Summary: VAST Data raised $1 billion in a Series F at a $30 billion valuation, more than tripling from $9.1 billion, with Drive Capital and Access Industries co-leading and Nvidia, Fidelity, and NEA participating. More than $500 million is secondary capital. The company reports $4 billion in cumulative bookings…Continue Reading
Framework’s new 13 Pro laptop is the company’s first to ship as certified for Ubuntu, who say you can buy it knowing you’ll get “guaranteed support right out of the box”. Framework hardware have been popular with Linux users for years, not just for the company’s ethos around upgradeable andContinue Reading
“AI is a tool, but we do not replace humans in how we manage the airspace. The final say, in anything we do, is going to be an air traffic controller,” Duffy said., “AI is a tool, but we do not replace humans in how we manage the airspace. TheContinue Reading
A med student from India who goes by “Sam” said he created Emily Hart as a way to make money for schooling expenses., A med student from India who goes by “Sam” said he created Emily Hart as a way to make money for schooling expenses., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Back in 2023, Arkansas passed a social media age verification law so poorly drafted that the bill’s own sponsor couldn’t accurately describe who it covered. The law appeared to exempt TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube while the sponsor publicly claimed those were the exact platforms being targeted. When the state’s ownContinue Reading
Latest hardware sports dock for graphic card, power sipping battery Framework, maker of modular and repairable laptops, has spruced its line-up with a completely redesigned 13-inch model sporting the latest Intel CPUs, new components for its 16-inch system, and a dock that lets users add devices like a desktop graphicsContinue Reading
Gartner sees accelerating growth in IT spending, powered by cloud and AI infrastructure investment A day after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the US/Israel/Iran war was creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the world, Gartner increased its growth forecasts for global IT spending by nearly three percentageContinue Reading
Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, complete the final integration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s major components on Nov. 25, 2025, joining the spacecraft and telescope assemblies in the facility’s largest clean room. (Image credit: NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya) GREENBELT, Md. — On Tuesday (April 21) here at NASA’s Goddard SpaceContinue Reading
(Image credit: NASA) NASA’s ready for industry experts to join the agency under its new NASA Force initiative. NASA , in partnership with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), unveiled the NASA Force website on Friday (April 17). The aim is to “recruit and place high-impact technical talent into mission-critical roles,” according to anContinue Reading
Sponsored by Pickering Interfaces. EV platforms live at the intersection of high voltage, high power and strict safety requirements. From battery packs and traction inverters to DC fast chargers and cable harnesses, engineers must prove that insulation is sound during development and at end-of-line. That is the role of high-potentialContinue Reading
Turntide Technologies has expanded its axial flux motor lineup with two new models. The AF300 delivers more than 192 Nm of continuous torque; the AF400 delivers up to 290 Nm. Both are available in single- and double-stacked configurations, giving OEMs a range of performance options in the same compact axialContinue Reading
The world is ramping up its lithium production in a bid to meet the growing global demand for critical minerals, being driven by renewable energy deployment and the higher uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) and other electronics. Lithium production from mining increased from 31,500 metric tonnes in 2015 to 82,500 tonnes in 2020 and 290,000Continue Reading
Boeing has just shared the full details of its financial results for the first quarter of 2026. While this thorough report contained all of the various facts and figures that you would expect, it also shed interesting light on the certification processes for the US planemaker’s delayed MAX 7 andContinue Reading