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Roblox launches a licensing platform to help IP rights holders collaborate with creators, with Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega, and Kodansha as founding partners (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/roblox-licensin…

Roblox Launches Licensing Platform: Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega
Roblox is launching a new licensing platform to streamline the process for IP rights holders to partner with creators on the gaming platform.

Niedersachsen: LKA-Chef will junge Menschen auf Gaming-Plattform ansprechen
Thorsten Massinger ist neuer Präsident des niedersächsischen Landeskriminalamtes. Bei der Prävention setzt der 47-Jährige verstärkt auf das Internet.

Essentially what Apple is doing as well.
Fun times.
https://9to5google.com/2025/07/14/google-confirms-chromeos-android-merging-single-platform/

Google confirms ChromeOS and Android are being merged into ‘a single platform’
Google's Android head has confirmed that Chrome is being combined with the company's mobile platform after months of rumors.

Think about this, China manufactures around:
85% of the world’s solar panels
80% of batteries
68% of wind turbines
70% of electric vehicles, and
65% of energy storage systems

I posted the same solar facts on two social media platforms: One sparked discussion, the other, disinformation
One hundred solar panels per second reflects extraordinary technical progress. A platform that simply fosters noise over truth does not.

Pactum, which helps companies automate supplier negotiations with AI and secure more favorable contractual terms, raised a $54M Series C led by Insight Partners (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/09/pactum-raises-…

Pactum raises $54M for its procurement automation platform - SiliconANGLE
Pactum raises $54M for its procurement automation platform - SiliconANGLE

Meta Platforms KI-Chatbots: Richtlinien erlauben Rassismus
Auf über 200 Seiten hat Meta festgelegt, was seine KI-Chatbots sagen dürfen, und was nicht. Das Dokument ist durchgesickert und offenbart Erstaunliches.
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Appcharge, which runs a DTC platform for game publishers, raised a $58M Series B led by IVP, taking its total funding to $89M, and powers stores for 100 games (Globes)
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-mobile-games-sales-platform-appcharge-rai…

Mobile games sales platform Appcharge raises $58m
The Israeli company has developed a direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform for mobile game publishers to maximize profits through owning player relationships.

Datenzugang für Forscher: Gericht hebt Verfügung gegen X auf
Das Landgericht Berlin hatte X gezwungen, Forschern Zugang zu Daten auf der Plattform zu geben, diese Verfügung nun aber wieder kassiert.

Canary, which offers hotel guest management tools, raised an $80M Series D led by Brighton Park Capital, valuing the company at about $600M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/hotel-mana…

Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from BPC, YC, Insight Partners | TechCrunch
Canary offers a product suite that encompasses every part of the guest journey, from booking to departure. The company offers services that let hotel guests check in on mobile devices or text the front desk for help. And it's leaning into AI in serving its customers’ guests through voice, web, and text with an LLM, sometimes offering instant responses.

Berlin-based Knowunity, an AI-powered learning platform with 20M users in 15 countries, raised a €27M Series B led by XAnge, bringing its total funding to €45M (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/06/13/knowunity-raises-eur…

Knowunity raises €27M to scale its personalized AI tutor globally
The Berlin-based learning platform Knowunity, has raised €27 million in a Series B round to expand its personalised AI study companion globally. The new funding brings Knowunity’s total raised to €45 million and will be used to further develop its global AI learning companion. Built by and for students, Knowunity was founded in 2020 by Benedict Kurz (CEO), along with Gregor Weber (CPO), Lucas Hild (CTO), and Yannik Prigl (Backend). All were just 17 years old and still in school at the ti…