Inversion Space will test its space-based delivery tech in October

April 17, 2024

Inversion Space is aptly named. The three-year-old startup’s primary concern is not getting things to space, but bringing them back — transforming the ultimate high ground into “a transportation layer for Earth.” The company’s plan — ultra-fast, on-demand deliveries to anywhere on Earth — sounds like pie in the sky, but it’s the sort of […]

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3 Chip Stocks to Hold Amidst Market Risks

April 17, 2024
The semiconductor industry’s long-term growth is fueled by robust demand, particularly across the consumer electronics sector, favorable government policies, and technological advances. Amid market risks, it could be ideal to…

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot goes electric

April 17, 2024

Atlas lies motionless in a prone position atop interlocking gym mats. The only soundtrack is the whirring of an electric motor. It’s not quiet, exactly, but it’s nothing compared to the hydraulic jerks of its ancestors. As the camera pans around the robot’s back, its legs bend at the knees. It’s a natural movement, at […]

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Fintech startup Mercury, which is under regulatory scrutiny, expands into consumer banking

April 17, 2024

Business banking startup Mercury, founded in 2020, is now launching a consumer banking product. Mercury today serves more than 100,000 businesses, many of which are startups, via its B2B practice. The expansion is a natural move for the company and one that has been in the works for a couple of years, according to Immad […]

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EU privacy body adopts view on Meta’s controversial ‘consent or pay’ tactic

April 17, 2024

Incoming guidance by an expert steering body for European Union data protection law could have major implications for Meta’s surveillance advertising business model: Large platforms such as Facebook and Instagram cannot force a “binary” pay or consent choice on users, according to a Politico report Wednesday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the decision. […]

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B2B marketplace The Folklore bags $3.4M seed to get brands into global stores

April 17, 2024

Amira Rasool founded The Folklore in 2018 to help fashion brands from emerging markets like Africa, Asia and The Caribbean tap into the international market. In 2022, the startup introduced The Folklore Connect, a B2B marketplace and wholesale management software for brands to sell to partner global retailers like Nordstrom, after it shifted from sourcing […]

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Formlabs says new 3D printer ‘rivals injection molding’

April 17, 2024

This month marks five years since the release of the Form 3, Formlabs’ last major 3D printer refresh. To celebrate the occasion, the MIT spinoff has unveiled the long-awaited Form 4. At the top of the notable features list are faster printing speeds (under two hours for most prints, per the company), a 30% build […]

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The Download: commercializing space, and China’s chip self-sufficiency efforts

April 17, 2024
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology The great commercial takeover of low-Earth orbit NASA designed the International Space Station to fly for 20 years. It has lasted six years longer than that, though it is showing its age, and…