For all their potential, AI agents have been slow to make an impact in the enterprise, and one new startup is betting that the reason they haven’t is a lack of context.
Launched as part of Y Combinator’s 2025 summer cohort, Trace is a workflow orchestration startup aimed at filling that gap. The company maps complex corporate environments and processes so that agents have the context…
Tesla must face lawsuit alleging it replaced laid-off US workers with H-1B visa holders
February 27, 2026
A federal judge has ruled that Tesla must face a class-action lawsuit alleging the automaker systematically discriminated against American workers by preferring H-1B visa holders for engineering positions, even as it laid off more than 6,000 US employees in 2024.
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I bought Walmart's $199 e-bike to see how bad could it be?
February 27, 2026
As the internet’s resident e-bike guy, a lot of interesting things tend to come across my desk. Many of them get passed over; there’s only 24 hours in the day, after all. But when something is interesting enough, or in this case, quirky enough, it gets a second look. And…
This new tech captures wasted power and cuts energy bills 20%
February 27, 2026
Factories waste vast amounts of electricity every time heavy machinery slows down. This Scottish company says it can capture that lost power and slash energy bills by up to 20%.
IR Power, owned by MWNW Group, has developed a plug-and-play system that captures the electricity industrial machines generate when they decelerate.
In many plants, equipment constantly ramps up and down – presses…
US soldiers earn French medal for 2023 Iraq rescue
February 27, 2026
Heavy rotor blades cut through the Iraqi night as American aviators raced towards a firefight unfolding below.
In August 2023, French special operations forces had come under attack from Islamic State militants near Hawija and a New York Army National Guard crew was sent to…
Once-reluctant Germany goes big on one-way attack drones
February 27, 2026
COLOGNE, Germany — The German government plans to equip its military forces with one-way attack drones, setting up three domestic manufacturers for deals that could reach billions of euros.
Lawmakers on the parliamentary budget committee on Feb. 25 approved contracts worth…
Leonardo to set up aerostructures joint venture by mid-year
February 27, 2026
ROME — Italian defense giant Leonardo aims to set up its long planned aerostructures joint venture with an unnamed partner by June, CEO Roberto Cingolani has said, promising the new firm will be one of the world’s top three of its kind.
“Our partner is both financial and industrial, and they have a strong demand for civil as well as military aviation components, rotorcraft and potentially…
Are you sharing streaming passwords? Read this first
February 27, 2026
A lot’s changed since I first wrote about sharing your streaming passwords more than a decade ago.
While Netflix once lauded password sharing as a growth mechanism, lately it’s been pushing more password sharers to pay up as it focuses on growing revenue. Disney and HBO…
Lenovo’s new folding handheld gaming tablet thing is ridiculous
February 27, 2026
Lenovo has become synonymous with unveiling concept devices, many of which eventually arrive in the market. But Lenovo’s latest is truly bizarre: a folding tablet which doubles both as a laptop and a handheld gaming display with accompanying controllers.
It truly looks…
On March 17, Street Fighter 6 is getting a new DLC character: the pro wrestling-inspired Alex, and All Elite Wrestling’s own Kenny Omega is the man behind the motion capture. At IGN Fan Fest 2026, he explained how the opportunity to do the motion capture actually came out of a simple misunderstanding.
“When the news broke and they told me, we signed the NDAs and we know who the…
