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Insta360 has quietly announced Mic Air, a compact, coin-sized wireless microphone designed to simplify audio for creators across the board. At just 7.9g, this featherlight mic packs serious punch and versatility, making it a must-have for vloggers, travelers, live streamers, and social-first storytellers.

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NEURA Robotics launches latest cognitive robots, Neuraverse ecosystem

The Gen3 4NE1 humanoid on display at Automatica 2025. Source: NEURA Robotics

NEURA Robotics is presenting several innovations at Automatica 2025 this week in Munich, Germany. They include the world premiere of the third generation of its 4NE1 humanoid robot, the market launch of the MiPA cognitive household and service robot, and its Neuraverse...

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Perfect your pitch for maximum impact. Investors hear hundreds of pitches, but only a few stand out. At A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt 2025, hear directly from Medha Agarwal, general partner, defy.vc; Jyoti Bansal, CEO and co-founder, Harness; Jennifer Neundorfer, co-founder and managing partner, January Ventures as they share what grabs their...

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A shot of a person's legs with an NAU exoskeleton on.

Zach Lerner&s Biomechatronics Lab at NAU previously developed an exoskeleton to help children with cerebral palsy walk. | Source: Northern Arizona University

Researchers at Northern Arizona University, or NAU, hope to enable a future where people with disabilities can walk on their own with the help of robotic legs. The university released an...

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Indian drone start-up Raphe mPhibr has actually raised $100 million in an all-equity Series B round led by General Catalyst, as the start-up intends to increase its R-D and regional production capabilities in the middle of growing need for drones in battlegrounds and for border surveillance.Drones are becoming progressively ubiquitous in worldwide military operations. In current ...
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Startups developing voice AI technology and applications are having their moment. Model builders like ElevenLabs and Cartesia have raised millions of dollars in the last few months. Applications such as AI-powered notetaker Granola and meeting tools Read AI and Fireflies AI have also received investor attention and backing.

Continuing the trend,...

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A beginner&s guide to safe human-robot collaboration

ADAR enables 3D 360-degree obstacle detection at a lower cost than conventional sensor packages. | Source: Sonair

Killer drones. Terminator-type humanoids. A Murderbot on every corner. These dystopian visions of the future in which human-robot relations are in a state of constant conflict abound in books and movies.

But in the real world, humans and...

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Kalshi just raised a $185 million round, led by crypto-focused VC firm Paradigm, bringing the company’s valuation to $2 billion post-money, representatives from Paradigm and Kalshi confirmed to A Technology NewsRoom.

“Prediction markets remind me of crypto 15 years ago: a new asset class on a path to trillions,” Matt Huang, co-founder and managing p...

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At A Technology NewsRoom All Stage, we’re proud to spotlight our partners — not only for their support, but also for the invaluable expertise they bring to the conversation. Their sessions deliver front-line insights into the startup ecosystem and are must-attend moments for anyone looking to navigate and thrive in today’s dynamic entrepreneurial l...

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Boston Dynamics is no complete stranger to the spotlight. Its Atlas humanoid and Spot quadruped robots have ended up being international phenomena thanks to viral videos showcasing their agility, stability, and, obviously, dancing.Earlier this year, the company took things to a new level. It had five Spot robotics perform a live, choreographed dance regimen on NBC & s A.
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Data cybersecurity company Rubrik announced Wednesday its intent to acquire Predibase. Predibase is a venture-backed startup that helps companies train and fine-tune open source AI models to customize them to their needs. Rubrik is the latest company to make an acquisition with the goal of boosting enterprise AI agent adoption. 

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Tuesday Telescope: A new champion enters the ringTuesday Telescope: A new champion enters the ring

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The Scorpio mobile manipulator.

Apptronik&s Scorpio mobile manipulator uses patented gravity compensation technology to lift more than it weighs. | Source: Apptronik

Apptronik, the Texas-based developer behind the Apollo humanoid, today launched Elevate Robotics. This wholly-owned subsidiary will focus on automating industrial tasks beyond the limits of the human form,...

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For the very first time ever, A Technology NewsRoom Disrupt is introducing the Going Public Stage-- a brand-new destination for founders browsing the mid and late stages of business building.This material is vital for any founder, but specifically those scaling fast, preparing for exit, or reimagining what comes next. Due to the fact that whether you're at the seed ...
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Curated realities: An AI film festival and the future of human expressionCurated realities: An AI film festival and the future of human expression

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The Robot Report Podcast & middot; The Road Ahead for Robotics: Insights from Motional & s Major and Foundation & s PathakEpisode 201 of The Robot Report Podcast features guests Laura Major, recently named CEO of robotaxi company Motional, and Sankaet Pathek, founder and CEO of recently decloaked humanoid robotic designer Foundation.Co-host ...
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It’s rare to see a solo founder building a widely adopted developer infrastructure tool. Even more so if the founder happens to be from Africa. Bereket Engida, a self-taught programmer from Ethiopia, is quietly building what some developers say is the best authentication tool they’ve ever used.

Engida’s startup, Better Auth, offers an open source...

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Researchers get viable mice by editing DNA from two spermResearchers get viable mice by editing DNA from two sperm

The researchers spent time ensuring that the enzymes they had were modifying the methylation as expected, and that development started as usual. ....

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Realtime Robotics announces two new direct integrations for Resolver

Realtime Robotics said its motion planning technology can accelerate the design and deployment of robotic workcells. | Source: Realtime Robotics

Realtime Robotics, a provider of robotic motion-planning software, today released two new direct integrations for Resolver. The company said Resolver is a cloud-based system that can accelerate the design...

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Wind power has run into some headwinds, and not the kind that spin its turbines. 

Recently, President Trump has decided to wage war against the technology, an unwelcome bit of friction that coincides with rising costs in recent years. Onshore wind power went for $61 per megawatt-hour last year, according to Lazard, bucking a decade-long downward...

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With 1.2.2 update, Civilization VII tries to win back traditionalistsWith 1.2.2 update, Civilization VII tries to win back traditionalists

There's also a new loading screen with more detailed information and more interactive elements, which Firaxis says is a hint at other major UI overhauls to come. ....

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ForSight Robotics announced today it completed a $125 million Series B funding round to support its ophthalmic robotic surgery tech.

Eclipse led the financing for ForSight. An undisclosed strategic investor and board member Fred Moll — considered &the father of surgical robotics& — participated, too. The Adani Group, Reiya...

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AI-native startups are rewriting the rules of what early traction looks like — and too often, investors are still playing by the old ones. At A Technology NewsRoom All Stage, happening in Boston on July 15, Kleida Martiro, partner at Glasswing Ventures, will lead a breakout that cuts straight to the core of this disconnect.

Her session, Winning...

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Ted Cruz can&t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI lawsTed Cruz can’t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI laws

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UR Studio simulator validates cobot setups before deployment

A screenshot from UR Studio, UR&s new online simulation tool, visualizing a palletizing cell with a UR12e cobot and a vacuum gripper end-effector. | Credit: Universal Robots

Universal Robots A/S, a leading developer of collaborative robot arms, today released its UR Studio simulation tool at Automatica in Munich, Germany. The Teradyne Inc....

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GoKwik, an Indian startup that offers a suite of integrated e-commerce products, has raised a small round of $13 million, which it calls a “growth” round, that has boosted its valuation to $450 million pre-money.

While the new funding round, led by RTP Global, is 63% smaller than its Series B of $35 million, announced in May 2022, it has valued...

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Apple releases new beta builds of all its flashy new Liquid Glass-ified OS updatesApple releases new beta builds of all its flashy new Liquid Glass-ified OS updates

Selecting from among several beta OS versions in the Settings app on iOS 18. ....

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ABB Robotics launches large industrial robots, heavy duty AMR at Automatica

ABB has introduced high-performance robots including the IRB 670S. Source: ABB Robotics

ABB Robotics today said it is expanding its large robot portfolio, introduced a compact mobile robot, and announced new capabilities for the &era of Autonomous Versatile Robotics.& The Zurich-based company claimed that these new robots, as well as...

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Abridge, an AI startup automating medical notes, has secured a $300 million Series E at a $5.3 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. The round, led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Khosla Ventures, follows the company’s $250 million February fundraise at a $2.75 billion valuation.

The 7-year-old Abridge is widely...

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Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state groupCanadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group

Hackers suspected of working on behalf of the Chinese government exploited a maximum-severity vulnerability, which had received a patch 16 months earlier, to compromise a telecommunications provider in Canada, officials from that country and the US said Monday. ....

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