Month: February 2020

Baldur’s Gate 3 will launch as a Steam Early Access title in 2020

The twenty year wait is nearly over. Baldur’s Gate 3 is set to launch on Steam as an Early Access Title in 2020.  That’s according to a Hasbro representative (the gatekeepers of the Dungeons and Dragons brand under which the Baldur’s Gate franchise lives) at the Toy Fair 2020. Being…

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Spain’s Cobee raises €2.1M for its employee benefits app and payment card

Cobee, a Spanish fintech startup that has developed an employee benefit management app and accompanying card, has closed €2.1 million in “pre-Series A” funding. The round was co-led by Speedinvest, and Target Global. Other backers include Chris Bouwer (co-founder of Adyen) and existing investors Encomenda Smart Capital, BStartup (Banco Sabadell),…

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Europe’s Target Global raises new €120M early-stage fund

Target Global, the pan-European venture capital firm headquartered in Berlin, has raised a new €120 million early-stage fund, following what it claims was only 3 months of fundraising. Dubbed “Early Stage Fund II”, the new vehicle will see the firm continue to back early-stage tech companies across Europe and Israel,…

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Sony’s new Xperia 10 II is a mid-range water-resistant phone with three cameras

Sony just unveiled the new Xperia 1 II, and alongside it comes the Xperia 10 II which is the company’s mid-range offering for 2020. It replaces the Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus in the company’s range, but this year there will only be one size of the phone. The…

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Latest Sony Xperia 1 flagship phone just brought back the 3.5mm headphone jack

The Sony Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 from 2019 dropped the 3.5mm headphone jack following in the footsteps of Apple and many others, but for the brand new Xperia 1 II the company is bringing back the useful port. Sony’s latest flagship phone features a 3.5mm headphone jack on the…

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Sony’s new Xperia 1 II adds 5G to its lineup of tall phones

One year after the debut of its super-tall Xperia 1, Sony is back with a successor, the obscenely titled Xperia 1 II. In Europe the handset will be Sony’s first to support 5G, where it will be able to connect to sub-6GHz networks. Sony is keen to emphasize the photography…

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