Another fire breaks out at aluminum plant that supplies Ford
It’s the second major fire — and the third overall — in the last few months at the Novelis plant in Oswego, NY.
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Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image generation model
Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web.
As its voice dectation app takes off, Wispr secures $25M from Notable Capital
Voice AI company Wispr is raising $25 million in funding merely months after its $30 million Series A.
Waymo enters 3 more cities: Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa
The new cities will see Waymo tackle harsh winter weather and narrow streets.
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Samsung Display, China’s BOE settle OLED patent and trade secret lawsuits
The settlement lays to bed a drawn out, three-year fight between Samsung’s display division and BOE, both of whom supply display panels used in Apple’s iPhones.
Sortera is turning America’s scrap aluminum problem into cash
Sortera has developed an AI-guided system to sort scrap aluminum by specific grades. The startup is building a second sorting facility in Tennessee.
Finland’s NestAI lands €100M, partners with Nokia to build AI for defense applications
Finnish startup NestAI said it has raised €100 million to build “Europe’s leading physical AI lab.”
Uber Eats will use Starship sidewalk robots to deliver food in the UK
The two companies will start in the UK this year, before expanding to other European cities in 2026 and the U.S. in 2027.
Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’
The memo that went out Thursday, which TechCrunch obtained, says the “timing” of the company’s pivot away from tractor manufacturing puts it at risk.