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UK startup snares $20m to recreate gigs with 'hyper-realistic' digital avatars
The former chief executive of Andrew Lloyd Webber's entertainment group has obtained a near-£15m investment for his UK music tech startup that hopes to recreate classic concerts by manifesting musicians as digital avatars. Unit1 was set up…
Qatar Energy Chief Al-Kaabi Sees LNG Expansion Startup in 2027
Qatar expects inaugural output from its massive liquefied natural gas expansion next year as shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz slow projects across the country's economy, Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said. The first production…
SparkLabs and Mirae Asset Launch a Venture Capital Fund for Central Asian Startups
During this past week, South Korea and Kazakhstan signed commercial agreements worth US$18.95 billion. Kazakhstan is a country of 20 million people with its core industries being oil and gas, and among the highest producers of iron and silver in…
Mangaluru Technovanza 2026 to focus on global capability centres, data centres, startups, medtech
The sixth edition of Mangaluru Technovanza 2026, which begins here for two days on September 22, will focus its deliberations on four key growth engines: global capability centres (GCCs), data centres, start-ups and medtech, according to the…
Startup eyes space-based solar power | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
In a laboratory amid Northern Virginia's sprawling data centers, a group of scientists is looking very far outside the box for a solution to overwhelmed power grids. They want to harness the sun's rays and shoot a 0.62 mile-wide laser -- they…
Chinese 'robot brain' startup sees ChatGPT-style breakthrough as soon as next year
4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Humanoid robots will be able to complete most general-purpose tasks from verbal instructions as soon as next year, although becoming useful around the house will take much longer, said the…
Ask Nathan: Is REO Truck Startup Real and Should the BYD Dolphin Come to the US? - TFLcar
Is the REO cheap pickup truck the real deal? Do we need to have the BYD Dolphin imported here? The first question comes from a fan who wants to see if the startup company REO is serious about providing an inexpensive pickup truck to rival SLATE and…
Elon Musk's latest Boring Company pitch involves a Hyperloop between Austin and San Antonio
Elon Musk recently claimed that his tunneling startup The Boring Company is working on “a simple precursor Hyperloop” between Austin and San Antonio that will reduce the journey between the two cities to less than 30 minutes. The…
Autonomous strike drone uses Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano to independently pick and bomb targets - Swedish startup's attack drones run small AI model, require no human input and zero external comms
Drones built with small, non-frontier computer-vision models autonomously identified and attacked targets in a recent demo, Ars Technica reports. Scaleout Systems, a Swedish AI startup, used a low-cost loitering munition from BAE Systems Bofors to…
6 days left to get ahead at Disrupt
Your window to save up to $200 is closing fast. Current ticket pricing ends Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices go up. At Disrupt, getting ahead means more than sitting in on great sessions. It means meeting the people you need to know…
What is the AI singularity? Some experts say it's closer than ever
(NewsNation) — Artificial intelligence futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts AI will reach human-level intelligence by 2029. From there, it could begin to rapidly advance itself beyond human control. This moment has been predicted before. It's…
As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich - with few guardrails
Donald Trump 's sons, through a series of AI -linked defense and technology ventures, have picked up a $620m Pentagon loan, a Marine Corps robotics contract and an undisclosed air force drone deal in the past year. His longtime friend Michael Dell…
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on Arc, the Future of Quantum and the Agentic Economy
Circle is known to many as the issuer of the $74 billion digital currency USD Coin, or USDC. But co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire believes the company's latest launch may be the “most consequential major platform launch” in its…
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