Alex Depledge quits UK treasury job over ‘sideshow’ treatment of scaleups

Former Unit 8200 Officers Raise $34 Million for Agentic SecOps Startup Mave

Founded in 2025 by Unit 8200 alumni, Tel Aviv-based Mave uses AI agents to investigate alerts across existing security stacks.

OpenAI cuts its valuation target to $1.25tn as it nears a $30bn round

OpenAI has lowered the valuation it is seeking for its new funding round to $1.25tn, from the $1.4tn it pitched earlier this month. Some investors had pushed back on the higher price, the Financial Times reported, citing documents it had seen.

Quote of the day by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on touchscreens: “After an extended period of time, your arm wants to fall off”

Apple had resisted releasing a touchscreen laptop for years – despite the technology seeing plenty of success in the PC market

SK hynix will build a US fab for Solidigm, but scraps IPO plans

A new facility would support Solidigm’s high-capacity enterprise SSD business. Its existing manufacturing capacity barely covers projected requirements, making additional production a priority for parent company SK hynix.

Google raised a generation on Chromebooks – now comes the hard part

Chromebooks are big hits in the classroom - but can new Googlebooks continue that success when students leave their schools?

Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers

At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one.

Oslo tech struggles to break out of Stockholm’s shadow

14 Italian early stage startups to watch, according to VCs

Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia

Palantir chief: Europe must ‘accept some dependency’ on US tech