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How the tech industry's embrace of Trump may be paying dividends

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm Blake Montgomery, writing to you from beneath a few inches of snow in New York City. This week in tech: an analysis of the quid pro quo of Donald Trump's executive order on AI; OpenAI goes on the defensive; and…

Applied Industrial Technologies May Be Moving, But That's Not Enough (NYSE:AIT)

Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) offers steady growth, robust automation exposure, and disciplined capital allocation but trades at only a fair absolute valuation. Organic growth remains weak, with recent gains largely acquisition-driven;…

How Borderless Deep Tech Is Changing Innovation

Igor Trunov is the Cofounder of Alfaleads Group and visionary behind the AtlantiX project. As I see it, Silicon Valley no longer holds a monopoly on innovation. The next wave of groundbreaking technologies is emerging far beyond familiar startup…

Tech companies want flying taxis on the battlefield

US tech companies are hoping soon to gain clearance for flying taxis that make short commercial hops like Manhattan to LaGuardia Airport. Eyeing defense dollars, they're also equipping air taxies for the battlefield. Air taxis have wings and…

Trump Administration Begins Program to Increase Government's Tech Worker Ranks

The Trump administration on Monday began a recruiting effort aimed at bolstering the government's ranks of technology workers, starting a program that will hire tech employees to join federal agencies and work on projects related to artificial…

The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump

PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ Over the course of Joe Biden's presidency, a great awakening took place among the nation's tech industry leaders. Their wealth expanded dramatically, they grew disgusted with their…

India's Digantara raises $50M for space-based missile defence tech

Digantara, an Indian space surveillance startup, has raised $50 million in a new funding round as it moves beyond space situational awareness into missile tracking, citing growing demand from governments for space-based defence capabilities. The…

Advanced Tech and Heart Health Top Monday's Research Schedule

Expedition 74 kicked off the week exploring robotics, physics, and heart health aboard the International Space Station. The orbital residents also continued packing a Japanese cargo craft while servicing and inspecting lab hardware. NASA Flight…

Starmer blow as Trump puts vaunted £31bn 'tech prosperity' deal on ice

Keir Starmer 's vaunted £31billion 'tech prosperity' deal with the US looks to be on ice amid claims of wrangling over trade terms. Donald Trump is said to have frozen talks on the pact, which was unveiled with great fanfare during his state…

Negotiations over 'historic' US-UK tech deal stall - BBC News

Negotiations over a technology deal between the UK and US have stalled because of stumbling blocks in wider trade negotiations between the two sides. The Technology Prosperity Deal - which was billed as 'historic' when it was unveiled during US…

Rapid advances in China's AI video space lead to widespread tech adoption

China's artificial intelligence video market is heating up as companies race to launch generative tools, promising to produce high-quality, realistic clips, fuelled by the growing adoption of AI in video creation across industries. Beijing-based…

UK launches taskforce to 'break down barriers' for women in tech - BBC News

The government has launched a new taskforce it says will help women 'enter, stay and lead' in the UK tech sector. Led by technology secretary Liz Kendall, it will see female leaders from tech companies and organisations advise the government on how…

Fortune Tech: A rocky road

Good morning. And RIP to actor-director-producer Rob Reiner, who may have little connection to the business of technology but left an indelible mark on yours truly with a certain 1984 mockumentary. (How many gigs did my band start with…

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US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports

Dec 15 (Reuters) - The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck ​with Britain earlier this year, which was ‌intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing ‌and civil nuclear energy, the…