer malware exposed at least one employee or customer login at 72% of the 4,824 companies analysed across the US and Europe over the past year, according to research published by Swedish cybersecurity company Outpost24. The study identified 31.5 million exposed credentials in total, although…

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Women TechEU Allies: supporting women-led DeepTech startups across Europe

Women TechEU is a European Union initiative that supports the growth of women-led DeepTech startups across Europe. Between 2026 and 2028, the programme aims to support 160 startups through grants of €75,000 each, alongside mentoring, training, expert guidance, networking, and opportunities to…

Tech / The Next Web ·

South Korea will nearly double AI spending to $16B in a record budget

South Korea will spend 21.3 trillion won (about $16 billion) on AI, chips and AI data centres next year. President Lee Jae Myung set out the plan in his budget speech to the National Assembly on Monday. “We will invest 21.3 trillion won, nearly twice this year’s amount, in AI and the three…

Tech / The Next Web ·

Aramco’s profit rises to $31.2B as it takes 49% of Saudi AI firm HUMAIN

Saudi Aramco’s adjusted net income rose to $31.2 billion in the third quarter, from $28.6 billion a year earlier. The state oil company reported the figures in its results on Tuesday. Its report also highlights a new 49% stake in HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s state-backed AI company. Aramco is paying…

Tech / The Next Web ·

India’s EloElo raises $80M from NBCUniversal and Hornbill for Story TV

EloElo Group, the Bengaluru company behind the Indian microdrama app Story TV, has raised $80 million in a Series C round. Hornbill Capital and NBCUniversal co-led it, the company said in a statement. MIT Investment Co. joined, with existing backers Play Ventures, Kalaari Capital, Waterbridge…

Tech / The Verge ·

God of War Laufey delayed until May

God of War Laufey's release date is being delayed to May 20th, 2027, developer Santa Monica Studio announced today. It was previously set to launch on PS5 on February 16th. Here is Santa Monica Studio's full message about the delay: Since the reveal of God of War Laufey in June, we've been deeply…

Tech / The Next Web ·

Emirates SkyCargo launches AI Tech to fly server racks, chips and GPUs

Emirates SkyCargo has a new product for companies building out artificial intelligence. AI Tech is designed to move critical and sensitive AI infrastructure safely and on time, the cargo arm of Emirates said in a press release. It is built for capital equipment and other critical hardware as well as…

Tech / The Next Web ·

Bitcoin briefly hits multi-week low as Democrats win Congress

Bitcoin briefly fell to its lowest level in six weeks on Wednesday after Democrats won control of both the US Senate and House of Representatives in the midterm elections. The result could complicate the crypto industry’s push for faster deregulation, Reuters reported. The market recovered some of…

Tech / The Verge ·

Nintendo is losing a Switch cartridge supplier

Nintendo is about to lose a major memory supplier for its Switch cartridges. The supplier, Macronix, announced during a recent quarterly earnings call that it would be gradually phasing out ROM production and is instead focusing on NOR flash memory for data centers, Taipei Times reports.…

Tech / The Next Web ·

Binance says a fake job interview led to its $6.3B hack

Binance says the hackers behind its $6.3bn theft spent five months gaining access to employees’ computers before using an internal AI tool to take control of the exchange’s wallets. One of the initial breaches came through a fake job interview, according to an incident report Binance published on…

Tech / The Next Web ·

bit.bio raises $25M Series D as demand for its human cell models grows

Cambridge-based biotech company bit.bio has raised $25M in a Series D round, ten months after securing its previous investment. The company announced the new funding on Wednesday, with backing from existing investor M&G Investments and Dr Jonathan Milner, founder and former chief executive of…

Tech / The Next Web ·

Canva’s first job cuts affect 22% of staff in its ‘hardest moment’

Canva is restructuring in a way that affects 1,271 people, or 22% of the company. Some staff will lose their jobs, others will change roles and some will be asked to relocate. Co-founder and chief executive Melanie Perkins announced the changes in a note to staff on Wednesday, which Canva published.…