Yvonne Bajela closes $17M debut pre-seed fund Evertrue Capital
Yvonne Bajela, a former partner at Phoenix Court, has closed Evertrue Capital’s debut fund at $17M. The fund was oversubscribed, meaning investors offered more money than it set o…
EU Commission will review supermarket defences after fridge cyberattacks
The European Commission will examine how well the continent’s supermarkets can withstand cyberattacks after cooling systems failed at dozens of stores across at least six EU count…
Wall Street CEOs split over AI risks at Hong Kong summit
Top bankers and fund managers gave clashing views on the risks of the AI boom on Tuesday, at an investment summit in Hong Kong. Some warned that spending and valuations are runnin…
Nvidia tells cloud partners to cap Chinese business at 49%, FT reports
Nvidia has instructed its data centre partners to limit business with Chinese customers, requiring cloud computing providers to sell at least 51% of their services to non-Chinese …
Binance says it’s in ‘very strong’ health after record $6.3B hack
Binance has replenished 95% of the crypto stolen in last week’s record hack, co-CEO Richard Teng said at Hong Kong Fintech Week on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The exchange remains i…
German firm kabkin says over 100 B2B projects began as text prompts
More than 100 B2B product projects have now started from plain-language prompts on kabkin’s platform, the German engineering company said. Its Prompt-to-Product tool went live in …
Bright Data’s Jennifer Burns tells publishers to put content behind a login
Publishers that want to keep AI agents away from their content should put it behind a login, Bright Data’s Jennifer Burns told TNW. Anything a person can see without signing in is…
Yvonne Bajela is bringing $17M in fresh capital to Europe’s startup scene
Evertrue Capital announces $17M debut fund to back early stage AI and fintech.
Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing
Now in beta: Apple's new Audio Intelligence features can help you remember what someone said or take notes on conversations.
Google takes Dreambeans to India in bid to bring AI-generated personal stories to the masses
Google's Dreambeans, its latest AI experiment, now supports 13 Indian languages.
Apple may try to increase revenue by doing…something with third-party AI apps
Apple hinted at ways that it could spur revenue through third-party "opportunities" during its Monday night earnings call.
Ukraine’s new pocket-sized gadget turns Russian drones’ cameras against them
A Kyiv startup’s pocket-sized, 10-ounce receiver lets Ukrainian troops watch the video feeds of Russian drones, though Russian moves toward digital video and AI-guided drones that…
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens
Y Combinator Garry Tan has, in the past, jokingly admitted that he's suffered from "cyber psychosis” and barely sleeps sometimes because he’s so excited to be working with his AI …
Hinge tests a cheaper plan as users become more fed up paying for dating apps
At a time when people are increasingly tired of dating apps, Hinge is testing a cheaper subscription plan.
Apple says it’s ‘hard to predict’ when iPhone Duo constraints will improve
Apple says iPhone Duo production is ramping up, but it still can't say when supply will catch up with demand as shipping delays stretch into next year.
Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts
The one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million.
Apple’s inventory surges 154% as memory chip costs climb
Apple says unprecedented memory chip costs will continue to rise, raising questions about future device prices as its inventory climbs to $14.5 billion.
Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI
RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To the AI doomers, RSI represents the cataclysm from which…
Palantir’s US commercial sales top government revenue for the first time
Palantir’s US commercial business brought in more revenue than its US government work for the first time in the third quarter. US commercial revenue rose 148% from a year earlier …
Google opens its UK offices to union recruiters after a change in the law
Google has agreed to let the Prospect union speak to its UK staff in its offices, including its King’s Cross headquarters. It follows a new UK law, in force since Friday, giving u…
Squarespace lays off 19% of staff, about 300 people
Squarespace is laying off 19% of its workforce, about 300 people, The Verge reported on Monday. The website builder has about 1,800 employees worldwide. Most of the cuts hit produ…
Apple spyware alerts reach German MPs and journalists in 99 countries
Germany’s cybersecurity agency has told lawmakers who got Apple’s spyware warnings to treat their iPhones as possibly compromised. Several Bundestag members and other public figur…
New Zealand’s central bank registers Revolut as the country’s 27th bank
Revolut has been registered as a bank in New Zealand, clearing the way for the fintech to expand its financial services in the country. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand announced t…
Microsoft and Lumen will jointly sell networks built for AI on Azure
Microsoft and Lumen Technologies are expanding their partnership to jointly sell networking to companies running AI on Azure. Lumen plans to bring its full cloud networking range …