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Squint, which uses AI and AR to modernize manufacturing processes, raised a $40M Series B led by The Westly Group and TCV at a $265M valuation (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/08/12/exclusi…

Exclusive: Squint raises $40 million at $265 million valuation to modernize manufacturing for companies like Pepsi and Michelin
Squint has raised a $40 million Series B at a valuation of $265 million, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Polen fordert Beteiligung der Ukraine an Friedensgesprächen
Polen hat vor dem geplanten Treffen von US-Präsident Donald Trump und Kremlchef Wladimir Putin die Beteiligung der benachbarten Ukraine an jeder Friedenslösung angemahnt. "Für Polen und unsere europäischen Partner - und hoffentlich auch für die gesamte NATO - muss klar sein, dass Staatsgrenzen nicht mit Gewalt verändert werden dürfen", sagte Regierungschef Donald Tus…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Selenskyj sieht "echte Chance" auf Frieden ++
Der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj sieht angesichts einer Vielzahl an Kontakten zu Staatschefs eine reelle Chance auf Frieden. Kanzler Merz will am Mittwoch bei einer Videokonferenz unter anderem mit US-Präsident Trump beraten.

Friedensnobelpreis für Venezolanerin María Corina Machado
Einer hat ihn lautstark für sich selbst beansprucht, jemand anderes hat ihn bekommen: Der Friedensnobelpreis geht in diesem Jahr nach Venezuela.
https://w…

Die Lobeshymnen auf die Heldin im Kampf für whatever schmecken heute etwas schal.
Da war die Recherche-Abteilung wahrscheinlich in der Pause gewesen.
#Friedensnobelpreis #Machado
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People CEO Neil Vogel calls Google a "bad actor" for refusing to pay publishers for AI content and says Google Search drives 25%-30% of visits to People sites (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/09/11/media-in…

Google’s AI is the ‘worst’ for stealing content, says People CEO
But Google-owned YouTube could provide a model for media and AI to coexist and thrive, says internet industry pioneer Bill Gross.

AI has sparked a new wave of competition in the browser market, as agentic AI browsers like Perplexity's Comet and others compete with Gemini-enhanced Chrome (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/10/11/ai-browser-wars-agents-google-perplexity…

Browser wars, a hallmark of the late 1990s tech world, are back with a vengeance—thanks to AI
Google has integrated Gemini into Chrome, while Perplexity and Opera have launched AI-native browsers too.

Trump family's World Liberty Financial is using a publicly listed company, ALT5 Sigma, to raise $1.5B for the purchase of its WLFI token (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/08/11/world-liberty-financ…

Trump family crypto business announces $1.5 billion treasury company for World Liberty token
The announcement follows a week of reaching out to investors to contribute cash.

NYC-based Profound, which helps brands optimize visibility in AI search responses, raised a $35M Series B led by Sequoia, bringing its total funding to $58.5M (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/08/12/ai-search-startup-profound-rais…

Exclusive: Profound raises $35M as Sequoia backs its ambitious bid to become the Salesforce of AI search
The startup wants to help brands stay visible as AI reshapes search, in what backers call a once-in-a-generation marketing shift.

Epic says it is bringing Fortnite back to iOS in Australia "at a date to be determined", after a judge ruled Apple and Google's app stores are anticompetitive (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/757885/epic-apple-google-australia-judgment

Epic says Fortnite is coming back to iOS in Australia
Epic Games is bringing Fortnite back to iOS in Australia, after the country’s federal court ruled that Apple and Google’s app marketplaces are anticompetitive.

An Australian federal judge rules Apple and Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct by misusing app store market power, but rejects some of Epic's claims (ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-12/epic-games-fortnite-v-apple-goo…

Tech giants Apple and Google lose landmark court case as federal judge rules they engaged in anti-competitive conduct
The federal court has today ruled against tech giants Apple and Google in a major win for consumers, finding that the companies engaged in anti-competitive conduct.