Amsterdam-based Dashmote has closed a $6 million Series A1 funding round to develop its new AI sales assistant and strengthen its foothold in the American market. The investment was co-led by US venture capital firm Blossom Street Ventures and European financial institution Rabobank, bringing the company’s total funding to $14 million since its founding in

Phaidra, a company developing AI-powered control systems for data centers, has raised more than $50 million in Series B funding. Collaborative Fund led the round, with participation from Helena, Index Ventures, NVIDIA, Sony Innovation Fund, and other investors. The capital will support Phaidra’s work on making AI data centers—facilities designed specifically for AI computing workloads—significantly

Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal are once again stepping into the AI spotlight, this time with a bill that aims to create a federal program to evaluate the risks of advanced artificial intelligence systems. According to Axios, the Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act would set up a program at the Department of Energy to

Whoopi Goldberg didn’t mince her words this week on The View when she called out the growing fascination with AI-generated performers, singling out the so-called “actress” Tilly Norwood. In her characteristically wry style, Goldberg warned that audiences simply won’t have “any connection” with a character stitched together from algorithms rather than lived experience, as reported

You know that feeling when you’re halfway through a creative project and suddenly realize you’ve been going about it all wrong? Yeah, that happens with AI video tools too. They’re powerful, they’re fun, and they’re unpredictable—but if you go in unprepared, the results can be more facepalm than masterpiece. Mistake #1: Thinking It’ll Read Your

Work on the Safe C++ extensions proposal, forged a year ago to address memory safety in the language, has ceased, according to Harry Bott, the CEO of the C++ Alliance, which oversaw the proposal. The plan lost out to safety profiles from C++ founder Bjarne Stroustrup. “Yes, work on Safe C++ within ISO has been

Until I see Arnold Schwarzenegger showing up at my door in a leather jacket looking for Sarah Connor, I’m not going to worry about AI trying to destroy humankind. What I am worried about? This unusual movement to eliminate the role of the junior developer role.   There is a lot of ink being spilled these

Nitro.js is a JavaScript-based HTTP server. It builds on state-of-the-art components, focusing on performance, convention, and deployment. As a JavaScript developer, you want to know about Nitro because it’s built from the ground up for modern, full-stack web development. It brings together a wealth of good ideas and is becoming a go-to server option. Nitro

Modern Python developers use virtual environments (venvs), to keep their projects and dependencies separate. Managing project dependencies gets more complex as the number of dependencies grows. Luckily, a variety of third-party tools provide sophisticated package management behaviors that aren’t found in core tools like pip. This article introduces PDM, the Python Development Master. PDM is

Windows 11 24H2 has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the latest builds The Windows