Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, June 15-19, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from Canada, the UK and the USA Meta launches workforce training program for data center jobs Meta is investing $115 million in a new workforce development initiative aimed at training workers for skilled trade positions […]

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ITU, Aksoy Holding launch industrial robotics and AI laboratory in Istanbul

The laboratory is the first university laboratory in Turkey to integrate humanoid robotics, industrial robotics, and AI systems under a single research infrastructure Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) and Turkish conglomerate Aksoy Holding have inaugurated a new industrial robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory aimed at […]

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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, June 8-12, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from China, EU and the USA Huawei’s advanced semiconductor plan by 2031 Huawei announced to develop advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology by 2031 that could rival the transistor density of next-generation chips being developed by leading […]

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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, June 1-5, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability stories of the week, coming from Germany, Taiwan and the USA AI boom threatens affordable smartphones The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the global technology industry, driving up memory prices and making low-cost […]

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BioScience Managers, Maxis launch health technology-focused fund in Türkiye

The fund marks the first health-focused venture capital fund in Türkiye established by foreign investors International healthcare investment firm BioScience Managers, in partnership with Maxis, a subsidiary of Türkiye İş Bankası, launched the BioScience Managers Venture Capital Fund, marking the first health-focused venture capital fund […]

Paribu acquires CoinMENA, MENA’s largest local crypto exchange, for $240 million 

Paribu, Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform, acquired the largest digital asset platform of MENA. Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform Paribu announced that it acquired CoinMENA, the largest local crypto exchange in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), for USD 240 million. The deal represents Türkiye’s largest fintech transaction to date and the […]

Workup Entrepreneurship Program marks graduation of 13th Cohort

Sixteen startups graduated from the 13th cohort of the Workup Entrepreneurship Program Sixteen startups graduated from the 13th cohort of the Workup Entrepreneurship Program, an initiative supported by Türkiye İş Bankası and running since 2017, the bank announced. More than 75 Workup alumni have raised […]

Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Dec 1-5, 2025

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainabilityi coming from Europe and the USA Europe’s slow AI buildout may become a strategic strength Europe’s cautious pace in deploying artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure—often viewed as a disadvantage compared with the U.S. and China—could ultimately give […]

EasyCep raises $45 million to expand electronics refurbishment business

EasyCep Co-Founder said the funding will help the company deepen the transformation it has initiated in the used smartphone sector Turkish refurbished electronics platform EasyCep has raised $45 million in a new investment round with participation from Oleka Capital, RePie Portföy and Ziraat Portföy, the […]

Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Nov 10-14, 2025

This week’s stories are about tech, chips and sustainability, coming from Norway, Taiwan and the USA 1-TSMC’s  1.4-nm chip factory TSMC started construction on a 1.4-nanometer chip facility in Taichung, Taiwan, moving ahead on what it calls its most advanced manufacturing node. The Angstrom-class plant […]

Turkcell brings hyperscale cloud to Turkey with Google Cloud, promising $1 billion investment

Through the $1 billion investment, Turkcell to handle sales and marketing of the services offered in the cloud region Turkish telecommunications and technology company Turkcell announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to form a new cloud region in Turkey. Under the agreement, Google Cloud […]