Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Aug 17-21, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech and AI, coming from the EU and the USA AI talent wars erode loyalty across top research labs Competition among the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies is fueling a growing retention challenge, as top researchers increasingly move between […]

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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Aug 10-14, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from the EU and the USA Europe launches €30B AI data center investment program The European Union officially launched a funding initiative to support the construction of seven large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) data centers across […]

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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Aug 3-7, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, sustainability and AI, coming from the EU and the USA Chipmaking equipment drives majority of semiconductor plant costs The soaring cost of building semiconductor manufacturing plants is being driven less by construction and more by the sophisticated equipment required […]

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Turkish AI quality assurance startup ,kayIQ.ai, launches with $500,000 seed funding

KayIQ’s platform uses agentic AI architecture to automate testing workflows and reduce operational bottlenecks in digital product development kayIQ.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI)platform designed to automate digital product quality assurance, has launched with $500,000 in seed funding provided by its founders and technology investor Magis […]

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Turkcell to offer Google AI tools as ‘digital perk’ for employees

Turkcell staff to use Gemini, NotebookLM and Nano Banana from Google’s AI tools Turkcell, Turkiye’s leading GSM operator by subscriber numbers, will allow its employees to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools including Gemini, NotebookLM and Nano Banana, the company’s chief executive said. Chief Executive Ali […]

Koç Holding backs water tech startups through Climate Accelerator Program

The selected startups will gain access to pilot project opportunities with Koç Holding companies Koç Holding selected four startups for the first cohort of its Climate Technologies Acceleration Program, launched in collaboration with Koç University Entrepreneurship Center (KWORKS). Following an evaluation process focused on water […]

Exim General Manager Burcu Balkış:  “Women are the key drivers to sustainable growth in security technologies”

Having established in 1988, Exim delivers end-to-end security solutions, designed to add value through fast, effective decision-making  Exim’s General Manager Burcu Balkış answered our questions on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8. Balkış highlighted that empowering women is not only a matter […]

Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Feb 23-27, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, AI, startups and sustainability, coming from India and the USA OpenAI Mafia launched 18 AI startups Silicon Valley’s so-called “tech mafia” phenomenon has found a new focal point in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, as former employees increasingly spin […]