Nvidia-backed ThinkLabs AI raises $28 million to tackle a growing power grid crunch

ThinkLabs AI, a startup building artificial intelligence models that simulate the behavior of the electric grid, announced today that it has closed a $28 million Series A financing round led by Energy [...]

The Italian deeptech making graphene-based optical chips gets €211M

CamGraPhIC, a subsidiary of Milan-based 2D Photonics, has received European Commission approval for €211M in Italian state funding to industrialise its graphene photonic interconnect technology and [...]

It’s stronger than steel and paper thin, but graphene isn’t living up to its promise

If the film classic The Graduate were being made today, it’s likely that, in delivering his iconic line, Walter Brooke would lean into Dustin Hoffman’s ear and offer a new career path: “graphene [...]

Is Consolidated Edison (ED) Stock Outpacing Its Utilities Peers This Year?

Here is how Consolidated Edison (ED) and Exelon (EXC) have performed compared to their sector so far this year. [...]

Acer Predator Triton 14 AI review: A true ultraportable gaming laptop

When I review products, I try to take other perspectives and use cases into account as much as possible. I'm very aware that I'm not the target audience for every device. But once in a while [...]

'A tabletop window into extreme physics': How graphene is breaking a fundamental law to unlock quantum computing

Researchers observed graphene violating a long-established physics law as heat and electrical conductivity diverged under extreme quantum conditions. [...]

HistoSonics gets Taiwan approval for its tumour-destroying ultrasound system as it pushes into Asia

HistoSonics has received regulatory approval from Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration for its Edison Histotripsy System, a non-invasive cancer treatment device that uses focused ultrasound to dest [...]

Suno investor admits she ditched Spotify for AI music, accidentally undermining the company's fair use defense

Suno investor C.C. Gong told X she barely uses Spotify anymore, accidentally undermining the company's fair use defense and handing the music industry a powerful argument in its lawsuit against t [...]

PayPal's blockchain partner accidentally minted $300 trillion in stablecoins

In an embarrassing error, PayPal blockchain partner Paxos accidentally minted 300 trillion of the PYUSD token today. PayPal's stablecoin, which it debuted in 2023, is supposed to be redeemable at [...]