2026-05-11
Istanbul’s Grand Games lands a $70m Series B as Balderton doubles down on Turkey’s puzzle-game pipeline
Bek Ventures, Laton Ventures, and angel investor Mert Gür are back. Total funding for the two-year-old studio reaches $103m. The round arrives weeks after Scopely’s $1bn buyout of Loom Games and CVC’s $5bn deal for Dream Games. Grand Games Oyun ve Yazılım, the Istanbul-based mobile gaming studio behind Magic Sort and Car Match, has raised […]<br /> This story continues at The Next W [...]
2026-05-11
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2026-05-11
TNW, Oneflow, and Flexas are hosting a free networking evening in Amsterdam
A speaker panel, food, and a room full of people who actually want to connect. The gathering takes place on 3 June at Flexas.com in the heart of the city. There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from attending the wrong networking event. You know the type: a cavernous venue, a cash bar, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-05-11
Your humble digital wallet may soon become the gatekeeper to your purchases
As digital wallets continue their rapid expansion, industry conversation remains focused on the user interface - how seamless checkout is, how fast authentication happens and how frictionless the end-user experience feels. [...]
2026-05-11
Dua Lipa sues Samsung for $15m, alleging her photo has been selling its TVs without permission since 2025
The complaint says a backstage shot from the 2024 Austin City Limits Festival ended up on Crystal UHD packaging in retail and online channels worldwide, and that Samsung ignored her cease-and-desist requests. Dua Lipa filed a $15 million federal lawsuit against Samsung Electronics on Friday, alleging that the company has been using a 2024 photograph […]<br /> This story continues at The Ne [...]
2026-05-11
SoftBank to manufacture large-scale batteries for AI data centres at former Sharp plant
Target output is one gigawatt-hour a year. Partners are South Korea’s Cosmos Lab and DeltaX. Production opens for the fiscal year starting next April, with zinc-halide chemistry following in 2027. SoftBank Group’s mobile-services subsidiary will begin manufacturing large-scale battery cells at the Sakai, Osaka site that once belonged to Sharp, the company said on Sunday, […]<br /> This [...]