Tech & Startups
European technology, startups, AI and innovation.
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Berlin’s Almetra raises €16.3M to turn factory video into live data
The Berlin startup points cameras at production lines, converts the footage into live data, and says it has lifted output at Bosch…
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IBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips
IBM says it has created the world's first known chip tech below 1 nanometre - but it will be some time before it's ready for produ…
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Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used is tools anyway
Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking dev…
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Amazon to invest an extra $13bn in Indian cloud and AI by 2030
Amazon will invest an additional $13bn in India by 2030, the company said on June 25, lifting its planned spending in the country …
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Two more Gemini researchers are leaving Google for Anthropic
Two leading artificial intelligence researchers at Google are planning to leave for Anthropic, according to a Bloomberg report on …
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Solo-maxxing: How tech taught Gen Z to monetise being alone
We can no longer pretend that the bridge between generations is invisible, because it stands before us, growing wider every day, h…
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Tombot raises $7m to bring its robotic dog Jennie to market
Tombot, a Los Angeles-area company that makes a robotic dog for people who cannot keep a real one, has closed a $7m Series A3 fina…
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H.B. Fuller nears a $628 million deal for UK wound-care maker AMS, over its own investor’s objections
The US adhesives group has agreed a 285 pence-a-share cash offer for Advanced Medical Solutions, even as an activist shareholder d…
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Tesla sued over fatal Texas crash the driver says happened on Autopilot
A wrongful-death suit filed days after a Model 3 ploughed into a Katy home leans on the same argument that produced last year’s $2…
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OVHcloud confirms its outlook as public cloud growth accelerates past 20%
Europe’s largest cloud company posted faster third-quarter growth and reaffirmed full-year guidance, with its public cloud segment…
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Actress Cate Blanchett launches a free registry tool to keep AI from using your likeness
The actor and MEP Eva Maydell revealed RSL Media’s Human Consent Registry at the European Parliament, a tool that lets anyone set …
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Visionaries general partner Judith Dada joins AI startup Langdock as co-CEO
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Exclusive: British Business Bank backs 10 VC funds with £90m pot
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Exclusive: British Business Bank eyes stake in EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund
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Europe’s investors eye nuclear startups amid ‘massive scramble’ for sovereign energy
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Forget FAANG. Europe needs to bet on BRIOCHE
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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — …
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Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world
Backed by Mayfield and Aramco Ventures, Vishal Sikka’s new venture brings together veterans from SAP, Infosys, and VianAI.
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Elon suffers another day short of trillionaire status
Right now he's merely a several-hundred-billionaire, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.
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I've spent 30 years in recruitment - this is how to get a job
The recruitment agency boss shares his tips on getting noticed in a tougher jobs market.
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Cerebras stock plunges after earnings as CEO says margin outlook was misunderstood
In its first earnings report since going public, the AI chipmaker forecast a narrower gross margin in its core business, scaring i…
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AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient
While AI dominates the layoff narrative, engineers are actually making up a larger share of new hires, according to SignalFire dat…
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AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals
Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, following departures from top scientists No…
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The memory chip crunch is paying off for this U.S. company
Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 bi…