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businessinsider.com - Matthew Loh - Inside the rise of Europe's defense-tech startups
Inside the rise of Europe's defense-tech startups
Business Insider

Kelluu began, as startups often do, in an old shed. The small Finnish company makes airships — think van-sized blimps — originally designed to watch over power lines with cameras. When I met the firm's CEO, Janne Hietala, last fall…

arkansasonline.com - MATT O’BRIEN The Associated Press - Startup debuts friendly humanoid | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Startup debuts friendly humanoid | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Online

NEW YORK -- As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like 'eyebrows' and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and…

siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley - Alphabet's robotaxi startup Waymo looks to raise $16B at $110B valuation
Alphabet's robotaxi startup Waymo looks to raise $16B at $110B valuation
SiliconANGLE

Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car business Waymo LLC is looking to raise around $16 billion through a fresh funding round that would hike its valuation to about $110 billion, according to a report Saturday in the Financial Times. Most of the funding…

t3.com - Alistair Charlton - This UK startup could fix the worst thing about electric cars
This UK startup could fix the worst thing about electric cars
T3

Imagine being able to charge your electric car from 10% to 80% in 10 minutes instead of 30. That's the claim of a British startup called Hydrohertz – and it says it has the technology to make such charge speed a reality. Currently, a major…

globes.co.il - Globes correspondent - Israeli startups raised $1.1b in January
Israeli startups raised $1.1b in January
גלובס

Israeli startups raised $1.1 billion in January 2026, according to reports and press releases seen by 'Globes.' The figure may be more as some companies prefer to remain in stealth and sometimes do not publicize the investments they have received.

wsj.com - Alexander Osipovich - The Wild Markets Behind Polymarket's 'Truth Machine'
The Wild Markets Behind Polymarket's 'Truth Machine'
Wall Street Journal

Just before dawn on Nov. 13, 2024, FBI agents smashed through the door of Shayne Coplan's penthouse apartment in Manhattan, barged into his bedroom and grabbed his phone. Federal prosecutors were investigating whether the cryptocurrency-based…

koreatimes.co.kr - Yonhap - Gov't-backed research firm enters US market as arm of Nasdaq-listed firm
Gov't-backed research firm enters US market as arm of Nasdaq-listed firm
The Korea Times

The science ministry said Monday a local artificial intelligence (AI) research firm nurtured at a state-run industrial cluster has become an affiliate of a Nasdaq-listed rare earth supply chain company, effectively entering the U.S. stock market.

afaqs.com - Ubaid Zargar - Mozilla's anti-AI campaign asks users to choose their future
Mozilla's anti-AI campaign asks users to choose their future
afaqs!

Mozilla has decided to pick a fight that most of Silicon Valley would rather declare settled. The non-profit tech organisation, widely known for its web browser Firefox, has rolled out a new brand campaign, Choose Your Future, positioning itself as…

techcrunch.com - Anna Heim - Meet the new European unicorns of 2026
Meet the new European unicorns of 2026
TechCrunch

January was such a long month that it has already brought us five fresh European unicorns: from Belgium to Ukraine, several tech startups raised funding at valuations above the $1 billion threshold. But before we take a closer look at who joined…

pcmag.com - Emily Forlini - The Dark Side of the AI Boom: Silicon Valley Embraces China's Brutal Work Trend
The Dark Side of the AI Boom: Silicon Valley Embraces China's Brutal Work Trend
PCMag

Sarah, a 28-year-old employee at one of San Francisco's hottest startups, is beyond burned out. She's working a 996 schedule—9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week—a phenomenon that's swept Silicon Valley over the past year amid the AI…

searchenginejournal.com - Shelley Walsh - 45 Best Subreddits For Marketing & SEO Professionals
45 Best Subreddits For Marketing & SEO Professionals
Search Engine Journal

Over the last few years, Reddit has risen in influence to be a social channel that Google elevated in it's search engine results for it's user-generated content and also a source of valuable reviews for users. Reddit is constructed as a network of…

futurism.com - Joe Wilkins - Lab Grown Meat Is Failing For One Key Reason, Analyst Claims
Lab Grown Meat Is Failing For One Key Reason, Analyst Claims
Futurism

For years, the cultivated meat industry has struggled to emerge as a practical alternative to the brutal factory farming sector. The key reason? Perhaps not that lab grown meat isn't a viable product, but that intense regulations have strangled it…

wsj.com - Corrections & Amplifications
Corrections & Amplifications
Wall Street Journal

gizmodo.com - Kyle Torpey - Emails Show Even Epstein Thought Crypto Pumps are Unethical
Emails Show Even Epstein Thought Crypto Pumps are Unethical
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The latest dump of Epstein files from the U.S. Department of Justice has a variety of interesting emails and other documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's early interest and involvement in Bitcoin and the crypto industry. Previous reports…

thehindu.com - Vasudevan Mukunth - Union Budget 2026-27: space budget recovers but misses crucial private sector reforms
Union Budget 2026-27: space budget recovers but misses crucial private sector reforms
The Hindu

The Indian space program has moved out of its post-pandemic slump and is entering a phase of sustained, if also cautious, consolidation. Since 2012-2013, the national space budget has grown by 182%. This sounds massive but most of the growth…

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