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In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling the one nobody wants

Driven by labor shortages, Japan is pushing physical AI from pilot projects into real-world deployment.

Unpacking Peter Thiel’s big bet on solar-powered cow collars

Why did Founders Fund invest $220 million in cattle management startup Halter?

Embattled startup Delve has ‘parted ways’ with Y Combinator

The controversy around Delve appears to have cost the compliance startup its relationship with accelerator Y Combinator.

People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center

A new poll shows that the debate over data centers is far from settled.

Flipboard’s new ‘social websites’ help publishers and creators tap into the open social web

Flipboard's social websites consolidate profiles and posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, YouTube, podcasts, blogs, and RSS feeds into a single, shared destination.

NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science

NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn't working.

Startup funding shatters all records in Q1

The record quarterly fundraise largely fueled four mega-deals into OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo. But it also indicates a generally hot market.