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A Startup with Eric Trump as Adviser Is Testing Humanoid Robots in Ukraine. It Wants Them on US Front Lines...
NewsMay 30, 2026

A Startup with Eric Trump as Adviser Is Testing Humanoid Robots in Ukraine. It Wants Them on US Front Lines...

Foundation Future Industries, a San Francisco startup, deployed two Phantom MK‑1 humanoid robots to Ukraine for hazardous‑area logistics testing, marking the first known combat‑theatre use of such machines. Backed by $24 million in Pentagon contracts, the firm says the robots can...

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Your Power Bank Is Probably Overheating. But Don’t Worry, TORRAS Fixed That.
NewsMay 30, 2026

Your Power Bank Is Probably Overheating. But Don’t Worry, TORRAS Fixed That.

TORRAS unveiled the MiniMag Pro, a magnetic power bank that uses a semi‑solid‑state battery to keep surface temperature around 98 °F (37 °C) during fast charging. The 5,000 mAh model is only 8.5 mm thick, while the 10,000 mAh version adds just 14 mm of depth...

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HeartFocus Link Adds AI Cardiac Imaging to Any Hospital Ultrasound Machine with a Tablet and an HDMI Cable
NewsMay 30, 2026

HeartFocus Link Adds AI Cardiac Imaging to Any Hospital Ultrasound Machine with a Tablet and an HDMI Cable

DESKi has launched HeartFocus Link, an FDA‑cleared AI‑guided cardiac imaging solution that turns any cart‑based ultrasound system into an intelligent scanner using a tablet and HDMI connection. The software overlays real‑time probe‑positioning cues for ten standard transthoracic views and adds Auto...

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Parloa Turns Its $350 Million War Chest Into a Partnership Web Spanning SAP, Microsoft, and OpenAI
NewsMay 30, 2026

Parloa Turns Its $350 Million War Chest Into a Partnership Web Spanning SAP, Microsoft, and OpenAI

Parloa, the Berlin‑based AI agent management platform, closed a $350 million Series D round that lifted its valuation to $3 billion. The funding fuels a slate of strategic alliances with SAP, Microsoft, OpenAI, Five9 and Epic, positioning Parloa as the management layer for...

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Samsung and LG Uplus Want to Turn Cell Towers Into Radar for 6G
NewsMay 29, 2026

Samsung and LG Uplus Want to Turn Cell Towers Into Radar for 6G

Samsung Electronics and LG Uplus signed an MOU on May 27 to co‑develop Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) for 6G. ISAC lets base stations use existing 5G/6G signals to sense objects, turning towers into radars for drones, vehicles and foot traffic. The...

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Intel and 3DGS Back a $3.3bn Glass-Substrate Plant in India’s Odisha
NewsMay 29, 2026

Intel and 3DGS Back a $3.3bn Glass-Substrate Plant in India’s Odisha

Intel and 3D Glass Solutions have signed an MoU to build a $3.3 billion glass‑core substrate plant in Odisha, India, over the next five to six years. The facility will target production of about 70,000 glass substrates, 50 million assembled units and...

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Australia’s Workplace Tribunal Says AI-Assisted Claims Have Helped Drive a 70% Workload Increase in Three Years
NewsMay 29, 2026

Australia’s Workplace Tribunal Says AI-Assisted Claims Have Helped Drive a 70% Workload Increase in Three Years

Australia’s Fair Work Commission reports a 70% workload surge over three years, attributing much of the increase to generative AI tools that let individuals file longer, more complex claims. Between July 2025 and April 2026 the tribunal logged 44,039 lodgments...

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An Indian Court Says Google Can Be Liable for Selling Rivals a Brand’s Name
NewsMay 29, 2026

An Indian Court Says Google Can Be Liable for Selling Rivals a Brand’s Name

The Delhi High Court ruled that Google India is liable for allowing competitors to bid on the trademark "Hindware" as a paid search keyword, rejecting the platform’s safe‑harbour defence. Google was ordered to pay Hindware Limited roughly $31,600 in damages...

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A Danish Pension Fund Has Blacklisted SpaceX, Calling It Grossly Overvalued with Catastrophic Governance
NewsMay 29, 2026

A Danish Pension Fund Has Blacklisted SpaceX, Calling It Grossly Overvalued with Catastrophic Governance

Denmark’s AkademikerPension, managing about $25 billion, will skip SpaceX’s IPO and any secondary‑market purchases, citing a "grossly overvalued" price and a "catastrophic" governance structure. The fund argues SpaceX cannot realistically exceed a $1 trillion valuation, far below the $1.8 trillion target. Its objection...

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OpenAI Gives Japan’s Megabanks Its Newest Model for Cyber Defence
NewsMay 29, 2026

OpenAI Gives Japan’s Megabanks Its Newest Model for Cyber Defence

OpenAI will supply its newest cyber‑defence model, GPT‑5.5‑Cyber, to Japan’s three megabanks—MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho—through a "Trusted Access for Cyber" programme. The rollout was brokered directly by Japan’s finance minister and U.S. Treasury Secretary, framing the deal as a government‑to‑government...

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ByteDance Is Building Its Own CPUs on Arm and RISC-V to Feed Its AI Infrastructure
NewsMay 28, 2026

ByteDance Is Building Its Own CPUs on Arm and RISC-V to Feed Its AI Infrastructure

ByteDance is developing custom data‑centre CPUs on both Arm and the open‑source RISC‑V architectures to power its rapidly expanding AI infrastructure. The move follows a 25% increase in its AI‑budget to roughly $29.4 bn, as Intel and AMD have raised server‑CPU...

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Orbital Industries Raises $50M Series B for AI-Designed Data-Centre Hardware
NewsMay 28, 2026

Orbital Industries Raises $50M Series B for AI-Designed Data-Centre Hardware

Orbital Industries, the London‑San Francisco AI‑materials startup formerly known as Orbital Materials, closed a $50 million Series B round led by Plural with participation from Nvidia NVentures, Radical Ventures, Compound and Fly Ventures. The capital will be used to commercialise its PFAS‑free dielectric...

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Snowflake Commits $6bn to AWS over Five Years, with Graviton Chips at the Centre
NewsMay 28, 2026

Snowflake Commits $6bn to AWS over Five Years, with Graviton Chips at the Centre

Snowflake announced a five‑year, $6 bn commitment to Amazon Web Services, more than double its 2023 deal and 2.4 times larger than the 2020 agreement. The contract centers on running Snowflake’s data‑cloud workloads on AWS Graviton Arm‑based processors and deepening product integration...

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Pentagon Gives Dell a $9.7bn Contract to Consolidate Microsoft Licences Across the Military
NewsMay 28, 2026

Pentagon Gives Dell a $9.7bn Contract to Consolidate Microsoft Licences Across the Military

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Dell Federal Systems a five‑year, $9.7 billion contract to consolidate Microsoft 365 and cloud licences for the military, intelligence community and Coast Guard. Under the agreement, Dell will resell and manage Microsoft software, replacing...

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