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Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning &reckless& AI social experiment on kidsToy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids

Most obviously, AI models are still prone to hallucination, Kaur noted. ....

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Europe is attempting to close the space with the U.S. and adjust to a brand-new era of high-intensity warfare. At this year's Paris Air Show, fighter jets are taking a rear seat. Unmanned and autonomous innovations are driving the future of defence and controling the conversation at Le Bourget airport in northern Paris.With 2,400 exhibitors from 48 ...
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Roboworx to aid Miso Robotics in installation, maintenance of its Flippy robots

Miso says Flippy automates the frying process with precision and consistency, now with support from Roboworx. | Source: Miso Robotics

Miso Robotics Inc. today said it has signed an agreement with Roboworx, which will provide installation, maintenance, and ongoing support for Miso&s restaurant automation systems.

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Google has announced a big expansion of its Gemini AI design family today. ... Google has announced a huge growth of its Gemini AI model family today. After months of tweaking and tuning, the high-power Gemini 2.5 Pro is leaving preview and is ready for designers to construct on. Google is using a peek at its upcoming high-efficiency model, known as Gemini 2.5 Pro Flash-Lite. Try as it might, Google can't get away from puzzling model names.Google's AI aspirations have actually been searching for in 2025 with the launching of Gemini 2.5. These models showed a marked enhancement over past variations, making Google more competitive with OpenAI and its popular GPT designs. Nevertheless, we've been swamped with previews and test develops as Google pursues general schedule, which implies a model is steady enough for long-term advancement work.The 2.5 Flash model left sneak peek at I/O, but Gemini 2.5 Pro dragged. Today, Flash is striking general schedule with the 04-17 build. Gemini 2.5 Pro is leaving sneak peek and likewise reaching general availability, and as predicted, the recently revamped 06-05 construct is the winner. This version aimed to address some problems that appeared in the Google I/O build of 2.5 Pro, and it appears to have worked. Google now has a Gemini model for each job. Credit: Google now has a Gemini model for each task. Credit: Google All Gemini 2.5 designs include adjustable believing budgets, making them interesting designers who want more control over expenses. For the most price-sensitive devs, Google is likewise introducing Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, which was previously experimental. This model is now in preview, using a way to run high-volume AI workloads without incurring considerable expenses. Compared to 2.5 Flash, it's one-third of the cost for text, image, and video inputs and less than one-sixth of the expense for output tokens. It's not likely this variant of Gemini will pertain to the app for routine users, due to the fact that it's less capable than 2.5 Flash and just makes sense when you're paying by the token.
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GA-ASI Announces New PELE Small UAS for International Customers

– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has unveiled a new small unmanned launched effect with widespread multi-mission capabilities for the global aerospace and defense market.

Inspired by Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of powerful natural forces in the Pacific, the Precision Exportable Launched Effect – PELE – is a small, attrition-tolerant, pro...

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Robot sales for the automotive industry remain high in Europe

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Investments in automation for the car industry in Europe remain high, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. The total number of industrial robots installed reached 23,000 in 2024, which is the second-best result in five years, said the organization today.

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Sally celebrates complicated legacy of first US woman in spaceSally celebrates complicated legacy of first US woman in space

"I understood that this was her basic nature, and she had a lot to lose, but I didn't like it," said O'Shaughnessy, although love ultimately triumphed. ....

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At the 2025 Paris Air Show, MBDA is presenting ONE WAY EFFECTOR. Advancement of this sovereign long-range option is occurring through an ingenious production setup, in collaboration with a drone producer and industry players, especially from the automotive sector.ONE WAY EFFECTOR represents a compromise between the need for mass and ...
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ANYbotics launches Gas Leak and Presence Detection for ANYmal inspection robot

ANYmal can carry modular sensor payloads and detect machine noises and gas leaks. Source: ANYbotics

Identifying and managing gas leaks at industrial sites can be costly and hazardous. ANYbotics AG today launched a new Gas Leak and Presence Detection capability for its ANYmal quadruped robot.

&Gas leaks are an invisible yet significant problem...

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OpenAI weighs &nuclear option& of antitrust complaint against MicrosoftOpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft

Monday, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two long-term AI partners. ....

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-- Delair is accelerating its advancement and completing its series of aerial drones with the DT61, its brand-new long-distance observation drone with set wing and vertical Takeoff equipped with a significantly increased payload capability. A multi-mission drone designed for the inspection and monitoring of large land and sea areas in both civilian and ...
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Sam Altman and “his tech CEO friends” have a betting pool on the year we will see the first one-person billion-dollar company.

The idea of a single person reaching a billion-dollar valuation for a startup would have been unthinkable without AI. But single-person, AI-first businesses have been sprouting all over the tech industry and Birk...

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The first Corvette hypercar? Chevrolet&s 1,250 hp ZR1X hybrid breaks cover.

The ZR1 engine already produces more than a thousand horsepower; now, it meets an uprated hybrid system from the E-Ray. ....

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Parrot Unveils CHUCK 3.0 & the Sovereign AI Autopilot for any UAV

– Parrot, a European provider of professional micro-UAVs, has announced CHUCK 3.0, a breakthrough all-in-one autopilot that turns any UAV platform into a high-performance system. The compact unit fuses AI-driven autonomous flight, a spoof-proof multi-band frequency hopping radio and real-time optical navigation for GNSS-denied airspace.

It also...

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T-minus 6 days until A Technology NewsRoom All Stage ticket prices rise. From now until June 22 at 11:59 p.m. PT, founders save $210 and investors save $200 on passes.

Are you ready to push your startup to the next level? Or are you an investor looking to back the next big breakthrough? Join TC All Stage on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston...

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Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game &backups&Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”

enabling the cards to run original Switch games on the Switch 2. ....

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DJI has rolled out a major firmware update for its flagship drone-in-a-box solution Dock 3 and Matrice 4D enterprise drones, packing in powerful new features that elevate autonomous missions and situational awareness to a new level. The update — covering everything from the aircraft and dock firmware to DJI Pilot 2 and FlightHub 2 compatibility — o...

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Buzzy autonomous vehicle software company Applied Intuition has closed a $600 million Series F and tender offer, pushing its valuation up to $15 billion.

The round was co-led by BlackRock-managed funds and Kleiner Perkins, and included new investments from the Qatar Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Greycroft, and more. Existing...

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&Have we no shame?&: Trump&s NIH grant cuts appallingly illegal, judge rules“Have we no shame?”: Trump’s NIH grant cuts appallingly illegal, judge rules

“Where’s the support for that?” Young asked.

Meanwhile, a lawyer representing one of the plaintiffs suing to block the grants, Kenneth Parreno, seemingly successfully argued that canceling grants related to race or transgender health were part of “a slapdash, harried effort to rubber stamp an ideological purge.” At the trial, Young noted that much of the information about the grant cancellations was only available due to the independent efforts of academics behind a project called Grant Watch, which was launched to crowdsource the monumental task of tracking the cuts.

Rebuking the cuts and ordering hundreds of grants restored, Young said “it is palpably clear that these directives and the set of terminated grants here also are designed to frustrate, to stop, research that may bear on the health—we’re talking about health here, the health of Americans, of our LGBTQ community....

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Rumors are circulating of yet another exciting action camera play by DJI. This time, they’re coming after the micro action camera game that has been dominated by Insta360 and its GO series of cameras.

Of course, the story of a new DJI product begins with leaks, and who other than Mr. Igor Bogdanoff to have the scoop on...
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Spend management startup Ramp announced on Tuesday that it raised a $200 million Series E led by its largest investor, Founders Fund, at a post-money valuation of $16 billion. This is a jaw-dropping $3 billion increase over the $13 billion valuation Ramp announced just a few months ago in March, after a $150 million secondary share sale.

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How Tesla Takedown got its startHow Tesla Takedown got its start

Musk offered no proof of his assertions; to a person, every protester who spoke to WIRED insisted that they are not being paid and are exactly what they appear to be: people who are angry at Elon Musk. ....

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DJI, the world’s leading drone manufacturer, has issued a public message to American drone users: the future of DJI drones in the US is in jeopardy — and it’s not because of any new law, but due to a national security review that hasn’t even started.

In a blog post published by DJI, the company has praised the Trump administration’s June 6...
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A Technology NewsRoom All Stage, our founder-focused summit, is gearing up to return to Boston on July 15! 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! Ap...

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Second, there's the Apple T2 to consider. ... Second, there's the Apple T2 to consider. The Macs with a T2 treat it as a load-bearing co-processor, accountable for essential os functions such as enabling Touch ID, acting as an SSD controller, encoding and deciphering videos, interacting with the cam and built-in microphone, and other operations. But Apple has actually never ever opened the T2 up to anybody, and it stays a little a black box for both the OpenCore/Hackintosh neighborhood and folks who would run Linux-based operating systems like Ubuntu or ChromeOS on that hardware.The result is that the 2018 and 2019 MacBook Airs that didn't support macOS 15 Sequoia last year never ever had assistance for them added to the OpenCore Legacy Patcher due to the fact that the T2 chip simply will not interact with OpenCore firmware booted. Some T2 Macs don't have this problem. If yours does, it's not likely that anyone will be able to do anything about it, and your software application assistance will end when Apple says it does. Late-model Intel MacBook Airs have fared even worse than other Macs in terms of upgrade longevity. Credit: Valentina Palladino It will likely be at least 2 or 3 years before we understand for sure how Apple plans to treat Apple Silicon Macs. Will the company primarily look at specs and technical capabilities, as it did from the late-'90s through to the mid-2010s? Or will Apple generally stop supporting hardware based upon its age, as it has actually provided for more recent Macs and most existing iPhones and iPads?The 3 designs to take a look at for this purpose are the first ones to shift to Apple Silicon: the M1 variations of the MacBook Air, Mac mini, and 13-inch MacBook Pro, all introduced in late 2020. If these Macs are dropped in, say, 2027 or 2028's huge macOS release, but other, later M1 Macs like the iMac remain supported, it means Apple is most likely sticking to a rather arbitrary age-based design, with particular Macs cut off from software application updates that they are completely capable of running.
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Canadian aerospace innovator Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions (AVSS) has unveiled the PRS‑M400, a tailored Parachute Recovery System for the DJI Matrice 400 (M400) drone. The parachute promises to elevate operational safety and streamline regulatory compliance across global markets.

The newly-released Matrice 400 is positioned as D...
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With the TikTok deadline to sell its U.S. operations now just two days away, a new decentralized social media app launched its beta to the public on Tuesday. 

Own is the latest alternative to TikTok to emerge, featuring a swipeable feed for not just short videos but also text posts and images, as well as other features you’d expect, like direct m...

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Everything we know about the 2026 Nissan Leaf
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Swiss robotics company Voliro has raised an additional round of funding, bringing its Series A total to $23 million, to supercharge global expansion of its autonomous drones. The extension saw new backing from noa Ventures and a debt facility from UBS, joining original lead investor Cherry Ventures.

At the heart of Voliro’s t...
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Sword Health, an AI-powered digital health startup, has raised $40 million at a $4 billion valuation, a 33% jump from the $3 billion price tag it earned just a year ago. The funding was led by returning investor General Catalyst.

Even though 10-year-old Sword Health is cash-flow positive, its CEO and founder, Virgílio Bento, told A Technology...

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