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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Scopely acquires Loom Games, Istanbul-based studio behind ‘Pixel Flow!’, for $1 billion

Having founded last year, Loom  Games’s Pixel Flow! already surpassed 10 million global players Mobile gaming company Scopely acquires a majority stake in Loom Games, the Istanbul-based developer of the mobile puzzle title Pixel Flow!, at a valuation of $1 billion. The game, launched in […]

Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Feb 2-6, 2026

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainability, coming from the EU, Korea, Taiwan and the USA Nvidia becomes TSMC’s largest customer, overtaking Apple Nvidia surpassed Apple as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) largest customer, reflecting surging demand for advanced chips used in artificial […]

Turkish tourism NGO asks ban on Airbnb, Expedia in lawsuit

Unfair competition claims against 10 platforms, including Airbnb and Expedia Türkiye’s leading tourism organization filed a lawsuit seeking to block access to several foreign travel and booking platforms, including Airbnb and Expedia, citing unfair competition and a lack of regulation. The Association of Turkish Travel […]