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Metafuels wins €1.92M Dutch grant to advance its Rotterdam e-SAF plant


The Swiss startup’s Turbe project at the Evos terminal in the Port of Rotterdam will be the first commercial deployment of its aerobrew methanol-to-jet technology, and a blueprint for large-scale e-SAF production across Europe. Metafuels, the Swiss aviation technology company developing synthetic sustainable aviation fuel, has been awarded €1.92 million in grant funding from the […]



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Finnish neurowellness startup Audicin raises $1.9M


The all-female-founded company, backed by Oura Health co-founders and Business Finland, uses brainwave entrainment to support focus, sleep, and recovery via background audio. Its new Sleep Headband targets secure environments where phones are banned. Audicin, the Finnish neurotechnology company using brainwave entrainment and auditory engineering to support nervous system regulation, has raised $1.9 million in […]



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Malta is opposing EU plans to centralize crypto supervision under ESMA, seeing it as a politically motivated assault on its success in attracting crypto firms (Laura Noonan/Bloomberg)

Laura Noonan / Bloomberg:
Malta is opposing EU plans to centralize crypto supervision under ESMA, seeing it as a politically motivated assault on its success in attracting crypto firms  —  Europe's financial supervision battles are usually fought diplomatically.  A tersely worded statement here, a veiled signal there.

South Korean trade data: chip shipments hit a record-high value of $32.83B in March 2026, up 151.4% YoY, pushing total exports to a record $86.13B, up 48.3% YoY (Steven Borowiec/Nikkei Asia)

Steven Borowiec / Nikkei Asia:
South Korean trade data: chip shipments hit a record-high value of $32.83B in March 2026, up 151.4% YoY, pushing total exports to a record $86.13B, up 48.3% YoY  —  SEOUL — South Korean exports hit an all-time monthly high in March, government data showed Wednesday, as companies rushed orders …

The LA and New Mexico jury verdicts against Meta and YouTube recognized some design features as defective, distinct from what Section 230 was created to protect (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Casey Newton / Platformer:
The LA and New Mexico jury verdicts against Meta and YouTube recognized some design features as defective, distinct from what Section 230 was created to protect  —  The verdicts in last week's social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates.  But it's possible to regulate platform design while also protecting speech