AI & RoboticsNews

First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion that helps you build habits

In a world that’s rapidly filling up with AI-generated content, a startup called First Voyage wants to help people avoid all the AI slop blasted their way and instead build the habits they want. And it’s doing that by way of an AI companion app: Called Momo Self Care, the app offers a digital pet called Momo that you can take care of, and in return, it’ll remind you to complete…
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NewsPhotography

These Canon custom camera modes are my secret sauce when every second counts

The fast and frantic nature of street photography often requires you to think fast on your feet, or rather fingers. Whether it’s a moment that you want to flood the sensor with light to achieve a pin-sharp shot, or you want to slow the shutter down a little to inject a bit of arty motion – diving into the settings in the conventional way, changing from aperture priority to shutter…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Motiv, Workhorse merge to take on the ICE establishment

Electric medium-duty startups Motive and Workhorse have logged millions of miles across their customer fleets — and by joining forces, they’re out to prove, once and for all, that electric vehicles can get the job done. Following shareholder votes last month, Ohio-based Workhorse and San Francisco-based Motive are merging to form one of the largest commercial electric vehicle and last-mile…
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DefenseNews

B-52 with key radar upgrade flies to Edwards for testing

The first B-52H Stratofortress to receive a major radar upgrade last week flew to Edwards Air Force Base in California for testing, marking a significant milestone in the Air Force’s work to modernize its oldest bomber fleet. The B-52 conducted a ferry flight from…
DefenseNews

How Field Marshal Montgomery predicted the rise of drone warfare

It might seem inconceivable that the use of drones in future battles would have come to the forefront of discussions of NATO strategy in the 1950s, but that is exactly what happened when Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery delivered an address to the Royal United Services Institute in 1954. Montgomery, who helped create the foundations of NATO and was then serving as its Deputy Supreme Allied…
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