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The European Commission has responded to widespread concerns swirling around the impact of TikTok on elections in Romania by announcing it’s stepping up monitoring of the platform’s compliance with the bloc’s online governance framework, the Digital Services Act (DSA). This … Continue reading →

France’s startup ecosystem has grown significantly over the last decade, thanks to public support and private investment. However, capital isn’t evenly distributed. Most venture-backed startups are Paris-based, with founders who come from the same handful of universities and schools. This … Continue reading →

Myntra, India’s largest fashion e-commerce firm, on Thursday launched “M-Now,” its quick-commerce offering that promises to deliver apparel and other lifetstyle accessories within 30 minutes. Retailers in India are rushing to meet changing consumer behavior and expectations, particularly fast deliveries … Continue reading →

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has greenlighted the longstanding planned merger between two of the country’s biggest telecommunication operators. Vodafone and Three constitute two of the U.K.’s four infrastructure-owning mobile network operators (MNOs), alongside O2 and EE. As such, when the duo … Continue reading →

U.K.-based legal tech startup Lawhive, which allows small, ‘Main Street’ law firms to run their affairs through an AI-based SaaS platform, is on something of a tear. In April it raised an $11.9 million Seed round. It’s now raised a … Continue reading →

Bitcoin prices have been on the rise this year and the cryptocurrency has reached the mark of $100,000 price point for the first time on Wednesday. The cryptocurrency’s price has jumped more than 5% in the last 24 hours. The … Continue reading →

Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, a significant portion of people who experience heart attacks are unaware that they have the underlying condition. Cleerly, a cardiovascular imaging startup, hopes to fix this. By … Continue reading →

Incoming President Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut, to lead NASA through what could be one of the most consequential periods in the agency’s history.  During the four years of Trump’s second term, NASA … Continue reading →

OpenAI plans to team up with Anduril, the defense startup, to supply its AI tech to systems the U.S. military uses to counter drone attacks. The Wall Street Journal reports that Anduril will incorporate OpenAI tech into software that assesses … Continue reading →

The nonprofit organization 1863 Ventures, which focused on providing capital and mentorship to early-staged underrepresented founders, will close and become a for-profit entity called New Majority Ventures, according to its founder Melissa Bradley. The new organization will rely on a … Continue reading →