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Privacy app maker Proton transitions to non-profit foundation structure

Proton, the Swiss company behind a suite of privacy-focused apps such as ProtonMail, is following in the footsteps of Si...
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Meta pauses plans to train AI using European users’ data, bowing to regulatory pressure

Meta has confirmed that it will pause plans to start training its AI systems using data from its users in the European U...
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Meta pauses plans to train AI using European users’ data, bowing to regulatory pressure

Meta has confirmed that it will pause plans to start training its AI systems using data from its users in the European U...
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LinkedIn to limit targeted ads in EU after complaint over sensitive data use

LinkedIn has confirmed it will no longer allow advertisers to target users based on data gleaned from their participatio...
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PowerSchool, provider of K-12 education software, to go private in $5.6B deal

Cloud-based education software vendor PowerSchool is being taken private by investment firm Bain Capital in a $5.6 billi...
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Alphabet’s new CFO is Eli Lilly’s Anat Ashkenazi

Alphabet has announced who its new chief financial officer (CFO) will be, revealing today that it has hired pharmaceutic...
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SAP to acquire digital adoption platform WalkMe for $1.5B

SAP sees WalkMe's focus on automating contextual, in-app support as bringing value to its own enterprise customers. © 20...
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GetWhy, a market research AI platform that extracts insights from video interviews, raises $34.5M

GetWhy helps businesses carry out market studies and extract insights from video-based interviews using AI. © 2024 Tech...
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Spotify to increase premium pricing in the US to $11.99 per month

Spotify has announced it’s hiking subscriptions for customers in the U.S., the second such price increase in the s...
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UK neobank Monzo reports first full (pre-tax) profit, prepares for EU expansion with Dublin hub

Monzo has announced its 2024 financial results, revealing its first full-year pre-tax profit. The company also confirmed...
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Chinese e-commerce marketplace Temu faces stricter EU rules as a ‘very large online platform’

Temu is to face Europe's strictest rules after being designated as a "very large online platform" under the Digital Serv...
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AI manufacturing startup funding is on a tear as Switzerland’s EthonAI raises $16.5M

In its three-year history, EthonAI has amassed some fairly high-profile customers including Siemens and chocolate-maker ...
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Spotify hikes subscription price in France by 1.2% to match new music-streaming tax

Spotify has hiked its premium subscription in France by an eye-watering €0.13, in response to a new music-streaming tax....
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More neobanks are becoming mobile networks — and Nubank wants a piece of the action

Nubank is taking its first tentative steps into the mobile network realm, as the NYSE-traded Brazilian neobank rolls out...
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Big tech companies are plowing money into AI startups, which could help them dodge antitrust concerns

Another week, and another round of crazy cash injections and valuations emerged from the AI realm. DeepL, an AI language...
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Google to build first subsea fibre optic cable connecting Africa with Australia

Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fibre optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Aus...
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Humane, the creator of the $700 Ai Pin, is reportedly seeking a buyer

Humane, the company behind the hyped Ai Pin that launched to less-than-glowing reviews last month, is reportedly on the ...
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Data-labeling startup Scale AI raises $1B as valuation doubles to $13.8B

Scale AI, a company that provides data-labeling services for training machine learning models, has raised a $1 billion S...
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Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion

London-based fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR. © 2024 Tech...
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Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion

London-based fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR. © 2024 Tech...
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Zen Educate raises $37M and acquires Aquinas Education as it tries to address the teacher shortage

Zen Educate, an online marketplace that connects schools with teachers, has raised $37 million in a Series B round of fu...
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UK’s autonomous vehicle legislation becomes law, paving the way for first driverless cars by 2026

The U.K.’s self-proclaimed “world-leading” regulations for self-driving cars are now official, after t...
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Bumble buys community building app Geneva to expand further into friendships

Dating app maker Bumble has acquired Geneva, an online platform built around forming real-world groups and clubs. The co...
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Microsoft dodges UK antitrust scrutiny over its Mistral AI stake

Microsoft won't be facing antitrust scrutiny in the U.K. over its recent investment into French AI startup Mistral AI. ©...
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Strava taps AI to weed out leaderboard cheats; unveils ‘family’ plan, dark mode and more

Strava announced a slew of features, including AI to weed out leaderboard cheats, a new 'family' subscription plan, dark...
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Thoma Bravo’s LogRhythm merges with Exabeam in more cybersecurity consolidation

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has announced that its security information and event management (SIEM) company LogRhyt...
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AWS confirms European ‘sovereign cloud’ to launch in Germany by 2025, plans €7.8B investment over 15 years

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing business, has confirmed further details of its European &#8220...
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Sona, a frontline workforce management platform, raises $27.5M with eyes on US expansion

Sona, a workforce management platform for frontline employees, has raised $27.5 million in a Series A round of funding. ...
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Permira is taking Squarespace private in $6.6 billion deal

Website building software provider Squarespace is going private in an all-cash deal that values the company on equity ba...
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CoreWeave, a $19B AI compute provider, opens European HQ in London with plans for 2 UK data centers

CoreWeave has formally opened an office in London that will serve as its European headquarters and home to two new data ...
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