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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– NASA engineers are using one of the world’s lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into the skin of an aircraft, creating a more aerodynamic and reliable communication solution for drones and other future air transportation options.

Developed by NASA, this ultra-lightweight aerogel antenna is designed to enable...

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The showfloor at the 2024 Robotics Summit - Expo.The Robotics Summit - Expo kicks off at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center tomorrow. The show will bring together 5,000 attendees and more than 200 exhibitors for over 50 educational sessions. It also features numerous networking opportunities, a Career Fair, a robotics development challenge, the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards Gala,...

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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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Altitude Angel and AirHub Sign Partnership Agreement

– Altitude Angel, a global UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, and Dutch drone enterprise solutions provider AirHub, have signed a partnership agreement which sees both parties combine to offer an advanced airspace management platform across the Netherlands and mainland Europe.

The AirHub platform offers drone operators one,...

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NexCOBOT's Functional Safety system on display.

The ROBASafe functional safety system is designed to shorten the development cycle for customers. | Source: NexCOBOT

NexCOBOT Co. Ltd. will be among the robotic solutions providers exhibiting at the Robotics Summit - Expo this week at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The NEXCOM company will provide live demonstrations of its dual...

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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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Piasecki Aircraft Acquires Kaman Air Vehicles& KARGO UAV Program

– Piasecki Aircraft Corporation has announced the acquisition of Kaman Air Vehicles‘ KARGO UAV program, expanding its portfolio of vertical lift and cargo UAS solutions. KARGO UAV is a medium-lift, autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle that has been demonstrated to both the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army for its cargo VTOL capabilities, with...

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BurgerBots opens restaurant with ABB robots preparing fast food

A dual-arm YuMi cobot puts the finishing touches on a BurgerBots meal. Source: ABB Robotics

Automated kitchens for fast-food restaurants took another step toward widespread realization today. ABB Robotics and BurgerBots unveiled a new restaurant concept in Los Gatos, Calif., using ABB&s IRB 360 FlexPicker and YuMi collaborative robot to...

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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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MBDA Invests in UK&s Hydra Drones

– MBDA, a strategic partner to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for complex weapons, has invested in Hydra Drones, a British unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) SME.

This is one of the first investments by MBDA in a British SME and a step towards future defence partnerships. It also reflects the essential nature of SME and major defence company...

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The new Epson GX-C robot.

The new GX-C robot is designed for performance and flexibility. Source: Epson Robots

Epson Robots, which claimed to be the the world&s No. 1 SCARA robot manufacturer, today announced its new GX-C series, which uses the RC800A controller and SafeSense technology. The Los Alamitos, Calif.-based company said the GX4C, GX8C, GX10C and GX20C...

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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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UK Royal Navy Jet-Powered Drones Project Completed

The UK Royal Navy Banshee drones have now been retired from service, with the Fleet Air Arm team having achieved its objectives. In 2023, a flight was created by 700X Naval Air Squadron to understand how to fly and operate these high-speed jet-powered drones.

With speeds of up to 400 mph, the drones were a substantial development in capability for...

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DeepSeek AI has actually revealed the release of DeepSeek-Prover-V2, a groundbreaking open-source large language design particularly created for official theorem showing within the Lean 4 environment. This latest version builds upon previous work by introducing an innovative recursive theorem-proving pipeline, leveraging the power of DeepSeek-V3 to ...

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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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Volz Servos Gets EN/AS 9100 Aviation Certificate

Quality assurance in the development, production and distribution of actuators for the aviation market now officially certified: Volz Servos GmbH - Co. KG has successfully completed the extensive certification process according to EN/AS 9100. Among other things, the German servo specialist has identified and clearly defined all processes in...

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Tools for Humanity, the start-up behind the World human verification task co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, unveiled Wednesday a mobile device created to help people figure out the distinction between a human and an AI agent. Rich Heley, Tools for Humanity's Chief Device Officer and a previous Apple director, debuted the Orb Mini device during i.

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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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China Unveils Thermos Drone

A new unmanned aerial vehicle resembling a thermos has been unveiled in China, marking a significant leap forward in military drone technology.

Weighing under one kilogram, the compact UAV stands out for its unique launch versatility—it can be deployed either by hand or fired from a grenade launcher, Caliber.Az reports via Russian media.

The drone...

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Companies of all sizes are recognizing the game-changing possibilities of AI. Despite the excitement about the new technology, most of their pilot projects don’t make it into production.

Gruve.ai, a startup founded by the team behind Rahi Systems aims to help enterprises get AI solutions out of testing phase and into real-world application by using...

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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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“My drone’s battery is half-empty and I didn’t even fly it!”

If that sounds familiar, don’t worry — it’s not a defect. It’s actually your DJI drone battery doing something very smart. Let’s dive into why this happens, and explore how DJI batteries protect themselves when your drone is just sitting on the shelf.

Understanding DJI drone Intelligent...

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Retail investors are increasingly shaping the secondary market. In Q4 2024, platforms like EquityZen reported that 86% of total transaction volume came from retail participants—an eye-catching shift as tools like Forge and EquityZen promise broader access to private shares.

But does more access mean more opportunity, or more risk? Today on Equity,...

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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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Drone autonomy software specialist FlytBase has launched a subscription plan that promises to help businesses scale their drone operations effortlessly. FlytBase Pro, an enterprise-grade platform, is now available for just $99 a month.

Designed to address the hurdles organizations face in scaling from pilot programs to full-scale autonomous drone...

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There's an unspoken pressure nowadays to share all your unique moments online, whether it be birthdays, graduations, or engagements. Nevertheless, not everyone has the skills to take premium photos, and people typically discover themselves too sidetracked to snap the perfect shot. While working with a professional photographer is a choice, it might not always ...

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US Army Selects Near Earth Autonomy and Honeywell to Deliver Autonomous Black Hawk Logistics Solution

The U.S. Army selected Near Earth Autonomy to lead a new $15 Million program to develop and field an optionally piloted contested logistics solution by retrofitting UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters with advanced autonomy kits.

This Army Program Executive Office, Aviation (PEO Aviation) funded effort is a collaboration between Near Earth and Honeywell,...

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The showfloor at the 2024 Robotics Summit.The Robotics Summit - Expo is finally here! The show will bring together over 5,000 developers focused on building robots for aerospace and defense, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and other markets.

The show begins at 9:00 a.m. ET at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Room 258ABC with two back-to-back keynotes. The first,...

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A Technology NewsRoom All Stage is just around the corner-- and you get to help form the agenda. From a competitive swimming pool of applicants, 2 of the six visionary finalists are one action far from leading a roundtable session on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston. Your vote determines who makes it.Audience Choice ballot closes May 2 at 11:59 ...

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