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Meta takes aim at ex-employee’s memoir ‘Careless People’ Mar 18, 2025

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Meta won a legal victory this week against Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former employee who recently published a memoir of her time at the company titled “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism.”

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US urges UK spy court to hold Apple ‘backdoor’ secret hearing in public; SoftBank buys old Sharp plant for OpenAI collab in Japan Mar 18, 2025

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U.S. bipartisan lawmakers say the U.K. order gagging Apple from disclosing the demand is unconstitutional. Also, SoftBank is marching ahead on its ambitions to build out a major AI operation in its home market of Japan, on its own steam and in strategic partnership with others like OpenAI.

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Could deeptech serve as Europe’s path to autonomy from the US? Mar 17, 2025

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Amidst geopolitical tensions and volatile markets, the question of Europe’s ability to weather the storms ahead, especially as President Trump seems intent on having his pound of tariffs from the continent, is looming large.

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Anti-aging zealot Bryan Johnson wants to start ‘foodome sequencing’ Mar 17, 2025

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In the same way that genome sequencing determines the genetic makeup of an organism, Bryan Johnson — the investor and founder behind the Don’t Die movement – wants to start “foodome” sequencing.

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UiPath is looking for a path to growth in agentic AI with its Peak.ai acquisition Mar 15, 2025

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A rush of agentic AI solutions is hitting the enterprise market, and now one of the bigger players in automation has scooped up a startup in the space in hopes of taking a bigger piece of that business

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North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store Mar 14, 2025

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Cybersecurity firm Lookout found several samples of a North Korean spyware it calls KoSpy.

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Wolf Games, backed by ‘Law & Order’ creator, uses AI to create murder mystery games Mar 14, 2025

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Elliot Wolf, the executive producer and son of “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf, is entering a new venture aimed at engaging true crime fans. He, along with co-founders Andrew Adashek (CEO) and Noah Rosenberg (CTO), are developing Wolf Games, a new startup that leverages AI to generate daily murder mystery games.

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Zolve, a neobank for global citizens moving to the US, raises $51M and secures $200M debt Mar 13, 2025

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Zolve, a neobanking startup targeting global citizens seeking credit, has raised $251 million in a new round to expand into Canada and launch loans.

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Reshape Energy is using an acquisition playbook to drive energy upgrades for commercial real estate Mar 13, 2025

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Reshape Energy is betting on a more integrated approach to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment. Founded in Munich, Germany back in May 2024, the startup is led by a team with expertise scaling energy businesses, including the German division of Octopus energy and energy price comparison platform Verivox.

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ServiceNow to buy Moveworks for $2.85B to grow its AI portfolio Mar 12, 2025

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ServiceNow said on Monday that it has agreed to acquire Moveworks, which develops enterprise-focused automation and AI tools. ServiceNow will pay $2.85 billion for Moveworks in a mix of cash and stock. The former expects the deal to close in the second half of 2025.

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