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Exchange, a startup using AI, streamlined how renewable energy and data center projects will acquire positions and raised $2.1 million. The platform helps developers and investors find the best site in seconds by grasping over 50 factors, including landowner data, grid proximity, hurdle permissions, and market conditions. This is a process that usually takes several months. The company’s latest round brings total funding to $2175 million with support from Gravity Environment, Techstars, Malbec Ventures, Adam/A, and several strategic angels in solar and data infrastructure. The pitch is simple. The deployment of clean energy is slowed down by the selection of…

Donut, the first agent Crypto browser to integrate wallets, networks and DEXS, has shut down a $7 million seed round led by Hongshan (formerly China), Bitkraft and HackVC. The round also saw support from Sky9 Ventures, Matrix Partners, Makers Fund, Altos, Orthogonal Ventures, Vessel Ventures and Sonicsvm. New York-based Donut wants to change the way people (and AI agents) use the internet. The browser is built for crypto-native activities. Exchange tokens, place bets, earn yields, all without bounce between tabs. CEO Chris Zhu said: “We are grateful to investors who shared our vision. With their backing, we are rebuilding the…

The US Trade Court has determined that President Donald Trump’s global mutual tariffs are illegal and found that the president has stepped over his authority by imposing import taxes last month. Wednesday’s ruling could throw Trump’s sweeping trade policies into chaos, experts say. The New York International Trade Court has determined that the emergency law that Trump was called during the announcement of the “liberation date” in April does not provide unilateral authority to impose certain tariffs. Instead, the court ruled that power existed in Congress. The ruling also extended to previous tariffs that collected fentanyl opioid crisis and US…

An updated version of the company’s R1 Reasoning model, the latest AI model from Chinese AI startup Deepseek, achieves an impressive score with benchmarks of coding, mathematics and general knowledge, nearly outweighing Openai’s flagship O3. But the upgraded R1, also known as “R1-0528,” may not be very pleased with controversial questions, especially those on topics the Chinese government considers controversial. This is according to tests conducted by the pseudonymous developers behind SpeechMap, a platform that compares how different models deal with sensitive and controversial subjects. The developers who go with the username “XLR8Harder” in X claim that R1-0528 is “substantially”…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s administration would “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students studying domestically. The move comes as Washington and Beijing are trying to negotiate a trade deal to end the spiral tariff war between the two biggest economies of the world amid the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to crack down on international students attending US universities. The US China Hawks have long been seeking greater surveillance of students in American university countries, some of which have secretly claimed to be Beijing spies, but Rubio’s announcement is the most dramatic step the US…

Sticky Wicket, which created “The Events Industry’s Summer Day Out,” will be held at the Old Wimbledonians Cricket Club on Thursday, July 17th, and is soon approaching. This day includes a fast-paced cricket game between event companies, along with many networking opportunities. On a happy day, I support the charity work of the Lord’s Tavern and have been running for 18 years. Teams heading for the Sticky Wicket Cup, sponsored by Livebuzz, include 19 groups, Fernborough, AEO, GES, Exhibition News, Excel London, DMG Events, PSP, Informa, AZTEC, BDC, Crossil Star Media, Olympia, Easy Fair and Crollion Events. Apart from headline…

ICC Birmingham and the Vox Conference venue have announced a new partnership with Premium Asia event specialist Madhu Limited. ICC and VOX are dedicated event spaces renowned for hosting a variety of events, from intimate meetings of 10 people to large meetings of up to 8,000 representatives. Located in the heart of Birmingham, ICC is ideally located for large events, but VOX on the NEC campus is within walking distance of Birmingham International Railway Station and Birmingham International Airport, and within walking distance of over 2,000 hotel rooms on site. Madhu’s Limited is a UK-leading South Asian caterer and is…

This month, cybersecurity company Thinkst celebrates its 10th anniversary since the launch of Canary, a layered product. The company debuted Canary after seeing companies spend millions of dollars on cybersecurity products, but it took more than a few months to realize they had been breached. Thinkst believed that it could create digital tripwire products that could catch hackers with ACT. Over the past decade, the company has grown to around 40 employees, primarily developers and engineers. They have not received external funds. And this year, we’re on track to earn a healthy $20 million profit on almost double the annual…

The outbreak of cholera is centered around the capital Khartoum, and has been ravaged by more than two years of war.At least 70 people have been killed in two days due to the cholera outbreak in Khartoum, Sudan, local health officials said. The Khartoum province’s health ministry reported 942 new cases and 25 deaths the day before, following 1,177 cases and 45 deaths the day before. The outbreak centers around Hartzm, the capital, ravaged by more than two years of war between the Sudanese army and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The city lost access to water and electricity…

Torrance, USA/California, May 29, 2025, CyberNewswire Criminal IP, an AI-powered threat intelligence platform developed by AI Spera (led by CEO Byungtak Kang), has announced its first participation in Infosecurity Europe 2025, Europe’s largest cybersecurity conference. This event will be held on Excel London from June 3rd to 5th, 2025. This involves the Stand B131 global security experts and criminal IP. Infosecurity Europe is the region’s most prestigious cybersecurity event, attracting over 18,000 security professionals and over 350 businesses from across Europe. As a recognized global platform for sharing key cybersecurity technologies and insights, the event brings together practitioners, businesses and…