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London-based Greyparrot has closed a $27 million Series B to scale its AI-powered waste analysis systems, bringing total funding to $60 million.
Swiss quantum computing startup ZuriQ has closed a $25.5 million seed round led by Quantonation to advance its trapped-ion processors built on a two-dimensional architecture.
The UK-focused firm secured funding co-led by EQT Growth and General Catalyst to consolidate independent letting agencies under an AI-powered platform.
Greyparrot, 5U AI and Xeltis have each secured new investment to expand AI waste analysis, freight automation and regenerative medical implants.
The IP-video company says it deployed 1,700 transmission units across the 2026 FIFA World Cup, its largest broadcast operation to date.
Recent funding rounds saw Xeltis, Enigma and Ominimo secure capital to expand technologies spanning artificial vessels, physical AI for robotics and motor insurance.
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe has cleared seven fintech solutions, several blockchain-based, to begin supervised testing in its regulatory sandbox.
The European Space Agency has released a video explaining how eclipses occur and why totality is rare, ahead of three eclipses set to cross Europe between 2026 and 2028.
Warner Bros. Discovery's TNT Sports and HBO Max will carry the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games for the first time, with more than 600 hours of live coverage and free-to-air highlights on Channel 5.
The Italy-based cybersecurity startup, founded by Mario Candela, secured a seed round led by United Ventures to expand its team and open offices in Rome and San Francisco.
South Korea's largest lender will roll out an on-chain payment service for trade companies next month, using JPMorgan's Kinexys network to speed up dollar transfers across 10 countries.
The Spanish AI-quantum scaleup says its latest round would push total funding to around $800m and value the company at $1.7bn.
The Italian cybersecurity startup raised a €3 million seed round led by United Ventures for its AI-native platform built to detect attackers already inside corporate networks.
BitMart, once a leading venue for emerging altcoins, will halt trading on August 26, 2026 and shut down entirely by January 31, 2027.
As products and payments converge across operators, player trust is increasingly seen as the differentiator driving retention in Europe's growing online gambling sector.
BPI plans a stablecoin settlement pilot for overseas earnings, while South Korea's largest lender prepares a payment service on JPMorgan's Kinexys platform.
Kenya has gazetted the Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulations, 2026, completing a legal framework to license and supervise crypto exchanges, wallet providers and stablecoin issuers.
Tokenized real-world assets became the largest trading category on the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid, surpassing crypto perpetuals for the first time.
Michael Saylor's Strategy has revised how it reports bitcoin holdings, adding measures meant to show common shareholders their exposure after debt and preferred claims.
FOX and Telemundo's coverage of the Spain-Argentina final reached a combined 66.4 million US viewers, the biggest non-NFL, non-news audience since the Seinfeld finale.
Ten African ventures spanning fintech, agri-tech, e-commerce, Web3 and climate-tech will present to investors at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi on February 14-15.
The White House says more than 200 companies plus 23 state governors have signed a non-binding pledge aimed at containing electricity costs tied to AI data centers.
The Cambridge-based company plans to accelerate UK commercialisation and expand its AI-powered respiratory diagnostic technology internationally, including into the US.
The U.S. and allied nations warn that a Kremlin-backed group known as Laundry Bear is breaking into Zimbra email accounts by pairing phishing with a now-patched flaw.
BBC Sport built an LED-based virtual production studio at MediaCity for the FIFA World Cup 2026, replacing the green-screen setup used for a decade.
Vlad Tenev's X account was compromised to promote a fraudulent memecoin, as speculation surges around Robinhood's new blockchain network.
FOX Sports says its 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup coverage became its most digitally viewed event ever, driven by an 'Always On' livestream that ran for 974 straight hours.
Expanding the tournament to 48 teams lifted total revenue by 54%, but per-game media rights value fell 19% as broadcast deals contracted, according to Sports Video Group.
The crypto derivatives exchange that pioneered the perpetual swap says it will shut down after more than a decade, with users told to withdraw funds before September 23.
Berlin's telli secured $15M to automate customer-facing operations, while Munich's Aampere raised €4.2M to expand its used electric car resale platform across Europe.
