Blue whales follow wind-driven upwelling to find rich patches of food. Goldbogen Lab/Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab (NMFS Permit 16111) Bigger than even the largest dinosaurs, blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are mysterious and elusive—surviving mainly on tiny crustaceans called krill and leaving many unanswered questions about their ecology and biology. They are found…
Peloton, it seems, isn’t out of the woods just yet. The once mighty connected fitness firm has been facing a steep uphill battle to turn around its fortunes. This morning, the company confirmed with The Wall Street Journal that it plans to cut another 500 jobs, under the leadership of CEO Barry McCarthy. The executive, who…
Square Off charmed us at CES 2019, when the startup showed off its robotic chess board at our Hardware Battlefield event. Watching the pieces move on their own, courtesy of underlying AI, grabbed the attention of a jaded crowd of showgoers. This morning, it takes the next step in the startup lifecycle, as Bay Area-based…
Form Energy closed a $450 million Series E fundraising round yesterday to continue its work turning iron into rust. The round was led by TPG Rise Climate and joined by new investors GIC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Existing investors ArcelorMittal, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group, Coatue, Energy Impact Partners, The Engine, NGP…
Alkymi launched in 2017 with a goal of helping financial services companies automate mundane tasks, a kind of lightweight RPA to grab information from emails and spreadsheets and eliminate a lot of copy/paste activity. More recently the company developed a way for a more broad set of customers to create their own automations and connect…
This morning, a group of prominent robotics firms issued an open letter condemning the weaponization of ‘general purpose’ robots. Signed by Boston Dynamics, Agility, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, the letter notes, in part, We believe that adding weapons to robots that are remotely or autonomously operated, widely available to the public, and capable of…
It’s time to advance your meme game to the next level. On Wednesday, Twitter announced a new feature that allows users to share different types of visual content, such as videos, images, and GIFs, within one tweet. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) The feature, which is live on iOS and…
A father and daughter lived in an idyllic lighthouse by the sea. Then, one day he disappeared. Directed by Francis Lawrence (of Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay fame), Netflix‘s Slumberland tells the story of Nemo (Marlow Barkley) who embarks on an adventure with the eccentric and lovable outlaw Flip (Jason Momoa). The two enter…
Back in May, Google teased an upcoming Pixel Tablet for release in 2023. Turns out, it still exists. At its Made By Google 2022 event, Google opened the show by talking about the whole Pixel family, including the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Watch. While those other devices were the focus of the…
Google has officially unveiled its new chipset, Tensor G2. The newest custom-designed chip is what powers the company’s latest Pixel 7 phone and Pixel Watch. This story is developing… SEE ALSO: Google Pixel event live blog: Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch set to be unveiled Read More