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How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups

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Kayak founder returns with Steppin, an app that locks you out of social media until you go for a walk

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LemFi moves remittances further into Asia and Europe with $53M in new funding

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Meta to cut roughly 5% of its workforce based on performance

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Nintendo Switch 2 could be announced this week: The rumors (and facts) so far

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North Korea stole over $659M in crypto heists during 2024, deployed fake job seekers

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OpenAI appoints BlackRock exec to its board

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OpenAI quietly revises policy doc to remove reference to ‘politically unbiased’ AI

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OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why

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Thoras helps companies reach reliability without overspending on cloud costs

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UK’s CMA slaps Google Search and its 90%+ market share with an antitrust investigation

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Venture funding remains stable in France thanks to AI startups

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Why some former Bench customers are not happy

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