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• Dutch unicorn Bird flees ‘overregulated’ Europe for ‘global hubs’ — and a meditation retreat

  24-02-2025 17:28
  
  Dutch software firm Bird is moving most of its operations out of the Netherlands and opening new global hubs as it seeks a reprieve from “overregulation” in Europe, said co-founder and CEO Robert Vis. “The AI Act, financing, compensation, taxes, employment law — starting and running a company [in Europe] is hard,” Vis told TNW, adding that there are “too many disparate markets that are overregulated with no clear vision for the future while the world around u
  
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• The Figma Dilemma: Too Many Cooks, Too Few Decisions

  24-02-2025 15:31 via webdesignerdepot.com
  
  Collaboration tools like Figma promise streamlined workflows and collective creativity, but there’s a darker side: too many opinions, endless edits, and a loss of individual vision. In this piece, we explore whether Figma’s collaborative power might actually hinder great design by inviting too many cooks into the kitchen.
  
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• Just Eat Takeaway acquired for €4.1B in one of Dutch tech’s largest-ever deals

  24-02-2025 12:55
  
  Europe’s biggest food delivery firm Just Eat Takeaway.com is set to be acquired by tech investor Prosus for €4.1bn, in one of the biggest acquisitions in the history of Dutch tech.  Prosus — the investment arm of South African tech firm Naspers — has agreed to buy Just Eat Takeaway’s shares at €20.30 each in an all-cash offer. That’s a 22% premium over the delivery app’s recent three-month high but only a fifth of its pandemic-era peak of above
  
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