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Trump signs executive order to facilitate TikTok deal Trump’s executive order essentially bars the attorney general or Department of Justice from enforcing that law for 120 days while the divestiture plan presented to the president is executed. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/trump-signs-executive-order-approving-tiktok-deal/
Meta launches ‘Vibes,’ a short-form video feed of AI slop Think TikTok or Instagram Reels, but every single video you come across is essentially just AI slop. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/meta-launches-vibes-a-short-form-video-feed-of-ai-slop/
Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts Call recording app Neon was one of the top-ranked iPhone apps, but was pulled offline after a security bug allowed any logged-in user to access the call recordings and transcripts of any other user. Powered
How Oxylabs is powering the ethical data economy The internet contains an enormous amount of valuable information — from product prices and financial data to news, research, and user-generated content. But accessing this information at scale is difficult. Websites often block automated requests, limit access, or present data in formats
IW Capital backs Navigator with £4M to scale post-cookie advertising Digital advertising platform Navigator has secured £4 million from IW Capital to advance privacy-first advertising in the post-cookie era. As regulators tighten privacy rules and consumers grow wary of third-party cookies, acceptance rates are falling, pushing up customer-acquisition costs and
Holy Technologies raises €4.3M to build autonomous factory for composites Holy Technologies has raised €4.3 million to launch the world’s first autonomous factory for lightweight components, which are essential for reducing fuel consumption, increasing range, and enhancing efficiency in various industries. Powered by AI and robotics, the Hamburg-based facility enables
Oriane locks in $1.5M to build an AI search engine for the video-first internet Oriane has raised $1.5 million to build an AI-powered search engine for the video-first internet. The round was led by Clint Capital, with participation from Hartmann Capital, Secways, Archipelago Next, and strategic angels from Google, PayPal,
KU Leuven spinoff Belfort unveils encrypted-compute accelerator and raises $6M Encryption startup Belfort, a KU Leuven spinoff, has closed a $6 million seed round to make encrypted data processing practical in real time. The round was led by deeptech investor Vsquared Ventures, with participation from Anagram, Protocol VC, Inovia Capital,
Synthesized raises over €17 million to change how enterprises build and test software in the AI era Synthesized, the pioneer of agentic AI-native test infrastructure and test data for enterprises, has just closed Series A round well above €17 million led by Redalpine, with participation from IQ Capital, Mercia Ventures,
Amsterdam- and San Francisco-based WeTravel raises over €78 million to scale its operating system for multi-day travel WeTravel, the leading operating system for multi-day travel businesses, today announced it raised its Series C funding round at over €78 million, led by Sapphire Ventures, with strong participation from Left Lane Capital,