AI & RoboticsNews

Eightfold co-founders raise $35M for Viven, an AI digital twin startup for querying unavailable co-workers

October 16, 2025
While employees spend much of their day communicating and coordinating amongst themselves on projects, this effort is often undermined by the availability of specific individuals. When a colleague with vital information is away – whether on vacation or in a different time zone – the rest of the team must delay progress until that person responds. Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia, the…
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NewsPhotography

These amazing images showcase contemporary photography at its finest – and just won big at BIFA 2025

October 16, 2025
The winners of the Budapest International Foto Awards 2025 (BIFA) have just been announced, and this year’s selection is as visually striking as it is emotionally powerful. From abstract visual poetry and explorations of identity, to photographs that bring us face-to-face with intimate human stories, the BIFA 2025 proves – yet again – the transformative power of contemporary…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Flying electric boat to showcase cutting commute times in half in Washington D.C.

October 16, 2025
What if your morning commute didn’t involve gridlock on the 395 or the Orange Line crawl, but instead meant silently flying over the Potomac River at 30 knots? That’s exactly what Stockholm-based Candela is bringing to Washington D.C. this week with the U.S. demo debut of its flying electric boats. While it doesn’t appear to be a permanent route nor make use of the company’s latest…
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DefenseNews

Printing with sand: How Rock Island Arsenal keeps Army gear humming

October 16, 2025
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. — In the forge at Rock Island Arsenal, workers in silver heat suits and darkened face shields shovel fire unfazed as flames lick their feet and legs. Their work is older than the nation’s railroads, melting and molding metal the way it’s been done for centuries. Sparks cascade as they raise a cauldron of molten metal from the flames along the ceiling to a set of…
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