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With Clue and Lovehoney as partners, Evaro secures €21 million to expand NHS-licensed embedded health services
Evaro secures €21 million to expand its NHS-licensed digital healthcare platform, embedding prescription services into trusted brands. This funding accelerates its expansion across treatment areas and clinical capabilities, mirroring broader European HealthTech investment trends.
Brickanta closes $8M round to expand AI use in construction planning
Stockholm's Brickanta secures $8M for its AI construction platform, aiming to boost productivity. The agentic AI system streamlines pre-construction workflows, with plans for European expansion.
Electronics brands including Apple and PlayStation turn to subscriptions as Raylo secures €34.5 million
Raylo secures €34. 5M to power LG's electronics subscriptions, signalling a major shift to recurring revenue models for brands....
UK’s Synthesia valued at $4bn after Google Ventures-led series E raise
UK AI unicorn Synthesia secures $200M Series E, valuing the company at $4B. Google Ventures led the round, fueling further expansion in AI-powered video generation.
EU launches DSA probe into X over Grok AI undressing fiasco
EU probes X over Grok AI image risks, marking another DSA violation investigation. The platform previously faced a €120m fine for earlier breaches.
AP: data breaches from misuse of personal data at municipalities often remain under the radar
Dutch municipalities struggle to detect internal data misuse, often requiring external alerts for breaches. Many failing to report such leaks to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.
Flowla raises $2.5M to scale sales and customer automation
London's Flowla lands $2. 5M to automate B2B sales journeys with AI....
GoCanopy ends bootstrapping streak, raises €2.1 million to build AI operating system for institutional real estate investors
Paris-based GoCanopy secures €2. 1M to build an AI operating system for real estate investors....
$1M+ raise for construction startup Arctis AI led by former fencing champion Dila Ekrem
German startup Arctis AI raises $1M+ to build AI agents for construction contracts. The platform aims to streamline project lifecycle management by structuring contracts for transparency and usability.
noyb win: Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children
Danish watchdog orders Microsoft to cease unlawful tracking of schoolchildren's data. The ruling finds the tech giant placed tracking cookies on student devices without proper consent.
Tuesday: EU reclassifies WhatsApp, CCC criticizes Federal Ministry of Justice
EU classifies WhatsApp as "very large platform" impacting its oversight. Court confusion fuels debate on internet anonymity, while Google settles a class action lawsuit.
Google pays $68 million to settle a privacy lawsuit
Google pays $68M to settle a lawsuit alleging illegal recording of private conversations via Google Assistant. This action addresses privacy concerns stemming from the data collection practices of its popular voice technology.
WhatsApp is partially subject to the Digital Services Act from May
WhatsApp faces new EU rules under the Digital Services Act starting May, impacting its content moderation. Meta's messaging app is now classified as a "very large online platform" by the EU Commission.
Deepfake scandal: EU Commission launches investigation into Grok and X
EU Commission launches investigation into X and Grok for potential DSA violations. The probe follows the spread of deepfake images, questioning the platform's risk assessment.
Video-to-3D product content platform Voxelo secures €346k pre-Seed first close
Manchester startup Voxelo secures €346k for its AI-powered 3D product content studio. This funding fuels the growing European trend in AI and 3D digital commerce tech.
Technology salaries in Spain do not depend on employee skills. They depend on the type of company
Spanish tech salaries diverge based on company type, not employee skills. A "trimodal" model reveals three distinct pay groups, with some engineers earning comparable to Big Tech giants.
Experian’s tech chief defends credit scores: ‘We’re not Palantir’
Experian's tech chief defends credit scoring, stating the company is "not Palantir" amid data privacy concerns. The CEO leads tech and software solutions, overseeing critical areas like AI and data for millions of users.
Press Release: EDRi calls for swift action as EU probes X’s Grok over AI-generated harm
EU probes X's AI chatbot Grok for potential harm under the DSA. EDRi urges swift action to ensure user protection and platform compliance.
The return of Sandworm: the Russian GRU elite group moves its war against Ukraine's power grid to Polish soil
Russian elite hackers target Polish power grid, risking half a million homes without heat. The "Sandworm" group's cyberattack, hitting cogeneration plants and renewable energy links, marks a dangerous escalation of digital warfare.
Spain awaits a siren that sounded 500 times in 2025 against Russia. Its pilots have 15 minutes to launch their fighters
Spanish fighter pilots scrambled jets 500 times last year to intercept Russian aircraft near Baltic airspace. Pilots have just 15 minutes from alarm to launch from a Lithuanian base.