9 h. ago Defense tech Theseus landed Y Combinator, the US Special Forces, and $4.3M from a tweet

On February 18, 2024, Ian Laffey posted on X that he and two others he’d just met built a cheap drone at a hackathon that calculated its coordinates simply by using its camera and Google Maps. He and his colleagues, Sacha Lévy and Carl Schoeller, were all engineers under the age of 25. The tech […]

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14 h. ago Republican uses George Washington, American Revolution to reject notion Ukraine should surrender to Russia

Rep. Don Bacon pointed to the American Revolution to push back against the idea that Ukraine should surrender to Russia. Bacon has advocated for the U.S. and Europe to "arm Ukraine to the max."

Politics

15 h. ago Giving quadcopter drones the ability to carry out precise flight maneuvers autonomously

A team of cyber-systems researchers, engineers, optical specialists and roboticists at Zhejiang University, in China, has developed a navigation system for quadcopter drones that gives them the ability to carry out precise flight maneuvers autonomously. As reported in the journal Science Robotics, the group developed a multi-pronged system that allows quadcopter drones to carry out complex aerobatic maneuvers autonomously, in a safe manner, both indoors and outdoors.

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15 h. ago US judge rules against Google in online ad tech antitrust case

A US judge on Thursday ruled that Google illegally wielded monopoly power in the online ad technology market, in a legal blow that could rattle the tech giant's revenue engine.

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18 h. ago Additively manufactured heat exchanger beats out traditional designs

Billions of heat exchangers are in use around the world. These devices, whose purpose is to transfer heat between fluids, are ubiquitous across many commonplace applications: they appear in HVAC systems, refrigerators, cars, ships, aircraft, wastewater treatment facilities, cell phones, data centers, and petroleum refining operations, among many other settings.

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19 h. ago Wasp’s platform is the glue that holds web dev apps together

When Matija Šošić started working in web development, he was surprised by how hard it was to build a full-stack production-ready web application. One of the biggest hurdles Šošić faced was navigating the fragmented dev tooling landscape. Coding a web application required utilizing different tools for developing the front-end versus the back-end, and so on. […]

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19 h. ago US jobless benefit claims fall last week as labor market remains strong

U.S. applications for jobless benefits fell again last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite fears of a tariff-induced recession

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22 h. ago Disney’s parks are its economic engine. Tariffs could put a damper on it

Disney’s parks are its economic engine. Tariffs could put a damper on it  Los Angeles Times

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24 h. ago Washington State Instructor Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Pro

An instructor and PhD student with Washington State University (WSU) has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an engineering student who wore a "Take America Back" hat in support of President Donald Trump. The post Washington State Instructor Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Pro-Trump Student appeared first on Breitbart.

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25 h. ago Smashing, the reading curation app by Goodreads’ founder, shuts down

Smashing, an AI-powered app that lets users build a curated list of news and posts, is shutting down, because of its inability to scale rapidly enough.

Politics

35 h. ago Latest Washington big game hunting regulations and special hunt applications now available

Latest Washington big game hunting regulations and special hunt applications now available  Big Country News

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36 h. ago 'Hyperadaptor' alloy with stable properties stands strong across extreme temperatures

A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has developed a new alloy that maintains its strength and ductility across extreme temperatures ranging from –196 °C to 600 °C. The findings, which have drawn attention from the aerospace and automotive industries, were published in the journal Materials Research Letters. The team was led by Professor Hyoung Seop Kim from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, and Department of Mechanical Engineering.

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39 h. ago Predicting material failure: Machine learning spots early abnormal grain growth signs for safer designs

A team of Lehigh University researchers has successfully predicted abnormal grain growth in simulated polycrystalline materials for the first time—a development that could lead to the creation of stronger, more reliable materials for high-stress environments, such as combustion engines. A paper describing their novel machine learning method was recently published in Nature Computational Materials.

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40 h. ago Restoring healthy gene expression with programmable therapeutics

CAMP4 Therapeutics is targeting regulatory RNA, whose role in gene expression was first described by co-founder and MIT Professor Richard Young.

Politics

41 h. ago Ken Burns is everywhere this week – and he can’t stop talking about ‘The American Revolution’

Ahead of four events in Boston, Lexington, and Concord in coming days, Ken Burns talks about his star-studded, 12-hour documentary series coming later this year. The post Ken Burns is everywhere this week – and he can’t stop talking about ‘The American Revolution’ appeared first on Boston.com.

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41 h. ago Bolt’s Ryan Breslow pins his hopes on a new app that takes on Coinbase, Zelle, and PayPal

Ryan Breslow is officially back. While the founder of one-click checkout company Bolt re-assumed its helm as CEO in March, Breslow is unveiling Wednesday a new “superapp” that he hopes will formally mark his return as the fintech’s leader. He describes the new product as “one-click crypto and everyday payments” in a single platform, in […]

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42 h. ago Improving solar cell performance: The impact of Zr alloying on the engineering of BaHfS

Lead halide perovskite solar cells (LHPSCs) have rapidly gained prominence in the field of photovoltaics, boasting impressive power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of up to 26.1% in single-junction devices. However, despite their high performance, these materials suffer from critical drawbacks, including degradation when exposed to moisture, oxygen, heat and ultraviolet light, as well as concerns regarding the toxicity of lead.

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45 h. ago UK Socialised Healthcare System Accused of Discriminating Against White Job Candidates

Britain's National Health Service is facing accusations of racial discrimination against white job applicants as it was reported that it deploys tactics to boost the number of ethnic minorities hired. The post UK Socialised Healthcare System Accused of Discriminating Against White Job Candidates appeared first on Breitbart.

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59 h. ago Programmable photonic chip uses light to accelerate AI training and cut energy use

Penn Engineers have developed the first programmable chip that can train nonlinear neural networks using light—a breakthrough that could dramatically speed up AI training, reduce energy use and even pave the way for fully light-powered computers.

Technology

60 h. ago India’s BluSmart swept up in Gensol investigation alleging misuse of EV loans

India’s market regulator launched a probe Tuesday into Gensol Engineering after finding alleged misuse of electric vehicle loans. BluSmart, a ride-hailing startup connected to Gensol that was once seen as an emerging Uber rival in the South Asian market, has also been swept up into the investigation. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) […]

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