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2025-09-18

VCs are growing wary of ‘AI-washing’ – but real innovation is still winning investors


Venture capital investment surged to a 10-quarter high of €108.3bn in Q1 2025, fuelled by artificial intelligence, which accounted for over  €44.6bn raised. In recent years, AI has felt like a money-printing machine. Investors, eager to avoid missing out on the next big thing, were quick to back almost any startup that mentioned AI in their pitch deck. The idea didn’t need to be particularly well-implemented or useful. In some cases, even the illusion of innovation was enough to earn a unicorn valuation. But investors are now wising up to AI-washin [...]

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2025-03-31

The Growing Number of Tech Companies Getting Cancelled for AI Washing

In 2024, 15 AI technology companies were hit by regulators for exaggerating their products’ capabilities, and that number has more than doubled from 2023. AI-related filings are on the rise and te [...]

Match Score: 62.13

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2025-02-28

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

Match Score: 48.73

thenextweb

2025-09-19

Opinion: Europe’s VCs must embrace risk — or resign the AI era to US control

Europe’s AI startups are losing ground to the US — and their own investors are to blame. Only 5% of global venture capital is raised in the EU, according to the European Commission. The US, by con [...]

Match Score: 35.61

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2025-09-25

Trump signs executive order saying his TikTok deal is legal

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order finalizing some of the terms of a deal to bring TikTok's US business under American control. The new TikTok entity will be owned by a group of [...]

Match Score: 35.25

thenextweb

2025-02-17

How VCs are killing climate tech — and how they can save it

Sustainability tech has been all the buzz in the last few years. Investors are hunting promising ESG businesses, governments are pushing ambitious legislation, and companies are getting on board to ad [...]

Match Score: 34.62

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2025-06-27

NordVPN Review 2025: Innovative features, a few missteps

When we say that NordVPN is a good VPN that's not quite great, it's important to put that in perspective. Building a good VPN is hard, as evidenced by all the shovelware VPNs flooding the ma [...]

Match Score: 33.58

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2025-03-18

Battle of the dirt-cheap tablets: Amazon Fire HD 8 vs. Walmart Onn 8

Apple’s iPads get all the headlines, and with good reason: They’ve long been considered the best tablets for most people. But none of them come cheap. For folks on a tighter budget, I’ve spent t [...]

Match Score: 31.74

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2025-07-26

Surfshark VPN review: A fast VPN for casual users

Surfshark is one of the youngest major VPNs, but it's grown rapidly over the last seven years. Since 2018, it's expanded its network to 100 countries, added a suite of apps to its Surfshark [...]

Match Score: 31.50

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2024-12-31

The Morning After: A microwave with a 27-inch touchscreen

We’re wrapping up 2024, so why not do it with some frivolous CES announcements? Like this premium (it has to be premium!) microwave from LG, with a touchscreen bigger than your iPad. I’m not sure [...]

Match Score: 31.32