Microsoft expands Windows Backup with first sign-in restore
Berry Zwets / techzine - Microsoft is expanding Windows Backup for Organizations with a first sign-in restore experience. Starting early 2026, Windows 11 users will be able to restore their settings and Microsoft Store apps at the very first sign-in, even on Microsoft Entra hybri…
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Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Meta is sunsetting Horizon Workrooms, its standalone remote work VR app, and it will also stop selling commercial SKUs of Meta Quest headsets.The post Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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RondoDox botnet exploits HPE OneView vulnerability on a massive scale
Berry Zwets / techzine - Check Point Research has identified a coordinated attack campaign targeting CVE-2025-37164, a critical vulnerability in HPE OneView. The RondoDox botnet is escalating from early reconnaissance to large-scale, automated attacks. Check Point has already blo…
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German AI Startup Parloa Raises $350M Series D Valued At $3 Billion
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - German-founded Parloa, which builds AI voice agents for call centers, has raised $350 million in a Series D round, tripling its valuation to $3 billion in just seven months. The Series D round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participat…
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Higgsfield raises $80M on $1.3B valuation to scale AI video platform
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Generative artificial intelligence video startup Higgsfield Inc. announced today that it had raised $80 million in new funding on a more than $1.3 billion valuation to support enterprise and international expansion of AI models built for commercial advert…
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Microsoft is Closing Its Employee Library and Cutting Back on Subscriptions
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft's library of books is so heavy that it once caused a campus building to sink, according to an unproven legend among employees. Now those physical books, journals, and reports, and many of Microsoft's digital …
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Parloa raises $350M to make enterprise customer experience fully conversational
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Parloa GmBH, a Berlin-based artificial intelligence customer experience automation platform startup, announced today it has raised $350 million in late-stage funding at a $3 billion valuation led by General Catalyst. The company’s existing investors showe…
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London’s Cyb3r Operations raises €4.6 million led by Octopus Ventures to tackle third-party cyber risk
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - London-based cybersecurity startup Cyb3r Operations has today announced that it has raised €4.6 million ($5.4 million) to help organisations tackle third-party cyber risk. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with follow-on investment from Pi Labs. With…
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VoiceRun gets $5.5M in seed funding to give enterprises more control over voice AI agents
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - VoiceRun, a startup that’s helping enterprises to develop voice-enabled artificial intelligence agents that they control, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to help customers move beyond simple pilots and demonstrations and deploy voice-powered appli…
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depthfirst raises $40m To Advance AI-Native Software Security
Clinton / ventureburn - depthfirst Expands Its AI Security Platform With New Capital depthfirst has secured $40 million in a Series A round. The raise was led by Accel. Other investors include Alt Capital,The post depthfirst raises $40m To Advance AI-Native Software Security app…
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Spot Ship Raises £1M To Modernise Ship Chartering
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Spot Ship, a SaaS platform modernising global ship chartering, has raised £1 million in a funding round led by Ventures.eu, marking the Lisbon-based VC’s first investment from Fund I. The round also included Improbable CEO Herman Narula, Tradeworks.vc, Ma…
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Mannheim’s osapiens Raises €85.8M Funding In Series C Round
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Mannheim-based osapiens, a provider of enterprise software for sustainable growth, has secured an €85.8 million ($100 million) Series C funding round led by Decarbonization Partners, a joint venture between BlackRock and Temasek. With this round, osapiens…
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Slack’s automated bot is getting an upgrade into an AI workplace helper
Steven Melendez / fastcompany - If you’re a Slack user, you’re probably familiar with Slackbot as a good-natured—if annoying—assistant that delivers notifications, reminders, and keyword-based automatic responses within the workplace chat app. But for organizations with paid Slack plans…
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Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - AI-native internal tool builder Bricks.sh has raised €1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Primo Capital, with participation from Octopus First Cheque Fund, Eden Ventures, Vesper Holding, and Vento. The round also featured angel investors such as Gianlu…
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Torq Raises $140M Series D Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Torq, a NYC-based agentic AI security operations provider, raised $140M in Series D funding, at $1.2 Billion valuation. The round was led by Merlin Ventures, with participation from all existing investors, including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capi…
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CrowdStrike to enhance AI-era identity security with SGNL acquisition
Swagath Bandhakavi / techmonitor - CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire SGNL, a California-based firm focused on continuous identity security solutions, in a cash and stock deal.
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Snowflake to acquire Observe observability platform
Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Snowflake signed a definitive agreement on January 8, 2024, to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake databases since inception, pending regulatory approval. The deal aims to integrate Observe’s product for unified collection and st…
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Cyera bets big on AI data security with $400M round and $9B valuation
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Industry leading artificial intelligence and data security company Cyera Ltd. announced it raised $400 million in late-stage funding today, six months after its last capital infusion bringing the company’s valuation to $9 billion. The Series F round was l…
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Legaltech Alice Raises €1M To Enhance Reliable Legal Workflows
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Belgium-based Alice, an AI platform for lawyers and legal teams, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to develop its end-to-end legal casework solution. The round was led by NewSchool and Seeder Fund, with participation from a group of Belgian angel …
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Cologne-based United Manufacturing Hub Secures €5M To Unlock Industrial Data For Modern Factories
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Cologne-based United Manufacturing Hub (UMH), an open-source industrial data management platform for modern factories, has raised €5 million to accelerate its goal of building a foundational data layer for global manufacturing. The funding round was led b…
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