Month: July 2025

X blocked Reuters accounts in India The main Reuters news account, as well as the Reuters World account, have apparently been inaccessible to X users in India since Saturday evening. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/06/x-blocks-reuters-accounts-in-india/

Researchers seek to influence peer review with hidden AI prompts Academics may be leaning on a novel strategy to influence peer review of their research papers — adding hidden prompts designed to coax AI tools to deliver positive feedback. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/06/researchers-seek-to-influence-peer-review-with-hidden-ai-prompts/

How Brex is keeping up with AI by embracing the ‘messiness’ Brex quickly realized its normal software procurement process wouldn’t work in the age of AI and found a new way to test and vet tools. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/06/how-brex-is-keeping-up-with-ai-by-embracing-the-messiness/

Octopus Energy plans to spin out software division Kraken, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/octopus-energy-kraken-demerge-spin-out-uk/

Drive Capital’s second act –  how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split The venture capital world has always had a hot-and-cold relationship with the Midwest. Investors rush in during boom times, then retreat to the coasts when markets turn sour. For Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital, this cycle

Ask not for whom the Louvre of Bluesky tolls, it tolls for thee It’s a sad weekend over at Bluesky, where one of the best accounts has disappeared — though we can still hope for its resurrection. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/05/ask-not-for-whom-the-louvre-of-bluesky-tolls-it-tolls-for-thee/

Google faces EU antitrust complaint over AI Overviews A group known as the Independent Publishers Alliance has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission over Google’s AI Overviews, according to Reuters. The complaint accuses Google of “misusing web content for Google’s AI Overviews in Google Search, which have caused,

RheEnergise secures €2.5M to accelerate green energy storage tech Cleantech energy storage startup RheEnergise has secured a 2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator to support the company’s R&D work.   RheEnergise is developing an innovative long-duration energy storage technology called High‑Density Hydr (HD Hydro). At times of

June 2025’s top 10 European tech deals you need to know about In June, European tech companies raised a total of €6.5 billion across 323 deals, an 18 per cent increase from May’s €5.5 billion and 341 deals. The UK continued to lead the charge, raising €1.8 billion in June, up

EIFO invests $5M in Ukrainian defencetech Fund D3 EIFO, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, announces an investment of US$5 million into D3, a defence technology venture fund with a strong presence and track record in Ukraine.  D3 was established in 2023 by Eveline Buchatskiy, Anton Verkhovodov and Elya