Google Play is launching new features that enhance widget visibility immensely. This release is meant to allow app developers to promote their widgets more effectively, and this will lead to greater user engagement and retention. App marketers and developers can…

Panasonic Connect Europe has named Shusuke Aoki as its new CEO and Managing Director. Based in Wiesbaden, Germany, Aoki steps into the role with an impressive background in business transformation and technology innovation, aiming to help European businesses navigate complex…

The NHS is on an ambitious journey to become the world’s first net zero health service. One exciting initiative contributing to this goal is the Medicines Manufacturing Skills Project, which uses Virtual Reality (VR) technology to reduce carbon emissions and…

The Samsung Galaxy S25 series has officially arrived, bringing cutting-edge technology to redefine the smartphone experience. With significant upgrades in performance, display, and camera features, the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra are already making waves in the tech world….

The recent DeepSeek cyberattack has served as a stark reminder of the growing cybersecurity risks in the AI industry. As artificial intelligence startups rapidly scale, they often prioritize innovation over security—a decision that can have significant consequences. For DeepSeek, this…

Meat Treats For Dogs Meat treats cultivated chicken doggie snacks have gone on sale at a U.K. pet food retailer, Pets at Home. The retailer also happens to be a major investor in Meatly, the startup producing the meat ingredient…

Comstruct: Digitizing Construction Procurement with a Unified Platform When you think about platforms in the construction industry, chances are you’re thinking about concrete platforms designed to support steel beams and tall pillars. Munich-based startup Comstruct wants to design a different…

Joseph Firmage Brent Crane / Bloomberg: A profile of Firmage, who founded USWeb, which went public with a $2.5B market cap in 1997, and is now being sued by “antigravity-machine” investors — Joseph Firmage helped create today’s digital economy. These…

  The race is on to build a new generation of healthcare software to replace legacy hospital systems that in some cases may not have been updated in decades. A startup out of Munich, Germany called Avelios has ambitions to…

XOi Secures Massive $230M Investment from KKR  Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: A company, whose software lets field technicians get info about the machines they need to fix, raised $230M from KKR and buys its rival Specifx for an undisclosed sum…

Meta’s Expanding Vision for Horizon Worlds: Pushing the Boundaries of the Metaverse Henry Stockdale / UploadVR: Interviews with nearly two dozen VR studios on shipping games on Quest, Meta’s increased focus on Horizon Worlds, concerns over declining game sales, and…

China’s Mini-Drama Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: China’s “mini-drama” industry grew 35% YoY to ~$6.91B in 2024, surpassing the country’s box office and forcing iQiyi and Tencent to embrace short-form dramas — – New kind of web series tell stories in…