Tech & AI

DITTO raises €5.2 million to tackle menstrual health gaps with research and targeted supplements

DITTO, the scientist-founded menstrual health company, today announced a €5.2 million ($6 million) Seed round to acceler…

Zürich-based ZuriQ raises €22.4 million to scale its 2D trapped-ion quantum processors

ZuriQ, a Zürich-based quantum computing company building a utility-scale quantum computer with a native two-dimensional …

Exclusive: ETH Zurich spinout ZuriQ raises $25.5m seed

Every European unicorn exit of 2026 so far

Chip firms fall in US and Asia as AI jitters rattle investors

Trading on South Korea's Kospi index was paused temporarily on Tuesday morning after sliding by 8%.…

Is it time to stop using glue and labels on paper?

Labels and adhesives can prevent paper from being recycled but there's new tech aimed at changing that.…

Cassette simulator rewinds digital audio to a more analog time in hiss-tory

Is there a simulator for the wail when you realize your precious one-off bootleg has just been chewed up?…

Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians

Birdwatchers tell the BBC how apps have changed their lifelong hobby - and attracted new birders.…

Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?

Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.…

14 lessons from 14 years in VC

Venture capital is one of the most varied industries out there. Very few careers let you jump between sectors, immerse y…

Milan’s Beelzebub raises €3 million to fight AI-driven cyberattacks with AI-powered hacker traps

Beelzebub, a Milan-based AI-native cybersecurity platform that protects digital assets from AI-driven cyber attacks, tod…

ETN steps up bid to become Europe’s TBPN with $1.6m raise: ‘We’re taking this incredibly seriously’

Bessemer, Atomico in talks to lead The Exploration Company funding at $2bn valuation

When it comes to AI nothing's right, Silicon Valley is torn

In California, the rise of artificial intelligence no longer generates the unanimous enthusiasm it once did. Anxiety is …

Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash

Meta's release this week of an AI feature that let people alter Instagram content drew swift blowback.…

Is the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake worth the 13 year wait?

The BBC's Tom Gerken plays the much-anticipated pirate game which has been remade from the ground up.…

Apple sues OpenAI, its employees claiming theft of trade secrets

Apple said in a Friday lawsuit that OpenAI’s nascent hardware business is “rotten to its core.”…

Apple sues OpenAI over stealing 'trade secrets'

Apple has accused the company behind ChatGPT and two of its former employees of misappropriating its trade secrets to be…

EU threatens Meta with hefty fine over 'addictive design'

A preliminary investigation by the bloc has found the social media giant is not doing enough to protect children using i…

Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (July 06-July 10)

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Mathematicians put AI to work on Fermat's last theorem

At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI…

AI-driven datacenter builds drive Microsoft's emissions up a quarter in one year

Firm faces quandary of wanting to help the environment, but also wanting to force AI on everyone…

EU threatens Meta with fines over 'addictive' Facebook and Instagram

Regulators say features such as infinite scroll contribute to "compulsive use" and "unhealthy habits".…

Which ‘AI scientist’ suits your lab? A guide for the perplexed

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02091-6General purpose AI tools for science, such as Clau…