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Nokia phonemaker HMD Global to move some manufacturing to Europe

Nokia phonemaker HMD Global says it is moving some of its manufacturing to Europe to meet growing customer demand. → Read More

European Commission orders staff to remove TikTok from work devices

The European Commission has issued a directive banning employees from using TikTok on official work devices. → Read More

Linux Foundation Europe launches the OpenWallet Foundation to power interoperable digital wallets

Linux Foundation Europe has launched the OpenWallet Foundation, a new effort designed to support interoperability between digital wallets. → Read More

European VC firms Amadeus and Apex partner for €80m early-stage ‘deep tech’ fund

Amadeus Capital Partners and Apex Ventures are pooling their collective VC resources for a new €80M early-stage deep tech fund. → Read More

AeroCloud, a cloud-native airport management platform, raises $12.6M

AeroCloud, a cloud-native airport management software startup used by dozens of airports globally, has raised $12.6 million. → Read More

U.K. quantum computing startup Quantum Motion raises $50.5M

U.K. quantum computing startup Quantum Motion has raised $50.5 million in an equity round of funding led by Bosch. → Read More

Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform

Binance-backed French web3 gaming company Unagi today announced a $5 million seed round of funding to expand its NFT fantasy sports platform. → Read More

Sequoia backs open source data-validation framework Pydantic to commercialize with cloud services

Popular open source project Pydantic has a new commercial namesake and the backing one of Silicon Valley's most storied VC firms. → Read More

German startup Kern AI nabs seed funding for modular NLP development platform

German startup Kern AI has raised a $2.9M seed funding round for a platform that helps NLP developers and data scientists. → Read More

Sequoia backs open source data-validation framework Pydantic to commercialize with cloud services

Popular open source project Pydantic has a new commercial namesake and the backing one of Silicon Valley's most storied VC firms. → Read More

Europe to ‘assess’ Adobe’s proposed $20B Figma acquisition on competition grounds

Adobe's proposed plan to snap up digital design rival Figma for $5 billion has attracted the attentions of the European Commission (EC). → Read More

Microsoft ditches Yammer brand and goes all-in on Viva Engage

Microsoft is killing off Yammer, the enterprise social network it procured more than a decade ago for $1.2 billion. → Read More

Strava searches for new CEO with cofounder Michael Horvath departing for a second time

Strava is on the hunt for a new CEO, after Michael Horvath revealed that he's stepping down from the role for a second time. → Read More

As ChatGPT hype hits fever pitch, Neeva launches its generative AI search engine internationally

Challenger search engine Neeva is bringing its generative AI search engine to international markets as the ChatGPT hype continues. → Read More

GitLab to reduce workforce by 7%

DevOps giant GitLab is the latest tech company to announce a round of layoffs, revealing today that it's reducing its headcount by 7 percent. → Read More

UK regulator says Microsoft’s proposed $68.7B Activision merger could create ‘higher prices, fewer choices’

The U.K. competition regulator has provisionally concluded that Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 acquisition of Activision could harm U.K. gamers. → Read More

Data observability platform Acceldata raises $50M

Acceldata, a data observability platform used by multinational enterprises including Oracle and Verisk, has raised $50 million. → Read More

GitHub CEO on why open source developers should be exempt from the EU’s AI Act

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says that open source developers should be made exempt from the EU's proposed new AI regulations. → Read More

The UK rolls back controversial plans to open up text and data mining regulations

The U.K. Government is seemingly backtracking on plans that would have allowed text and data mining “for any purpose,” plans designed to position the U.K. as a “global AI superpower.” The news emerges following months of blowback from creative industries concerned about what impact the rules might have on protected works. Background Text and data […] → Read More

ToolJet, an open source low-code app builder, wants to help companies do more with less

ToolJet, an India-based low-code enterprise app builder, has raised $4.6 million in a pre-Series A round of funding. → Read More