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A Silicon Valley drone startup just stepped out of stealth mode — and it’s coming straight for DJI’s throne.

Santa Clara-based SiFly has unveiled two powerful new drones that promise to do what DJI’s commercial lineup can’t: fly longer, carry more, and meet US government security standards. With flight endurance up to four times greater and range 10...
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If you&re in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists nowIf you’re in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now

, including washed-out color, low refresh rates, and a grainy look that you don't get with regular black-and-white E Ink. ....

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Nintendo imposes new limits on sharing for digital Switch gamesNintendo imposes new limits on sharing for digital Switch games

A March video explaining the new Virtual Game Card system that launched via system update today. ....

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A potential leak shows what looks like product images of what they’re calling the DJI Osmo 360. How likely is this? What could it possibly be?

DJI’s Osmo action cameras have been in heated competition with GoPro and Insta360 as one of the few areas where DJI has solid competitors. Both brands have 360 cameras with the new Insta360 X5 and GoPro Max,...
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DNA links modern pueblo dwellers to Chaco Canyon peopleDNA links modern pueblo dwellers to Chaco Canyon people

of intricate masonry and trading with locations as far away as Mexico. ....

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After convincing senators he supports Artemis, Isaacman nomination advancesAfter convincing senators he supports Artemis, Isaacman nomination advances

The US Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday advanced the nomination of private astronaut and businessman Jared Isaacman as the next administrator of NASA to the Senate floor, setting up the final step before he is confirmed. ....

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DJI released its latest industry report on the state of DJI drone use in the agricultural industry. The study, which is paid for by DJI, shows that nearly 400,000 DJI agricultural drones were used at the end of 2024, a 90% increase from its first study in 2020.

Once again, a study shows that farmers are leading the charge in game-changing...
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Raspberry Pi cuts product returns by 50% by changing up its pin solderingRaspberry Pi cuts product returns by 50% by changing up its pin soldering

Getting the hang of through-hole soldering is tricky for those of us tinkering at home with our irons, spools, flux, and, sometimes, braids. ....

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First Amendment doesn&t just protect human speech, chatbot maker arguesFirst Amendment doesn’t just protect human speech, chatbot maker argues

Although Character Technologies argues that it's common to update safety practices over time, Garcia's team alleged these updates show that C.AI could have made a safer product and chose not to. ....

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Your guide to Day 2 of the 2025 Robotics Summit ExpoThe Robotics Summit - Expo will come to an end this afternoon, and we want to make sure you get the most out of the show.

Day 2 will start at 8:00 a.m. ET with the Women in Robotics Breakfast. The event will feature a conversation between Laura Major, the interim CEO and CTO of robotaxi company Motional, and Joyce Sidopoulos, the co-founder and...

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It's a regrettable truth that there is never ever time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across every month. ... It's a regrettable truth that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we discover monthly. In the past, we've included year-end roundups of cool science stories we (practically) missed out on. This year, we're explore a month-to-month collection. April's list consists of new research study on tattooed tardigrades, the first live image of a gigantic baby squid, the digital unfolding of a recently discovered Merlin manuscript, and an ancient Roman gladiator whose skeleton shows indications of being chomped by a lion. Puncture injuries by large felid scavenging. Credit: Thompson et al., 2025/PLOS One/CC-BY 4.0 Popular representations of Roman gladiators in battle inevitably consist of fighting not simply human foes but wild animals. We know from making it through texts, imagery, and artifacts that such fights most likely took place. But hard physical proof is far more limited. Archaeologists have now found the very first direct osteological evidence: the skeleton of a Roman gladiator who encountered a wild animal in the arena, most likely a lion, based on bite marks evident on the pelvic bone, according to a paper published in the journal PLoS ONE.The skeleton in concern was that of a boy, age 26 to 35, buried between 200300 CE near what is now York, England, previously the Roman city of Eboracum. It's one of a number of such skeletons, primarily boys whose remains showed signs of traumahence the recommendation that it might be a gladiator burial website. We used a method called structured light scanning [to study the skeleton], co-author Tim Thompson of Maynooth University told Ars. It's a technique of creating a 3D design utilizing grids of light. It's not like X-ray or CT, in that it only tapes the surface (not internal) functions, however considering that it uses light and not X-rays and so on, it is much safer, less expensive, and more portable. We have released a reasonable bit on this and revealed its use in both archaeological and forensic contexts. The team compared the pelvic lesions discovered on the subject skeleton with bite marks from modern-day animal specimens and concluded that the boy had been bitten by a big feline species, probably a lion scavenging on the body around the time of death. The young man was beheaded after death for unknown factors, although this was a ceremonial practice for some people during the Roman duration. While the proof is technically circumstantial, we are confident with our conclusions, said Thompson. We've adopted a multidisciplinary approach to resolve this concern and have actually made use of methods from various subjects, too. Our usage of modern comparison zoological product is truly what offers us the confidence. squid1-1152x648. jpg?
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Republicans want to tax EV drivers $200/year in new transport billRepublicans want to tax EV drivers $200/year in new transport bill

WASHINGTON, DC—The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will meet today to discuss its proposed budget legislation, and there's a doozy in there for drivers of electric vehicles and hybrids. under President Trump, committee chairperson Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has included some new annual fees that will cost all drivers some, but some drivers more....

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Mach Industries, the defense tech founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, is about to close a fresh $100 million in financing co-led by new investor Khosla and existing investor Bedrock Capital, a source familiar with the deal tells A Technology NewsRoom.

The new round will value the company at around $470 million, according to the source. However,...

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Sundar Pichai says DOJ demands are a &de facto& spin-off of Google searchSundar Pichai says DOJ demands are a “de facto” spin-off of Google search

The Department of Justice (DOJ) rested its case in Google's search remedy trial earlier this week, giving Google a chance to push back on the government's attempt to break up the search giant. ....

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One of the most influential—and by some counts, notorious—AI models yet released will soon fade into history. in March 2023....

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Bench, the accounting and tax startup that was bought in a fire sale last December, has conducted a round of significant layoffs, it confirmed to A Technology NewsRoom.

Bench didn’t specify how many people were affected, but one person who works there estimated that Bench was eliminating dozens of positions – that’s a big chunk of the around 300 peo...

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The ability to use a revoked password to log in through RDP occurs when a Windows machine that’s signed in with a Microsoft or Azure account is configured to enable remote desktop access. In that case, users can log in over RDP with a dedicated password that’s validated against a locally stored credential....

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Redditor accidentally reinvents discarded &90s tool to escape today&s age gatesRedditor accidentally reinvents discarded ’90s tool to escape today’s age gates

Not sharing Johnson's optimism, Goldman wrote that "there is no 'preferred' or 'ideal' way to do online age authentication." Even a perfect system that accurately authenticates age every time would be flawed, he suggested. ....

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After nearly 13 years in business, Fivetran will now be able to offer its customers an end-to-end data movement solution.

Fivetran, which helps enterprises move data from a variety of sources into cloud databases, announced on Thursday it has acquired Census, a reverse extract, transform, and load (ETL) platform that enables companies to transfer...

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RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theoryRFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory

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Intel's oddball Core Ultra 200V laptop chips—codenamed Lunar Lake—will apparently be a one-off experiment, not to be replicated in future Intel laptop chips. ey're Intel's only processors with memory integrated onto the CPU package; the only ones with a neural processing unit that meets Microsoft's Copilot+ performance requirements; and the only ones with Intel's best-performing integrated GPUs, the Intel Arc 130V and 140V....

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A Technology NewsRoom Sessions: AI is just over a month away! We’re doing a last call for exceptional volunteers to join us in bringing this event to life. If you’ve ever wondered about the inner workings of tech events, now’s your chance to get involved.

Volunteer spots are limited, so don’t miss out. Apply before the May 22 deadline to be...

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Millions of Apple Airplay-enabled devices can be hacked via Wi-FiMillions of Apple Airplay-enabled devices can be hacked via Wi-Fi

Oligo also notes that many of the vulnerable devices have microphones and could be turned into listening devices for espionage. ....

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OpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT a sycophantic messOpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT a sycophantic mess

OpenAI, along with competitors like Google and Anthropic, is trying to build chatbots that people want to chat with. ....

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NASA&s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
An illustration depicts a NASA spacecraft approaching the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. ....
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NASA just swapped a 10-year-old Artemis II engine with one nearly twice its ageNASA just swapped a 10-year-old Artemis II engine with one nearly twice its age

The shuttle main engines were designed in the 1970s, ahead of the first shuttle launch in 1981. ....

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Baykar and Leonardo Partnership Officially Exchanged at Turkey & Italy Intergovernmental Summit

The strategic cooperation agreement signed in March between Baykar, the leading company in the global UCAV market, and Leonardo, one of the world’s largest defence companies, was officially exchanged today at a ceremony held as part of the 4th Türkiye-Italy Intergovernmental Summit in Rome. The ceremony at Villa Pamphili Residence took place in th...

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Fortnite will return to iOS as court slams Apple&s &interference& and &cover-up&Fortnite will return to iOS as court slams Apple’s “interference“ and ”cover-up“

In a statement provided to Ars Technica, an Apple spokesperson said, "We strongly disagree with the decision. ....

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CBS owner Paramount reportedly intends to settle Trump&s $20 billion lawsuitCBS owner Paramount reportedly intends to settle Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit

"[Paramount] Board members are cognizant that a huge settlement could be viewed as something of a payoff to the president to move the Skydance merger over the finish line, knowledgeable sources have said," the Los Angeles Times wrote. ....

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GA-ASI Delivers MQ-9A Block 5 Extended Range UAS to USMC

– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. delivered an MQ-9A Reaper Unmanned Aircraft Systems  to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). The new MQ-9A Block 5 Extended Range (ER) UAS was delivered on April 22, 2025, and will be operated by Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1), a USMC operational test squadron based at Marine Corps...

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