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NSF director resigns amid 55% budget cut, mass layoffs from Trump adminNSF director resigns amid 55% budget cut, mass layoffs from Trump admin

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This week DHL began holding shipments being imported into the United States of values over $800 due to US tariffs. With DHL being a major logistics company for shipments out of China, some drones could be affected.

President Trump’s trade war with… basically everyone but specifically with China, is leading to a new problem that mig...
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We’re thrilled to announce that Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood and founder and CEO of Aetherflux, will be joining us for a rare, intimate fireside chat as part of A Technology NewsRoom’s StrictlyVC evening series on June 18 on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park.

As with all of our StrictlyVC evenings, the event will feature just a handful of select...

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Bone collector larva in web.

But then the team started finding more of these caterpillars, all covered in the body parts of other insects and shed spider skins, and all in the vicinity of spider webs. ....

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In a major tech upgrade for emergency response teams, SkyeBrowse and Paladin have partnered to bring real-time 3D modeling to Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs — eliminating delays and giving first responders eyes on the scene before they arrive.

SkyeBrowse’s rapid 3D modeling software has long helped agencies turn drone video into accurate 3...
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Flex, a startup that offers personal finance software for business owners, has acquired Maza, a finance app aimed at Spanish speakers in the U.S., for $40 million, the companies told A Technology NewsRoom exclusively.

At first glance, the pairing may seem a bit curious. Flex’s software and payments infrastructure is to help business owners have a s...

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After a flurry of leaks, Motorola has unveiled its 2025 foldable lineup. ....

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Beckhoff Automation revenue drops 33% in 2024 to €1.17B

Beckhoff&s product range covers industrial PCs, I/O and fieldbus components, drive technology, automation software, control cabinet-free automation, and hardware for machine vision. | Source: Beckhoff Automation

Beckhoff Automation this month reported sales of €1.17 billion in the 2024 financial year, which is equivalent to around $1.33...

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A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt returns October 27-29 to Moscone West in San Francisco-- and we're welcoming thought leaders, creators, VCs, and tech professionals to look for an opportunity to take the phase at one of the most awaited tech events of the year.Applications are now open up to speak at Disrupt 2025, where over 10,000+ tech leaders, financiers, and ...
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US preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2 console went live at Best Buy, Target, and Walmart at midnight Eastern time last night (though the rush of orders caused problems and delays across all three retailers' websites). ....

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Near Earth Autonomy's Firefly Miniaturized Autonomy System on the TRV150.

Near Earth Autonomy&s Firefly Miniaturized Autonomy System on the TRV150. | Source: Near Earth Autonomy

In support of the U.S. Navy, SURVICE Engineering today awarded Near Earth Autonomy a $790,000 contract. Under the contract, Near Earth will deliver and support miniaturized autonomy systems under SURVICE&s prime contract for the U.S....

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Founders, the battlefield is open. And the bold are advance. Startup Battlefield 200 at A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025 is now accepting start-ups to compete in the ultimate pitch showdown in front of more than 10,000 tech leaders from around the globe to witness.This is no ordinary pitch. This is the fight for exposure, capital, and ...
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The improvements for model year 2025 amount to new bumpers—shades of Mk2, anybody?—and an illuminated VW badge that would have made you the coolest Beastie Boy in 1986. ere are also adaptive front fog lights that turn with the wheels, and VW's improved 12.9-inch infotainment system has replaced the old 10.25-inch unit....

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Locus Robotics surpasses 5B picks with its warehouse automation

Locus credited accelerating global demand for mobile robots for its latest record. Source: Locus Robotics

Locus Robotics Corp. today announced its latest milestone, surpassing 5 billion units picked with its autonomous mobile robots, or AMRs, across its global customer deployments. The company achieved this record just 24 weeks after reaching its 4...

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In the span of a decade, direct air capture technology that draws CO2 out of the atmosphere has gone from wildly expensive to somewhat expensive. Companies like Microsoft, which set a target to eliminate its emissions by 2030, are happy to pay more to get the ball rolling. But smaller companies would still balk at the prices.

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Sadly for China, rare Earth elements aren&t actually all that rareSadly for China, rare Earth elements aren’t actually all that rare

While rare earths, or critical minerals in general, are often cited along with semiconductors as industries the US wants to reshore the most, the challenges associated with bringing each of them back are very different. ....

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This AI startup raised $5.3 million to help people “cheat on everything.” But in the age of AI, how do you define cheating?

Columbia University recently suspended student Roy Lee for building a tool to help people cheat on engineering interviews. He’s been making waves on X after posting a long thread detailing the saga and how he and his...

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Revolut, the $45 billion neobanking startup founded in the U.K., may have put its IPO plans on ice, but its balance sheet is looking pretty hot.

The company reported net profit of $1 billion (£790 million) in 2024, while its customer base grew by 38% to 52.5 million, according to its annual report. Revenues increased 72% to $4 billion (£3.1...

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Like the other Ryzen Framework Laptops (both 13 and 16), not all of the Ryzen AI board's four USB-C ports support all the very same abilities, so you'll want to arrange your ports carefully. ... Like the other Ryzen Framework Laptops (both 13 and 16), not all of the Ryzen AI board's four USB-C ports support all the very same abilities, so you'll want to arrange your ports thoroughly. Structure's suggestions for how to configure the Ryzen AI laptop computer's growth modules. Credit: Framework releases a graphic to reveal you which ports do what; if you're looking at the laptop from the front, ports 1 and 3 are on the back, and ports 2 and 4 are toward the front. Typically, ports 1 and 3 are the better ones, supporting full USB4 speeds rather of USB 3.2 and DisplayPort 2.0 rather of 1.4. But USB-A modules should go in ports 2 or 4 because they'll consume extra power in bays 1 and 3. All 4 do support display output, however, which isn't the case for the Ryzen 7040 Framework board, and all four continue to support USB-C charging.The situationhas enhanced from the 7040 version of the Framework board, where not all of the ports could do any type of display output. However it still somewhat complicates the laptop computer's customizability story relative to the Intel variations, where any expansion card can go into any port. The Ryzen AI board utilizes a modified heatsink design with one big heatpipe instead of 2 smaller sized ones and a heatsink that encompasses cover more motherboard parts. Andrew Cunningham The Ryzen AI board uses a modified heatsink style with one large heatpipe instead of two smaller ones and a heatsink that reaches cover more motherboard parts. Andrew Cunningham The old heatsink design in the Ryzen 7040 variation of the laptop computer, for reference. Andrew Cunningham The old heatsink style in the Ryzen 7040 variation of the laptop computer, for reference. Andrew Cunningham The Ryzen AI board utilizes a modified heatsink design with one big heatpipe instead of two smaller sized ones and a heatsink that extends to cover more motherboard parts. Andrew Cunningham The old heatsink style in the Ryzen 7040 variation of the laptop, for recommendation. Andrew Cunningham I will likewise say that this version of the Framework laptop hasn't been completely stable for me. The problems are periodic however consistent, regardless of utilizing the most recent BIOS version (3.03 since this writing) and motorist bundle offered from Framework. I had a couple of total-system freezes/crashes, occasional problems waking from sleep, and sporadic rendering glitches in Microsoft Edge. These weren't issues I've had with the other Ryzen AI laptop computers I've used up until now or with the Ryzen 7040 variation of the Framework 13. They also persisted throughout two separate clean installs of Windows.It's possible/probable that some mix of firmware and motorist updates can straighten out these problems, and theygenerally didn't prevent me from using the laptop the way I wished to use it, but I believed it was worth mentioning considering that my experience with brand-new Framework boards has actually normally been a bit better than this.
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Perplexity doesn’t just want to compete with Google, it apparently wants to be Google. 

CEO Aravind Srinivas said this week on the TBPN podcast that one reason Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app. This so it can sell premium ads.

“That’s kind of one of the other reasons we wanted to...

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Geopolitical pressures are accelerating a demand in many countries and regions to reshore — that is, to redevelop critical industry infrastructure, and to bring back businesses, which had moved or outsourced some or all of their industrial operations to cheaper countries farther away.

But that is easier said than done. In the key area of precision...

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DJI is inviting Osmo Action 5 Pro users to participate in a public beta program aimed at enhancing the camera’s color performance.​

The Osmo Action 5 Pro, DJI’s flagship action camera, boasts impressive features like a 1/1.3-inch sensor, 4K/120fps video recording, dual OLED touchscreens, and a robust build that’s waterproof up to 20 meters. Despite...
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We are thrilled to announce that Astro Teller, the head honcho of Alphabet’s X, the Moonshot Factory, will be joining us as a featured speaker at A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The whole affair promises to be fun filled and rife with intel and insights that you won’t want to miss.

Astro Teller is joining us at A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025 in October

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Tapeworm in fox poop that will slowly destroy your organs is on the riseTapeworm in fox poop that will slowly destroy your organs is on the rise

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Tech giant DJI has unveiled version 4.5.0 of its flagship drone mapping software, DJI Terra, introducing a suite of enhancements to improve the accuracy, efficiency, and adaptability of aerial data processing.

A significant highlight of the DJI Terra 4.5.0 update is the introduction of scale constraints in visible light reconstruction tasks. This...
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Evernote creator Phil Libin is prepared to spruce up your video meetings. The business owner's video startup, mmhmm, launched in 2020 amid the pandemic, on Thursday unveiled its newest product: a video toolkit for online meetings called Airtime. The suite includes two related tools: a virtual electronic camera that assists you appear more polished on video calls, ...
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Copy of Copy of DroneElle Fanning teams up with a predator in first Predator: Badlands trailer

It's not every day you get a trailer for a new, live-action Predator movie, but today is one of those days. ....

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A new Florida bill that is set to be voted on by the state’s Senate could put drones flown in the state at risk of being shot down or brought down using “reasonable force” if a person believes their privacy is being violated and the drone is below 500 feet.

Florida Senate Bill 1422 is another example of a state legislator attempting to regulate...
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Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann has raised over $100 million in capital for his proptech startup, Flow, in a round that values that company at about $2.5 billion, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. 

Citing anonymous sources familiar with the deal, Bloomberg reported that existing backer Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) participated in the financing.

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Can the legal system catch up with climate science?Can the legal system catch up with climate science?

Similarly, it's possible to calculate the impact of emissions within a limited number of years. ....

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