Pershing Square’s non-binding proposal values UMG at €30.40 per share, a 78% premium to its last closing price. Ackman argues the world’s largest music label has been undervalued by structural factors, including the Bolloré Group’s 18% stake and the postponement of a US listing, that have nothing to do with its underlying business. Bill Ackman’s […]
The OpenAI Safety Fellowship, announced on 6 April 2026, is a pilot programme for external researchers to conduct independent work on AI safety and alignment. It runs from September 2026 to February 2027. It was posted to social media hours after a Ronan Farrow investigation in The New Yorker reported that OpenAI had dissolved its […]
Two former Coca-Cola operators built a messaging-first ordering platform after watching B2B eCommerce initiatives repeatedly fail in fragmented trade. The platform claims 70% retailer adoption and order processing costs up to 20 times lower than traditional digital channels. Bulgarian B2B ordering startup nFuse has raised $2 million from Eleven Ventures and LAUNCHub in a round […]
A cyberattack on one of Italy’s greatest cultural institutions reveals a sector that has mastered physical security and ignored the digital kind. On the weekend of 1 February 2026, staff at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence arrived on Monday morning to find their email accounts suspended, their internal servers unreachable, and the administrative backbone of […]
In short: Anthropic has agreed to access approximately 3.5 gigawatts of next-generation Google TPU compute capacity via Broadcom from 2027, its largest infrastructure commitment to date — while simultaneously disclosing that its revenue run rate has surpassed $30bn, more than tripling from roughly $9bn at the end of 2025. Anthropic has announced it is securing multiple […]
In short: Netflix has launched Netflix Playground, a dedicated standalone gaming app for children aged eight and under, bundled into existing memberships with no ads or in-app purchases and full offline support, positioning it squarely against Apple Arcade in the family market. Netflix has quietly extended its gaming ambitions into the family market with the launch […]
In short: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has released a video threatening “complete and utter annihilation” of OpenAI’s $30bn Stargate AI campus in Abu Dhabi, singling out the facility by name for the first time and warning it will strike if the US proceeds with threatened attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure. A senior officer in Iran’s […]
In short: Google has quietly released an iOS app called Google AI Edge Eloquent, a free, offline-first voice dictation tool that transcribes speech in real time, strips filler words automatically, and transforms raw dictation into polished text without requiring an internet connection. The app runs on Gemma-based on-device ASR models, offers an optional cloud mode using […]
In short: Xoople, a Madrid-based geospatial data company founded in 2019, has raised a $130 million Series B led by Nazca Capital, bringing its total funding to $225 million and pushing its valuation into unicorn territory. The round was co-invested by MCH Private Equity, CDTI (the Spanish government’s technology development fund), Buenavista Equity Partners, and Endeavor […]
Satellites on Fire, founded in 2020 as a school project by three Argentine teenagers, has closed a seed round led by Dalus Capital. Its software-only platform integrates satellite data from multiple agencies and detects fires faster than NASA’s FIRMS system by avoiding the gaps between satellite passes. Argentine climate-tech startup Satellites on Fire has closed […]
