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Bytedance commits to change after legal threat from Disney
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‘ByteDance’s virtual smash-and-grab of Disney’s IP is wilful, pervasive and totally unacceptable,’ Disney’s cease and desist letter read. Read more: Bytedance commits to change after legal threat from Disney
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German start-up Sitegeist raises €4m for construction site robots
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Munich-based Sitegeist wants to address Europe’s backlog of broken concrete architecture. Read more: German start-up Sitegeist raises €4m for construction site robots
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Leah and PwC UK launch agentic AI partnership – We speak to their AI heads
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By Rob Hewett Following news of its rebrand from ContractPodAi to Leah at the start of the year, this week (10th February) Leah and PwC UK last week announced a new partnership, deepening their relationship that started in March 2024. The partnership will support Leah’s expansion out of legal into other business areas such…
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Europe’s love for pets fuels Swedish insurtech Lassie as it raises $75m Series C
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Sweden’s Lassie, the ‘prevention-first’ pet insurer, has raised $75m in Series C funding to support its mission to become a leader in Europe’s pet care and insurance market. Read more: Europe’s love for pets fuels Swedish insurtech Lassie as it raises $75m Series C
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OpenClaw founder joins OpenAI to create next-gen personal agents
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OpenClaw was formerly known as Clawd, a play on OpenAI rival Anthropic’s Claude AI. Read more: OpenClaw founder joins OpenAI to create next-gen personal agents
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DCU, UL research could help avoid cancer drug resistance
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The team says this new chemical strategy could avoid some of the typical mechanisms that cancers use to become resistant. Read more: DCU, UL research could help avoid cancer drug resistance
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I Wish: ‘Progress in STEM equality doesn’t come from a single event’
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Gillian Keating and Caroline O’Driscoll explore the opportunities for women and girls in STEM and the many challenges. Read more: I Wish: ‘Progress in STEM equality doesn’t come from a single event’
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New ESA Phi-Lab Ireland launched at Mullingar’s IMR
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ESA Phi-Lab attempts to bridge disruptive research and commercial needs to advance space-enabled innovation in Europe. Read more: New ESA Phi-Lab Ireland launched at Mullingar’s IMR
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Scale Ireland: More than one in three founders don’t know EU AI Act
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Scale Ireland has found that 35.4pc of the respondents were unaware of the landmark EU AI Act. Read more: Scale Ireland: More than one in three founders don’t know EU AI Act
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Orange Rag new product launch section – Read it here!
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In recent times we haven’t included product news in the Orange Rag newsletter (largely because it got completely unwieldy) but January saw the first product launch table, complete with vendor, product, technology type, and why you should care about it. I made a few off the cuff observations. Firstly, the new launches announced last…