US Army Buys Penguin Drone, Bayraktar TB2"s Latvian Lookalike
Edge Autonomy announced a deal with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to produce an unspecified amount of long-endurance Penguin drones for the US Army. From a report: The company manufactures a range of light drones capable of carrying a range of p.....»»
Astro and US Army drop Call of Duty League sponsorship
Charlie Intel spotted yesterday that Astro Gaming's logo had disappeared from the Call of Duty League (CDL) website. It was still there as recently as August 11. Then earlier today, the US Army's logo also vanished. This leaves the Call of Duty Leagu.....»»
Watch this daredevil ad shot by a drone from way up
UAE airline Emirates used a drone to shoot an extraordinary video that it claims is "one of the highest ads ever filmed.".....»»
Tunable "metasurface" is akin to optical swiss army knife
MIT engineers and colleagues report important new advances on a tunable metasurface, or flat optical device patterned with nanoscale structures, that they compare to a Swiss army knife while its passive predecessor can be thought of as just one tool,.....»»
Robinhood buys Say Technologies for $140M to improve shareholder-company relations
The deal is notable because it is Robinhood's first major purchase since going public in July, and because it illustrates where Robinhood may look to invest some of its newly liquid equity wealth. U.S. consumer investing and trading service.....»»
Eye in the sky: Drone helps researchers find fresh water in the sea
The people of Easter Island appeared to drink directly from the sea, European explorers reported in the late 1700s. And today, you can see animals—most famously horses—do the same thing......»»
ASC 100: Thailand"s Stark Corporation buys Vietnam cables companies for US$240 million
Founded in 1968 in Bangkok, Thailand, Stark Corporation has been manufacturing and distributing electric wires for more than 50 years. The company also manufactures aluminum and copper conductor and handles human resource business......»»
John Deere buys autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics
In the world of robotic startups, acquisition is often as good an outcome as any. And when it comes to robotic tractor startups, you could do worse than being acquired by John Deere. The agricultural technology giant announced today that it’s set t.....»»
The Slow Collapse of Amazon"s Drone Delivery Dream
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Well over 100 employees at Amazon Prime Air have lost their jobs and dozens of other roles are moving to other projects abroad as the company shutters part of its operation in the UK, WIRED understands......»»
Highlights of the day: Foxconn buys 6-inch fab from Macronix
Macronix and Foxconn have signed an agreement for the memory maker to sell a 6-inch wafer fab to the EMS giant, enhancing the latter's development in the semiconductor sector. TSMC has raised its sub-7nm shipment outlook for 2021 and 2022, with prosp.....»»
Autonomous cargo drone startup Elroy Air lands $40M Series A
Elroy Air has raised a $40 million Series A, including financing from Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm, to ramp up the build, testing and validation of its inaugural autonomous cargo drone. The funding round saw participation from Marlinspike.....»»
Extra Crunch roundup: Square buys Afterpay, paid search basics, career advice for devs
Square paid around a quarter of its present-day value for Afterpay. That seems like a lot. But was it too much? Square paid around a quarter of its present-day value for Afterpay, Alex Wilhelm notes in The Exchange. That seems like a lot. B.....»»
When ant colonies get bigger, new foraging behavior emerges
Millions of army ants occasionally stream out of their nest in a coordinated hunting swarm, seeking prey to devour. How this extraordinary mass raiding behavior evolved has long been a mystery, until now......»»
To Fight Vaccine Misinformation, US Recruits an "Influencer Army"
The New York Times tells the story of 17-year-old Ellie Zeiler, a TikTok creator with over 10 million followers, who received an email in June from Village Marketing, an influencer marketing agency. "It said it was reaching out on behalf of another.....»»
Best cheap drone deals for August 2021: DJI, Potensic, Holy Stone and more
Buying a drone? Here are answers to the most common questions and the best drone deals available right now......»»
Walmart just released a ton of amazing drone deals
Walmart is going crazy slashing prices on drones today, so if you're interested you might want to get in there and take a look!.....»»
Nothing Can Keep This Drone Down
It uses elytra, a beetle-inspired set of wings, to self-right itself When life knocks you down, you’ve got to get back up. Ladybugs take this advice seriously in the most literal sense. If caught on their backs, the insects ar.....»»
Fully autonomous drone outperforms two "world-class" human drone racers
The feat seems obvious at first glance—a machine learning system beat a human again, so what? However, pro drone racers are outstanding at what they do, and this marks the first time an autonomous system has beaten not one but two world-class human.....»»
FPV drone video tracks swimming race before ending with a splash
This cool FPV drone video from a Colorado filmmaker features rapid turns, climbs, and dives before ending with a splash......»»
China Roundup: Kai-Fu Lee’s first Europe bet, WeRide buys a truck startup
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. Despite the geopolitical headwinds for foreign tech firms to enter China, man.....»»
Daily Crunch: India’s most valuable startup buys US-based digital reading platform Epic for $500M
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day a.....»»