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Business / Crunchbase News ·
China’s Largest Startup Deal Ever Lifts Global Venture Funding To $59B In October
Global venture funding in October totaled $59 billion, a 45% jump from a year earlier, per Crunchbase data, in large part due to a record-setting $15.9 billion funding round for China’s DeepSeek.
Startups / EU-Startups ·
Evertrue Capital raises €15 million debut fund backed by British Business Bank and Phoenix Court
British VC firm Evertrue Capital, the debut fund of Yvonne Bajela, has closed at €15 million ($17 million) aiming to invest €299-€599k (£250k–£500k) at pre-Seed in founders building frontier technologies primarily in the UK and Europe. The fund is backed by Phoenix Court through Basecamp, its fund…
Tech / The Next Web ·
Yvonne Bajela closes $17M debut pre-seed fund Evertrue Capital
Yvonne Bajela, a former partner at Phoenix Court, has closed Evertrue Capital’s debut fund at $17M. The fund was oversubscribed, meaning investors offered more money than it set out to raise. Evertrue invests at pre-seed, the earliest stage of startup funding, in AI and frontier technology companies…
AI / The Verge ·
Google is entirely disabling Search in schools that don’t want AI
Google is completely turning off Search in schools that reject its AI features, the company told The New York Times. The decision was also shared in a broader education-related update from Google on Tuesday, saying that access to Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search…
Tech / Wired ·
Apple AirPods 5 Review: Better Than Before but Not Quite Pro
Apple finally made ANC standard across the AirPods lineup. But should you still spring for the AirPods Pro 3?
Business / Fortune ·
Current price of oil as of November 3, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
Tech / The Verge ·
Xbox’s smallest-ever controller is surprisingly comfortable
Even though I knew Microsoft's new Xbox Nano controller was tiny, I still gasped when I unboxed it a few days ago. The compact controller is small enough to slip into a pocket unnoticed, and it has been designed specifically for younger people, or for anyone with smaller hands. I'm not young, but…
Tech / The Verge ·
Windows 11 is now ‘up to 40 percent faster’ on PCs with 8GB of RAM
Microsoft has been doing a lot of work to improve memory usage and increase performance on Windows 11 PCs over the past year. Last month the company revealed Windows 11 is now "more responsive" and runs better on PCs with 8GB of RAM, and now the company is releasing a new update today that…
Business / Fortune ·
Wall Street is bracing for a fresh wave of tariffs, Iran action (and potentially a government shutdown) after the midterms
"Does the Republican Party divide over MAGA-related issues, and does President Trump escalate hostilities in the Gulf War with wider economic consequences at home and abroad?"
AI / The Decoder ·
Huawei tells customers to find their own AI chip memory, effectively outsourcing procurement to the black market
Huawei is telling customers to source the high-performance memory for its AI chips on their own, pushing them onto the black market. Smugglers are exploiting a loophole in U.S. export rules by bundling HBM with low-end processors, shipping them through Hong Kong, and separating the chips on site.…
Tech / Wired ·
ICE Is Inspiring Latinos to Vote in Historic Numbers
“I did a Latino community event [and said] we have to actually fucking vote to tell these motherfuckers to fuck off,” Nevada secretary of state Cisco Aguilar tells WIRED.
Business / Fortune ·
We have the most powerful technology in history, and we’re using it to stop hiring young people
Point AI at the grid, water and health costs instead.
Tech / Wired ·
The Endlessly Meme-able Steve Kornacki Is Not a Meme Person
NBC’s go-to data guru also isn’t quite sure what a subreddit is.
Business / Fortune ·
Anthropic’s third quarter results mean IPO math and history are not on its side, analysts say
A lot has to go right for investors to earn an above-market return even if Anthropic prices well below the $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion it is seeking
Tech / Wired ·
‘Our Risk, Their Reward’: Zohran Mamdani on AI and Data Centers
Ahead of the midterms, WIRED talked to New York City’s mayor about data centers, AI in schools, and the future of the Democratic party.
Tech / The Next Web ·
EU Commission will review supermarket defences after fridge cyberattacks
The European Commission will examine how well the continent’s supermarkets can withstand cyberattacks after cooling systems failed at dozens of stores across at least six EU countries this week, Politico reported. The incidents will be discussed by the Commission’s Security College, agriculture…
AI / The Verge ·
Midterm elections 2026: all the news
The 2026 midterm elections will determine the scope of President Donald Trump’s power in his final two years in office, and signal what voters care about going into the 2028 presidential election. While this year’s races are expected to be most broadly defined by affordability issues, there’s…
Business / Fortune ·
China and Russia have hypersonic missiles. This $13 billion startup wants the U.S. to catch up
In 2022, Bryon Hargis, Andrew Kreitz, and Sean Pitt—all previously SpaceX executives—cofounded Castelion to help close America’s hypersonics gap. The company’s now valued at $13 billion.
Business / Fortune ·
What Apple CEO John Ternus isn’t talking about: “The biggest risk to the Apple ecosystem”
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
Startups / EU-Startups ·
FreightTech startup Conlio secures €6.4 million to expand AI-powered financial automation across Europe
Conlio, a German AI-powered financial operations platform for road freight forwarders, today announces a €6.4 million fundraise to expand across Europe – accelerating the automation of financial systems across freight. The fundraise was led by Piton Capital, with participation from Haufe Group…
Tech / Wired ·
NASA’s Swift Observatory Is Falling to Earth. Here’s What to Know About the Impending Impact
The 3,200-pound satellite is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere later this week with a wide reentry zone covering parts of Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, and South America.
AI / MIT Technology Review ·
How “reverse game theory” could keep AI agents in check
A new approach known as “reverse game theory” aims to create incentives for powerful AI models that make following the rules the most rational choice. As AI models become more capable, safety researchers are scrambling to ensure they are “aligned” with human desires—to make sure, in other words,…
AI / The Decoder ·
Bug hunters can now earn up to $172,000 from OpenAI as company ramps up security
OpenAI quadruples bug bounty payouts and launches new internal security sprint. The article Bug hunters can now earn up to $172,000 from OpenAI as company ramps up security appeared first on The Decoder.