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Daniel Ek-backed defense tech Helsing to raise $1.2B at $18B valuation

Daniel Ek-backed defense tech Helsing to raise $1.2B at $18B valuation: Five-year old European military drone startup Helsing is close to raising another monster round. Read More

Digg tries again, this time as an AI news aggregator: Digg returns (again) as another place to read AI news. Read More

Bravo is creating unscripted microdramas for the Peacock app: As microdrama apps like ReelShort and DramaBox quietly rake in billions, Peacock announced on Monday that it is launching two unscripted Bravo microdramas, which will stream in the Peacock app. Read More

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