· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
K2 to launch its first high-powered satellite for space compute
K2's Gravitas is an ambitious project that aims to demonstrate the tech needed to build data centers in space.
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· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Uber taps Rivian to build robotaxis in deal worth up to $1.25B
Uber is kicking off the partnership with an initial $300 million investment, while Rivian will provide as many as 50,000 autonomous R2 SUVs.
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Feds intensify investigation into Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded its probe after finding more instances of Tesla's driving software struggling in low-visibility conditions.
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Arc expands into electric commercial and defense boats with $50M raise
The Los Angeles startup raised $50 million from Eclipse, a16z, Menlo Ventures, and others as it seeks to expand beyond sport boats.
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Fitbit’s AI health coach will soon be able to read your medical records
Would you share your medical records with a personal trainer? How about a virtual one? Google, which this week announced it is giving Fitbit's AI health coach the ability to read your medical records, is hoping the answer is yes, following rivals like Amazon, OpenAI, and Microsoft in betting that us
· about 1 month ago· The Next Web
Uber and Rivian strike $1.25bn robotaxi deal
The partnership puts Rivian’s in-house chip and full autonomous stack to work as a robotaxi platform, with commercial deployments planned for San Francisco and Miami in 2028. Uber has been signing robotaxi deals at a pace that can make any single announcement feel routine. But this partnership with
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Nothing Phone 4A Pro review: That flagship feeling
The Phone 4A Pro looks like no Nothing phone before, while simultaneously looking like only a Nothing phone could. CEO Carl Pei says Nothing won't release a flagship phone this year. So instead we have the 4A Pro, a $499 phone that looks and feels higher-end than last year's flagship Phone 3, helped
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Tubi joins forces with popular TikTokers to create original streaming content
Tubi launched its “Creatorverse Incubator” to help TikTokers create original shows exclusively for the streaming service.
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Uber to invest $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of new robotaxi deal
Uber and Rivian are joining forces to deploy 50,000 fully autonomous robotaxis over the next several decades, the companies announced Thursday. As part of the deal, Uber will invest $1.25 billion in Rivian through 2031, contingent on Rivian meeting certain autonomy milestones, starting with an initi
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
TCL’s German QLED ban puts pressure on TV brands to be more honest about QDs
"This is a serious warning shot."
· about 1 month ago· The Next Web
Alpine Eagle is scaling counter-drone production as Europe races to close its air-defence gap
The Munich startup’s airborne Sentinel system has been tested in Ukraine and alongside US and UK forces, now it’s planning a 2,000-square-metre production facility and quadrupling its headcount. The cost asymmetry that defines modern drone warfare is by now well documented. In April 2024, Iran launc
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Inside a $1.1B deal to reshore critical minerals refining
Critical minerals startup Nth Cycle is betting that its modular approach to nickel refining can make the practice viable in the U.S. and Europe.
· about 1 month ago· The Next Web
Parallel raises €20M to deploy AI agents for hospital administrative work across Europe
Every patient discharge in a European hospital triggers a paperwork cascade. Clinical information from the stay must be converted into standardised codes, the ICD classifications and procedure codes that determine what a hospital gets paid. Someone has to navigate the legacy software, pull the right
· about 1 month ago· The Next Web
eternal.ag raises €8M to put autonomous harvesting robots into greenhouses
The Cologne startup’s simulation-first approach trains robots in virtual greenhouses before deploying them in real ones, aiming to crack a deployment problem that has frustrated the industry for years. The market for greenhouse automation has accumulated a graveyard of credible-sounding startups. Th
· about 1 month ago· The Verge
Trump is threatening international students, and a new bill could help stop him
Department of Homeland Security. | Image: The Verge A bipartisan duo is pushing back on President Donald Trump's attempts to end a program that lets hundreds of thousands of foreign students work in the US for a year after graduation. Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced a b
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Multiverse Computing pushes its compressed AI models into the mainstream
After compressing models from major AI labs including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and an API that makes them more widely available.
· about 1 month ago· TechCrunch
Two Palantir veterans just came out of stealth with $30 million and a Sequoia stamp of approval
The founders are worth paying attention to.
· about 1 month ago· The Next Web
Reson8 raises €5M pre-seed funding to scale Europe’s first customisable speech AI
Amsterdam-based Reson8 has raised €5M in pre-seed funding to challenge US-centric speech platforms by building a high-precision, industry-specific speech recognition platform tailored for European languages. Reson8, a hyper-customised speech AI startup that ensures real-life, accurate, industry-spec
· about 1 month ago· The Next Web
Ringtime raises €1.8M to send AI agents after blue-collar candidates
Recruiters spend hours a day calling, leaving voicemails, and asking the same questions. Ringtime automates the whole thing, and has already found a second home in real estate. There is a well-worn frustration in blue-collar recruitment. A warehouse operative applies on Monday, hears nothing by Tues
· about 1 month ago· Ars Technica
After three months, Samsung is ending sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold
Samsung didn't offer an explanation for its decision, but it's not exactly a surprise.