Year: 2026

Over $500m in fresh funding, risks of “French state influence” and a 100x valuation: What Pasqal’s SPAC filings reveal Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/pasqal-sec-filings

US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals Independent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a security researcher with cyber firm GitGuardian alerted him to reams of exposed passwords stored in a publicly accessible GitHub repository, which an employee of a

Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend Sophia Kianni is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did

Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash “Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,” the company said in a blog post. “We’ve heard the feedback that this feature missed the

Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’ Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is “all in” on the unconventional social media platform. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/blueskys-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-drops-the-interim/

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAI’s senior leadership, including a longtime former employee. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai-over-alleged-trade-secret-theft/

AI writing startup co-founded by DeepMind creative lead raises $13M seed investment A London-based startup behind an AI writing product, co-founded by an ex-DeepMind creative lead, has emerged from stealth with a $13m seed funding round. Called Marker, the funding round was led by Index Ventures with participation from LocalGlobe.

Catalyxx wins €20M+ EU backing for first commer-cial chemicals plant Spain-based Catalyxx, a developer of bio-based chemicals, has secured a €20 million grant from the European Union through RenewChem, a flagship project selected by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU). The funding will support the construction of Catalyxx’s

Maritime defence startup Kraken Technology hits unicorn status British-founded maritime defence startup Kraken Technology today said it had achieved unicorn status. The startup, founded in 2020 by former speedboat racer Mal Crease, said it had raised $175m in a Series B funding round at a $1bn valuation, according to a press release. The

German AI workforce management startup Sherpa raises $2.2M pre-seed Germany-based Sherpa, a startup developing an AI operating system for external workforce management, has raised $2.2 million in a pre-seed funding round co-led by Seedcamp, DN Capital, Activant Capital and Brighteye, with participation from several operator angels. Founded by Tristan Deschler,