US Soldier Indicted for $400K Polymarket Bet on Maduro Raid
Special Forces master sergeant Gannon Van Dyke charged with using classified intel on Operation Absolute Resolve to win $409,881 on Polymarket.
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Oliver Blackwood
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Oliver Blackwood leads Ceowire's editorial direction from London. A former editor at The Guardian's tech desk, he specializes in EU tech regulation, the London startup scene, and profiles of European tech leaders reshaping the continent's digital future.
31 articles by Oliver
Instagram Launches 'Instants' App for 24-Hour Disappearing Photos
Meta launches Instants, a standalone Instagram app for single-tap, disappearing photos. Live in Spain and Italy first, on iOS and Android, targeting Snapchat.
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Porsche Launches All-Electric Cayenne Coupe, Starting at $113,800
Porsche unveils the all-electric Cayenne Coupe for late 2026 — 1,139 hp turbo variant, 0-60 in 2.4 seconds, 800V architecture, starting at $113,800.
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LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky Steps Down — COO Dan Shapero Takes Over
Ryan Roslansky steps down as LinkedIn CEO after 6 years. COO Dan Shapero takes over. LinkedIn grew from 700M to 1.3B members and $8B to $19B under his run.
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Best Free Open-Source Alternative to Screen Studio in 2026
Recordly is a free, MIT-licensed screen recorder with 8,300 GitHub stars that replaces Screen Studio's $229 license for $0. Here's why creators are switching.
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Best Free Open-Source Alternative to Salesforce in 2026
Twenty is a free, self-hosted CRM with 44,000 GitHub stars that replaces Salesforce and HubSpot for $0. Here's why sales teams are switching.
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Best Free Open-Source Alternative to Vercel in 2026
Coolify is a free, self-hosted PaaS with 53,000 GitHub stars that replaces Vercel, Heroku, and Netlify for $0. Here's why developers are switching.
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Cal.com Abandons Open Source, Blames AI-Powered Security Threats
Cal.com closes its open-source codebase after 5 years, citing AI-driven vulnerability scanning. The community is split.
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Tesla Self-Driving Is Now Legal in Europe — Nederland Got It First
Nederland just beat Germany, France and the UK to Tesla FSD Supervised — the first legal self-driving rollout on European public roads.
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OpenAI Signs London Office Lease for 544 Staff After Killing UK Stargate
OpenAI signs an 88,500 sq ft London office lease for 544 staff, days after halting its UK Stargate data center over energy costs and regulation.
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iPhone 17e Review: Almost the Perfect $599 iPhone, But the Camera
Apple's $599 iPhone 17e fixes the 16e's biggest flaws with MagSafe and the A19 chip — but the camera still lags far behind the iPhone 17.
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Samsung Kills Its Messages App, Google Messages Takes Over
Samsung will shut down Samsung Messages by July 2026, making Google Messages the default on all Galaxy phones.
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GitHub Commits Are Up 1,300% — And It's Not Humans Writing the Code
GitHub COO reveals annual commits on pace to jump 1,300% year over year as AI coding agents flood the platform with machine-generated code.
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Top 10 Tech News Websites You Should Read in 2026
The best tech news websites in 2026 for startups, AI, funding, cybersecurity, and gadgets. TechCrunch, The Verge, Wired, Ceowire, and more.
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LinkedIn Accused of Scanning Chrome Extensions Without Consent
BrowserGate alleges LinkedIn secretly scans 6,000+ Chrome extensions, harvesting sensitive data on jobs, politics, and competitors without user consent.
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Jack Dorsey Says Block Employees Now Bring Prototypes, Not Slides
Block CEO Jack Dorsey says employees build prototypes instead of slide decks for meetings, joining Bezos and Jobs in the anti-PowerPoint movement.
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Mistral AI Raises $830 Million in Debt for Nvidia-Powered Data Center
Mistral AI raises $830 million in debt to buy 13,800 Nvidia GB300 chips for a new AI data center near Paris. First-ever debt round.
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Netflix Raises Prices Again: Every Plan Now Costs More in 2026
Netflix hikes prices on all U.S. streaming plans in March 2026. The premium tier now costs $26.99 per month, a $2 increase.
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Apple Launches the $599 iPhone 17e to Boost Smartphone Sales
Apple unveils the iPhone 17e at $599, a cheaper iPhone 17 with Apple Intelligence, as smartphone market faces 6.8% decline in Q1 2026.
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Henrique Dubugras: From Coding at 9 to a $12 Billion Brex Empire
How Henrique Dubugras built his first startup at 14, sold it for $150 million at 18, and co-founded Brex, the $12 billion corporate card for startups.
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Alex Karp Bought a $46 Million Miami Mansion Before Moving Palantir
Palantir CEO Alex Karp is tied to a $46 million Miami mansion bought months before the company moved its headquarters from Denver.
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The Richest People in 2026: Forbes Top 50 Billionaires
Who are the richest people in 2026? Forbes' full top 50 billionaires ranked, from Elon Musk at $839 billion to the new crypto giants.
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Lovable Hits $400 Million ARR With Just 146 Employees
Lovable crossed $400 million in annual recurring revenue in February, adding $100 million in a single month with only 146 full-time employees.
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Legora Raises $550 Million at a $5.55 Billion Valuation
Swedish legal AI startup Legora triples its valuation to $5.55 billion with a $550 million Series D led by Accel to accelerate US expansion.
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Google Hands Sundar Pichai a $692 Million Pay Package
Sundar Pichai's new three-year pay deal at Alphabet could reach $692 million, tied to Waymo and Wing performance targets.
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Tony Xu: From Waiting Tables to a $82 Billion Delivery Empire
How Tony Xu built DoorDash from a Stanford side project into the largest US food delivery company with $10 billion in annual revenue.
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Apple's $599 MacBook Neo Runs on an iPhone Chip
Apple's cheapest MacBook ever: the $599 Neo runs an iPhone A18 Pro chip with 8GB RAM. Here are the specs, compromises, and why the iPad Air lost its case.
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The Internet's Next User Isn't Human
Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic are building the agentic web — an internet designed for AI agents, not humans. The ad-supported model may not survive.
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Cursor Surpasses $2 Billion in Annualized Revenue
Cursor hits $2 billion in annualized revenue as enterprise sales surge. Individual developers are switching to Claude Code, but corporate buyers stay.
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Jack Dorsey Fires 4,000 at Block as Stock Soars $2B
Block fires 4,000 employees — nearly half its workforce — as Jack Dorsey bets on AI. His net worth jumped $2 billion the same day.
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Stripe Acquires PayPal For $44B
Stripe acquires PayPal for $44 billion after PayPal's market cap collapsed 88% from its 2021 peak. Infrastructure has won over brand in payments.
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