Proxima Fusion signs two Japanese deals to build its fusion supply chain
Proxima Fusion signs two Japanese deals to build its fusion supply chain

Building a fusion power plant takes more than getting the physics right. It also means securing thousands of kilometres of specialised materials and the equipment needed to heat and fuel the plasma, years before the machine is ready to run. Munich-base…

ASM lifts its 2027 sales forecast by a quarter as AI chipmakers spend
ASM lifts its 2027 sales forecast by a quarter as AI chipmakers spend

ASM International raised its 2027 revenue forecast to more than €5.7B, from above €4.6B, as memory and AI chipmakers expand. That reaches its 2030 target three years early. Third-quarter revenue rose 44% to a record €1.16B, and ASM plans a buyback of u…

Bitdefender’s new tool maps how attackers could reach critical systems
Bitdefender’s new tool maps how attackers could reach critical systems

Bitdefender has launched GravityZone Exposure Management, which combines vulnerability discovery, internet-facing asset scanning, attack-path mapping and per-user hardening. It is available now on Windows, as an add-on or standalone. Bitdefender did no…

Mozilla Festival returns to Barcelona with a focus on community-led tech
Mozilla Festival returns to Barcelona with a focus on community-led tech

What would technology look like if it were built by communities rather than controlled by a handful of companies? That question sits at the heart of this year’s Mozilla Festival, which returns to Barcelona from October 28 to 30. Organised by the nonpro…

Bending Spoons completes its $1.355bn Miro acquisition
Bending Spoons completes its $1.355bn Miro acquisition

Bending Spoons now owns Miro, the online whiteboard used by more than 250,000 organisations. The Milan group closed the all-cash Miro deal on Monday, it said in a statement on Business Wire. Bending Spoons agreed to buy Miro in September at an enterpri…

SWI Compute plans a 530MW Nvidia AI factory campus in the UK
SWI Compute plans a 530MW Nvidia AI factory campus in the UK

SWI Group, the Amsterdam-listed investment group, has launched SWI Compute to build and run Nvidia AI factories, starting in Europe. The new business has ordered about $1bn of Nvidia systems and plans its first large site in the UK. That UK factory wil…

Revolut will let app users invest in private tech companies from 2027
Revolut will let app users invest in private tech companies from 2027

Revolut is building Revolut Ventures with Carne Group, a platform in its app for eligible users to invest in private tech companies, due in 2027. It builds on private market funds Revolut opened from €1 in July. Revolut is also planning its own listing…

Sweden’s Government Offices block ChatGPT and Claude on work computers
Sweden’s Government Offices block ChatGPT and Claude on work computers

Sweden’s Government Offices, which runs the work of the prime minister and the ministries, has blocked staff from using OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude on their work computers. The block took effect today. Ekot, the news service of public broad…

EU accepts Temu’s plan to curb illegal products after €200M fine
EU accepts Temu’s plan to curb illegal products after €200M fine

The European Commission has accepted Temu’s plan to improve its compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA), five months after fining the online marketplace €200 million over its failure to properly assess the risk of illegal products on its platfor…

Amazon pledges 30,000 entry-level UK jobs to young people by 2030
Amazon pledges 30,000 entry-level UK jobs to young people by 2030

Amazon has pledged 30,000 entry-level jobs in the UK by 2030 for young people from the areas with the fewest opportunities. The roles start at £15.10 an hour, more than £31,000 a year pro rata, and need no CV or work experience, Amazon said in its anno…