NASA picked Eric Schmidt’s Relativity Space to fly to Mars. It has never reached orbit.

NASA is partnering with Relativity Space, the rocket company run by former Google chief Eric Schmidt, to fly a science mission to Mars. Announced on June 17, the mission is called Aeolus, the first fl [...]

AI agents are getting their own search engine

AI agents may soon search for and use their own tools at runtime, thanks to a new open standard backed by Microsoft and Google. [...]

Nearly 80% of data center capacity is at elevated risk from flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat, a new study warns

A First Street analysis of 97 global markets found that chronic stress from heat and drought threatens more than half of all data centers worldwide [...]

CarMax beat earnings estimates but is facing falling used-car margins as new CEO unveils growth strategy

Gross profit per retail used vehicle fell $230 from last year's record as CEO Keith Barr outlined a four-pillar plan to drive unit and earnings growth [...]

Pramaana Labs raised $27M to wrap AI in mathematical proof for law, tax, and drug discovery

As companies struggle to turn AI pilots into things they can actually rely on, a new startup is betting the fix looks less like a better chatbot and more like a mathematical proof. Pramaana Labs annou [...]

Adobe Says Its Expanded AI Agents Are There to 'Guide You Down the Happy Path'

You are the creative orchestrator with the new AI assistants coming to Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Illustrator. [...]

While Helsing and Anduril chase billion-dollar valuations, Comand AI raised €32M for the layer above them

The defence-tech land grab has a new front, and it sits above the drones and sensors that get the headlines. Comand AI, a Paris startup building AI software for military command, has raised a €32mn [...]

85% of NATO’s defence-tech funding goes to the US. AVP and Earlybird raised €500M to change that.

Europe is pledging hundreds of billions to defence. Almost none of the venture money funding the technology behind it is European. Since 2019, the US has captured around 85 per cent of all NATO defenc [...]

I tested the Camp Snap 2, and the follow-up to the viral screen-free compact camera is slimmer, quicker and more creative, and still deliciously cheap

With faster shooting and new filters, the Camp Snap 2 is basically the first camera again, but better. It'll sell like gangbusters. [...]