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Meta acquires AI wearable startup Limitless to Push Deeper Into Smart Wearables

Daniel Levi Posted On December 8, 2025

Meta is acquiring AI wearable startup Limitless, the companies confirmed Friday, as the tech giant doubles down on always-on hardware in line with its broader push for personal superintelligence. “We’re excited that Limitless will be joining Meta to help accelerate […]

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Airwallex raises $330M in Series G funding at $8B valuation as ARR tops $1B

Daniel Levi Posted On December 8, 2025

Airwallex has raised $330 million in a Series G funding round, lifting its valuation to $8 billion just six months after closing its previous raise. The new valuation marks roughly a 30% jump from the $6.2 billion price tag attached […]

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IBM acquires Confluent in $11 billion all-cash deal to power real-time AI data pipelines

Daniel Levi Posted On December 8, 2025

IBM is making one of its largest software bets in years. The company confirmed Monday that it is acquiring data-streaming platform Confluent in an all-cash deal valued at $11 billion, a move that places real-time data infrastructure at the center […]

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Google’s Gemini 3 outperforms Claude in coding benchmarks; Sourcegraph adopts it for millions of developers

Daniel Levi Posted On December 5, 2025

Google’s Gemini 3 has pushed itself into the center of the AI coding discussion, eclipsing Claude Sonnet 4.5 in key benchmark tests and prompting Sourcegraph to make a major shift in its default AI engine. What started as a round […]

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How Mobile Phone Games Are Becoming More Immersive

Daniel Levi Posted On December 5, 2025

Games have always been part of mobile phones, with even the earliest devices helping popularise gaming on portable communication devices. The smartphone revolution has really changed things, though, and now mobile games are as big and immersive as their console […]

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Elon Musk’s X fined $140 million by European Commission over transparency violations and beaching content rules

Daniel Levi Posted On December 5, 2025

Elon Musk’s X has been hit with a $140 million penalty from the European Commission after regulators concluded the social platform breached key requirements of the Digital Services Act, the EU’s sweeping rulebook for online platforms. The fine marks the […]

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Google taps AI startup Replit to accelerate AI coding in challenge to Anthropic and Cursor as vibe coding surges in adoption

Daniel Levi Posted On December 4, 2025

Google Cloud is tightening its ties with Replit through a new multi-year partnership that strengthens Google’s position in the AI coding race and puts added pressure on rivals like Anthropic and Cursor. The deal keeps Replit anchored to Google Cloud […]

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U.S. corporate layoffs reach 1.17 million in 2025 as AI, tariffs, and restructuring accelerate job cuts; highest since the pandemic

Daniel Levi Posted On December 4, 2025

U.S. companies have now announced more than 1.17 million layoffs this year, the highest level since the 2020 shock. Challenger, Gray & Christmas released fresh figures on Thursday showing that the wave of job cuts has stretched well past the […]

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AIReviews.com sold for $1.34M plus 9% equity: Florida startup to launch world’s first AI review search engine in 2026

Daniel Levi Posted On December 3, 2025

Over the past year, TechStartups has tracked a silent rebrand unfolding across the startup ecosystem: a shift from experimental .AI domains back to the clarity and global trust of .com. That trend just reached a new milestone. AIReviews.com, a domain purchased […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – December 2, 2025

Daniel Levi Posted On December 2, 2025

It’s Tuesday, December 2, 2025, and we’re back with the top startup and tech funding news stories spanning cloud data resilience, AI-powered communication, encrypted AI compute, chip simulation, cybersecurity automation, nuclear energy, and AI-native insurance. From seed to Series E, […]

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UPay Taps StraitsX to Develop Financial Infrastructure for the Digital Economy

Daniel Levi Posted On December 2, 2025

UPay, the crypto payments card company, has announced a partnership with StaritsX, a stablecoin-native settlement layer. UPay said the partnership is key to enabling seamless, secure, and accessible stablecoin payment solutions for users worldwide. This is not the first fintech […]

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Amazon launches AI DevOps Agent, a new tool that detects outages and fixes issues in minutes

Daniel Levi Posted On December 2, 2025

Amazon’s cloud unit is stepping deeper into AI-assisted operations with a new tool aimed at helping companies recover from outages faster. The software, called DevOps Agent, taps into signals from services like Datadog and Dynatrace to predict what went wrong […]

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Choosing Salesforce Consulting Partners Who Actually Move the Needle

Daniel Levi Posted On December 2, 2025

Salesforce has become the control room for a large slice of the global economy. More than 150,000 companies use it to run sales, service, marketing, and everything else that touches the customer journey. Add in the rise of AI features […]

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Technology News Today – The Latest in Tech, AI & Startup News, December 2, 2025

Daniel Levi Posted On December 2, 2025

Technology News Today – Your Daily Briefing on the AI, Big Tech, and Startup Shifts Reshaping Markets It’s Tuesday, December 2, 2025, and we’re back with your in-depth look at the most important developments shaping the global tech landscape — […]

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Meet the 11-person crypto startup beating Nasdaq: Physics Olympiad Jeff Yan’s Hyperliquid generates $1.24B in annual net income

Daniel Levi Posted On December 1, 2025

Hyperliquid has pulled off something rare in financial history. An 11-person crypto derivatives exchange startup has quietly outpaced Nasdaq’s annual net income and is now shaping up to be one of the most efficient businesses on the planet. The numbers […]

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Top Tech News Today, December 1, 2025

Daniel Levi Posted On December 1, 2025

Top Tech News Stories Today – Your Quick Briefing on the Latest Technology News, Global Innovation, and AI-Driven Shifts Reshaping the Future It’s Monday, December 1, 2025, and we’re back with your in-depth look at the most important developments shaping […]

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Bitcoin crashes $4,000 in minutes, plunges to $86K as mass liquidations trigger sudden market breakdown

Daniel Levi Posted On November 30, 2025

Bitcoin traders barely had time to react Sunday evening before the market cracked wide open. Just before 8 p.m. Eastern, a surge of sell orders slammed through support, sending Bitcoin from the mid-$91,000s into the high-$86,000s in minutes. The drop […]

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U.S. Black Friday online sales hit record $11.8 billion, driven by AI-powered deal hunting

Daniel Levi Posted On November 29, 2025

Black Friday used to be about long lines, packed aisles, and shoppers rushing through store doors at dawn. This year told a different story. Consumers skipped the crowds and leaned heavily on AI assistants to hunt for deals, pushing U.S. […]

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How to Rank in AI Search in 2026: The New AI Ranking Signals

Daniel Levi Posted On November 28, 2025

Back in July 2025, we explored how to write content that ranks inside AI-driven search systems. At the time, the shift was already visible: AI wasn’t just displaying links, it was actively generating answers. Publishers, founders, marketers, and creators were […]

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German drone startup Quantum Systems triples valuation to $3.5B after $180M funding round

Daniel Levi Posted On November 27, 2025

Europe’s quiet drone race just got a lot louder. Munich-based drone startup Quantum Systems has tripled its valuation to roughly €3 billion, or about $3.5 billion, after closing a fresh €180 million funding round from Balderton Capital and other investors. […]

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