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Europe is suffering from a big hangover after the tech investment party of the 2020-2021 period. That said, compared to pre-pandemic levels, VC investment in European startups is up, historically speaking, and reached $60 billion, according to a new report. However, the anomaly of the surge in investment over the pandemic stands in marked contrast to that growth and has created significant headwinds, even though there are signs of ‘green shoots’. Global law firm Orrick analyzed over 350 VC and growth equity…

Xiaomi 15 might bring multiple new advancements over its predecessor to users, as per a new report. The next generation of Xiaomi's flagship series, which will likely comprise the vanilla Xiaomi 15, Xiaomi 15 Pro, and Xiaomi 15 Ultra, could feature an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, ditching the optical fingerprint scanner of its predecessor. Recently, another report claimed that the smartphone series could be powered by the yet-to-be-announced Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset. Notably, the Xiaomi 14 series, which…

Titanfall developer Respawn is working on a new game in the Titanfall universe, but it's not Titanfall 3, according to a new report.Jeff Grubb of GameSpot sister site Giant Bomb said Titanfall game director Steve Fukuda is leading a team working on a new game in that universe. "But everyone I talk to keeps saying, well it's not, don't get in your mind that it's Titanfall 3, like a game with online multiplayer and a single-player campaign," Grubb said, as reported by VGC.Grubb went on to say that this…

The age distribution is mostly consistent when compared by gender, however respondents reporting to be men tended to be younger than women and non-binary respondents. The older the respondent, the more likely they were to identify as women or non-binary. Credit: 2KNOW Preliminary Findings Report: Knowledge to Prevent Online Sexual Violence Against Children (2024) Viewing of child sexual abuse material, CSAM, is often preceded…

Tesla is in talks with Thailand’s government to build a factory in the country, according to government officials. Tesla is reportedly aiming to announce a new factory location by the end of the year and the rumor mill is already in full swing about where it could end up. Last week, Italy said it was talking to Tesla about a potential factory. Now, Thailand is back in the running. Reuters reports that the prime minister is reporting discussions with Tesla, including a site survey by the company in…

WhatsApp is gearing up to add support for third-party messages. A report has revealed more details on how the new feature will work and the amount of control users will have while giving access to other messaging apps. It appears that the Meta-owned platform will not only let users choose whether to turn on the feature or not, but it will also let them decide which apps to connect with. Notably, WhatsApp has to take this feature live before March 6, which is the date the European Union's (EU) new Digital Markets Act (DMA)…

In a recent turn of events, Google found itself embroiled in a controversy…

Some video doorbells sold by companies like Walmart and Amazon have security flaws that allow them to be easily hacked, a recent report from Consumer Reports said. The report, released Wednesday, found that video doorbells that seemed to be made by the same manufacture and sold under different brand names including Fishbot, Eken and Tuck, can be taken over by someone who can physically access them, create an account on a smartphone app owned by Eken, visit someone’s home, hold down a doorbell button and put it…

One of the scientists who was fired from Canada's top infectious disease laboratory "intentionally" shared scientific information with China — potentially putting people's health in jeopardy — says an assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).  The intelligence assessment was released late Wednesday afternoon by the federal government, along with hundreds of other documents about the mysterious dismissal of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng.The scientists and their students worked in the…

A new generation of artificial intelligence is poised to turn old assumptions about technology on their head. For years, people working in warehouses or fast food restaurants worried that automation could eliminate their jobs. But new research suggests that generative AI — the kind used in chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT — will have its biggest impact on white-collar workers with high-paying jobs in industries such as banking and tech. A report published last month by the Burning Glass Institute, a nonprofit research…