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Mars Emergency: How NASA Engineers Remotely Unstuck Curiosity’s Drill Bit

Here's a small little reminder that space exploration is still full of messy, unexpected surprises. A sample rock nicknamed Atacama clung to the Curiosity rover’s drill for days before the Mars robot finally shook it free, giving its mission handlers yet another test of patience and improvisation.

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Google launches the $100 Fitbit Air, a Whoop-like screenless wearable, with Gemini-powered features like Google Health Coach, available May 26

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced

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Google rebrands Fitbit Premium as Google Health Premium, adding Gemini-powered coaching and other features, and raises its annual price from $79.99 to $99.99

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced

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Locus Array for next-level warehouse automation

The Robots-to-Goods (R2G) model comprises of robotic systems, like Locus Array, executing fulfilment tasks in the aisle by going directly to the inventory. R2G means 100% automation with multiple workflows embedded in the robot, without needing human support. Locus Array and other systems like it can be assigned tasks in

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Inside Dreame’s wild launch event — packed with products no one can buy

Hundreds of influencers, media folks, and a few C-list celebs (sorry, Woz) filled the cavernous halls of the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts last week. They were assembled for Dreame’s launch event, ostensibly into both America and a much bigger ecosystem of products. Across the four-day showcase, the

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Cologne-based AI translation startup DeepL plans to cut ~25% of its workforce, or ~250 staff, saying adapting to AI “means fewer layers” and “faster decisions”

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced

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Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI unveils GENE-26.5, its first model, which can control robotic hands that it designed in-house to do tasks like cooking

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced

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Kraken parent Payward agrees to buy Hong Kong-based Reap, which connects financial systems with digital assets, for $600M, and issues stock at a $20B valuation

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced

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Kalshi raised $1B led by Coatue at a $22B valuation, its third round in seven months after raising $1B and $300M+, and hits $178B in annualized trading volume

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced

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Researchers: 5K+ web apps built using AI coding tools like Lovable, Base44, and Replit had little to no authentication, and ~40% of them exposed sensitive data

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced

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MediaTek launches the first phase of its Taiwan data center, aimed at R&D, powered by Nvidia's B200 platform, and built on Nvidia's DGX SuperPOD infrastructure

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced

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Anthropic's SpaceX deal helps it address a severe compute deficit and comes amid Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit; Grok never grew to utilize xAI's Colossus 1

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The link between workplace clarity and employee well-being — Workplace well-being isn't only influenced