AI & RoboticsNews

Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no. 

As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via email on March 31. One of the employees cut that day told TechCrunch about the experience: “I had, like, this weird feeling in my stomach. I went to go sign into the VPN, and the VPN was like, ‘this user doesn’t exist anymore.’ Then I called my friend, and I was like, ‘Hey, can you see me in Slack?’ And she…
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NewsPhotography

70% of photos on your camera roll are forgotten –and many photographers will relate to "digital photo overload"

A new report suggests that about 70% of the photos taken on camera phones are never looked at again, highlighting a growing disconnect between how much we shoot and how little we actually appreciate the images. While the research focuses on smartphone photography, the behaviour will feel familiar to many mirrorless or DSLR photographers as well, where shoots often result in hundreds of images that…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Get real: DeepWay delivered 8,020 electric semi trucks last year

After a week of Tesla Semi grabbing headlines and stealing the show at ACT Expo, Baidu-backed DeepWay would like to remind you that they delivered 8,020 electric semi trucks in 2025 – and they’re almost ready to go public. Founded in 2020 and backed by Chinese search engine and tech brand Baidu, DeepWay began selling electric HD trucks in 2023, delivering 509 units that year and 3,002 units…
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DefenseNews

The US Marine Corps is looking for a few good robots to build airfields

For Marines who have toiled over assembling airfields in austere environments, relief may be on the way. The Marine Corps wants to develop robots that can do the grunt work of laying down the matting used to quickly construct Expeditionary Airfields, or EAF, in amphibious beachheads and other remote locations. “Currently, assembling EAF matting is a manual process carried out by Marines — a…
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