Waymo will begin dispatching its robotaxis in four more cities in Texas and Florida, expanding the territory covered by its fleet of self-driving cars to 10 major U.S. metropolitan markets.
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Waymo's robotaxis now being dispatched in 10 major U.S. markets with expansion in Texas and Florida
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Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500M
MatX, a chip startup founded by two former Google hardware engineers, has raised a $500 million Series B led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, an investment fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner.
The company’s…
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Self-driving tech startup Wayve raises $1.2B from Nvidia, Uber, and three automakers
Wayve’s self-driving tech has attracted a diverse set of investors in the company’s latest $1.2 billion funding round, including three automakers, top venture and institutional firms, and returning backers Microsoft, Nvidia, and Uber. The…
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Scientists identify climatic signals of natural events
How do wildfires and volcanoes influence the Earth’s temperature? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address as a team of scientists from…
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Apple rolls out age-verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety laws
Apple is launching new tools to comply with the growing number of age-verification laws both in the U.S. and abroad. As part of the changes, Apple will block the downloads of apps rated 18+ in Brazil, Australia, and Singapore, while also rolling…
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WBD says Paramount’s new, higher offer could be “superior” to Netflix’s
Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today. Amid a competing offer from Netflix for WBD’s movie studios and…
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Apple’s touch-screen MacBook Pro will get the iPhone’s pill-shaped Dynamic Island
Apple is expected to launch redesigned MacBook Pro laptops later this year, and these are expected to bring a massive overhaul in terms of looks and innards. The biggest change is going to be a touch-sensitive panel, one with OLED tech…
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A boost for manufacturing | MIT Technology Review
John Hart, a co-director of MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing M SCOTT BRAUER
After all, Love and his colleagues created a new method for making batches of certain types of drugs. That’s manufacturing; it’s an innovation leading…
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Just pull a string to turn these tile patterns into useful 3D structures
The algorithm uses a two-step method to find the optimal path through the tile pattern for a string that can be tightened to actuate the structure. It computes the minimum number of points that the string must lift to create the desired shape…
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Reformulated antibodies could be injected for easier treatment
In 2023, Doyle’s lab developed a way to generated highly concentrated antibody formulations by encapsulating them into hydrogel particles. However, that requires centrifugation, a step that would be difficult to scale up for manufacturing.
In…
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