‘The Birthday Party’ Review: Hafsia Herzi, Benoît Magimel and Monica Bellucci in Léa Mysius’ Gripping if Uneven Home-Invasion Thriller

Admin2 weeks ago011 mins

Lean, mean and frequently terrifying, The Birthday Party (Histoires de la nuit) is a home-invasion thriller in the vein of films like Funny Games and Speak No Evil, even if it stops well short of the sadistic shocks of either of them. Adapted from a French bestseller by Laurent Mauvignier, writer-director Léa Mysius’ third feature shares its remote setting and appetite…

France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

Admin2 months ago04 mins

France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. technology. Linux is an open source operating system that is free to download and use, with various…

A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava

Admin2 months ago03 mins

A French Navy officer went for a run on the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and uploaded his workout to Strava, inadvertently leaking the location of the nuclear-powered warship as it heads to the Middle East. First reported by French newspaper Le Monde, the story is not an anomaly — this popular…

Mistral bets on ‘build-your-own AI’ as it takes on OpenAI, Anthropic in the enterprise

Admin3 months ago07 mins

Most enterprise AI projects fail not because companies lack the technology, but because the models they’re using don’t understand their business. The models are often trained on the internet, rather than decades of internal documents, workflows, and institutional knowledge. That gap is where Mistral, the French AI startup, sees opportunity. On Tuesday, the company announced…

Quantum scale-up Pasqal plans B SPAC listing, promises to ‘remain French’

Quantum scale-up Pasqal plans $2B SPAC listing, promises to ‘remain French’

Admin3 months ago08 mins

Amid enduring investor appetite for all things quantum, another European company in the space is graduating from the private markets. Just two weeks after Finnish quantum unicorn IQM said it was going public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), its French rival Pasqal is doing the same. Accompanied by a separate…

Harmattan AI raises 0M Series B led by Dassault Aviation, becomes defense unicorn

Harmattan AI raises $200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation, becomes defense unicorn

Admin5 months ago06 mins

French defense tech company Harmattan AI is rising almost as fast as the supersonic planes of its new backer. Founded in 2024, the company is now valued at $1.4 billion after raising a $200 million Series B round led by Dassault Aviation, which is best known for making the Rafale fighter jet. Harmattan AI, which…

How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over 0M for insect farming

How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming

Admin5 months ago010 mins

French startup Ÿnsect shot into the spotlight when “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. touted its merits on the Late Show during Super Bowl weekend 2021. Now, nearly four years later, the insect farming company has been placed into judicial liquidation — essentially bankruptcy — for insolvency. The company’s demise is hardly a surprise, as…

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Admin6 months ago02 mins

Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. Today in crypto: BPCE will let millions of customers buy and sell BTC, ETH, SOL and USDC, Coinbase Institutional forecasts a strong year-end rally for Bitcoin. Meanwhile,…

French banking giant BPCE to launch in-app crypto trading: Report

Admin6 months ago02 mins

BPCE will let millions of customers buy and sell BTC, ETH, SOL and USDC directly inside its banking apps. French banking heavyweight BPCE is preparing to introduce crypto trading to millions of its retail customers, making it one of the first major traditional European banks to offer digital assets. According to a report from The…

EU mulls SEC-like oversight for stock, crypto exchanges to bolster startup landscape

Admin7 months ago02 mins

The EU is reportedly drafting a proposal to transfer crypto and financial sector oversight to the ESMA, as part of a wider push to improve capital markets for startups. The European Commission is exploring plans to bring stock and cryptocurrency exchanges under central supervision as part of a broader effort to make the bloc’s capital…