Roughly 15% of AI page fetchers crawling European websites ignored robots.txt blocks in the first half of 2026, TollBit reported…
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SPAC Shell Secures $50M Backing for ProLogium Merger Despite 42% Income Drop
Translational Development Acquisition Corp. reported second-quarter net income fell 41.7% year over year to $946,982, with earnings per share of…
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Indian Startup Funding Plunges 60% to $151.5 Million This Week
Astrotalk reached a $1 billion valuation through an employee stock buyback, becoming India’s newest unicorn. Weekly startup funding still plunged…
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Failure to Deploy, Not Software, Sinks 60% of CRM Projects
Roughly 60% of CRM projects fail due to poor deployment rather than faulty software, with nearly all failures avoidable through…
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Fraud Claims Halt Zambia Vote Count as Opposition Declares Victory
Vote counting in Zambia resumed Friday after a nationwide suspension triggered by violence at polling stations and the theft of…
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US Demands EU Rewrite Sustainability Laws After Tariff Truce
Washington is pressuring the EU to revise sustainability rules following their 2025 Turnberry tariff truce. US Ambassador Andrew Puzder argues…
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Egyptian ministers join TikTok and RiseUp to equip startups with ad tools
Egyptian ministers partnered with TikTok for Business and RiseUp for the “Yalla Sahel” summit on 13 and 14 August at…
Read MoreVolkswagen to Axe 100,000 Jobs While Microsoft and Meta Slash Thousands
Corporate downsizing accelerated in mid-2026 as Rapid7 announced a 12% workforce reduction on August 11. Layoffs spanned aviation, retail, and…
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France, Germany, Britain scramble to secure peace talks seat against Trump exclusion
France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have started shaping a European negotiation format for the Russia-Ukraine war, worried that President…
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Two Swedish Startups Corner 79 Percent of 2026 Venture Funding
Sweden’s tech sector pulled in roughly €1.21 billion during the first eight months of 2026, a haul defined almost entirely…
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