Introducing Gemini Robotics ER 2
Gemini Robotics ER 2 is a step change in video understanding, tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration for robotic applications.
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Canada Goose Beats Revenue Estimates as Demand Holds Up
The outerwear brand beat expectations for first-quarter revenue, but new US tariffs on Canadian could affect future earnings.
Inside an AI TikTok Shop Slop Factory That Shills Supplements Recalled By the FDA
How a company called Rosabella used AI content to market its supplements: "If you’re trying to sell health products to a 50-year-old, well, make your avatar 50 years old."
Hosepipe bans in force as drought declared - is your area affected?
More than 20 million households have been placed under hosepipe bans due to higher demand and low rainfall.
How attack path mapping helps AI security agents prioritize risk
Security teams have spent years chasing alerts in isolation while attackers move fluidly across cloud, identity and device boundaries. That mismatch is pushing more practitioners toward attack path mapping — using graph databases to show AI agents exactly how a threat could reach sensitive data, and where to act first.
Cisco-Backed Startup Eliyan Raises $145M at $1B Valuation to Fix AI’s Data Bottleneck
Everyone’s watching chip speed. Almost nobody’s watching what happens between the chips and that’s exactly where the industry is losing the most performance. In dense AI clusters, GPUs typically run The post Cisco-Backed Startup Eliyan Raises $145M at $1B Valuation to Fix AI’s Data Bottleneck appeared first on Ventureburn .
Why AI systems need to be robust in safety-critical environments
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Here’s What CNET Readers Want to Change About the iPhone – and Why It Probably Won’t Happen Soon
CNET readers expect to see a new foldable iPhone this year, but that’s not what’s at the top of their wish list.
If You Were Apple’s CEO, What iPhone Changes Would You Make? CNET Readers Chime In
A foldable iPhone could be coming soon, but CNET readers would make other changes instead.
America doesn’t need new politicians. It needs a more political competition.
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Helldivers 2's Warhammer 40k warbond finally gets a release date, will let you bust out the meltaguns and meltamines
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Protopia and Rafay deliver multi-tenancy for shared GPU AI factories
Enterprise AI infrastructure providers are turning to multi-tenancy paired with upstream data protection to convert idle GPU capacity into secure, token-metered services that enterprises will actually…
US economic growth sees surprise slowdown in second quarter
The economy grew at an annual rate of 1.5% in the three months to June, down from 2.1% seen in the previous quarter.
The Local's Guide to Sweden's Political Parties: The Left Party
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Drought declared across whole of Wales as conditions 'deteriorate'
Wales is on course for its driest July on record in almost 190 years.
inforcer raises $50M Series C to scale AI security platform for MSPs
UK-basedinforcer has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Meritech Capital and Dawn Capital.inforcer develops a unified…
Analyst data: Assassin's Creed Odyssey experiences surge in daily active users following Christopher Nolan film
Following the release of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey film on July 17, daily active users of Assassin's Creed Odyssey increased significantly across all platforms. Read more
US scientist Elsa Reichmanis defends global collaboration amid scrutiny of science exchange
American materials scientist Elsa Reichmanis, whose pioneering work helped lay part of the foundation for modern semiconductor manufacturing, said scientific collaboration should transcend rivalry…
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Expanding the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease beyond maternal behaviors
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Alckmin to run as Lula’s running mate again in upcoming elections
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Digital bike ID startup Bikekey secures TÖNNJES investment
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CAIS Raises $170M At $2 Billion Valuation To Expand Alternative Investment Platform
Funding Fuels Platform Expansion And AI Development The New York-based alternative investment platform CAIS secured $170 million in Series D financing that will support the enhancement of the firm’s technology The post CAIS Raises $170M At $2 Billion Valuation To Expand Alternative Investment Platform appeared first on Ventureburn .
'I jumped on it straight away': First applicants invited to Sweden’s new civics test
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Raids across UK in crackdown on nuisance car finance texts
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China’s smart-vacuum giants swept up in US robot ban, hitting top options for Americans
The fallout from Washington’s fresh import ban on foreign robots appears poised to disrupt the American living room, threatening to lock out market-dominating Chinese smart vacuums.
BMW to Volkswagen: How deep is Germany's auto industry cull?
BMW joins VW, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz in cutting thousands of jobs, as Chinese rivals erode their market share. DW recaps the major reforms German automakers are pursuing to safeguard their future.
STAT+: Rising oil prices can boost the cost of some medicines. One expert says it’s time to lower reliance on fossil fuels
Unitaid found the rising price of oil could boost the cost of a widely used HIV medicine it reviewed in a detailed analysis.
DOGE Veterans Are Landing Big Jobs at Prediction Markets
Polymarket and Novig have both recently brought ex-DOGE affiliates onboard as scrutiny of the industry intensifies.
Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, libtiff, libXfont2, nodejs:22, nodejs:24, and rest), Debian (expat and nss), Fedora (libssh, nginx, nginx-mod-brotli…
- Multiple Linux distributions released security updates on Thursday
- Updates addressed vulnerabilities in packages like gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free and libtiff
- Aimed at improving security and stability of affected software
Irish Premier League contingent concentrated at 7 clubs
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Best in Class: Stream PC Games and Study on the Same Laptop With GeForce NOW
Back to school means balancing assignments, deadlines and downtime. GeForce NOW makes it easy to have it all. With cloud gaming, everyday laptops used for class can also become GeForce RTX-powered…
The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe | Devi Sridhar
Americans are dying younger than Europeans, despite being the wealthiest people on the planet. Wellness fads won’t change that I’m just back from my home country, the United States.
A Remote Indigenous Community Built One of Canada’s Fastest Fiber Networks
In February 2024, a young man lay somewhere on the frozen shore of James Bay, Canada, surrounded by snow and darkness, succumbing to hypothermia.
Comedian Margaret Cho meets the person she used to be
Born in the U.S. and taken to Korea after her father’s deportation, comedian Margaret Cho grew up between cultures, experienced sexual assault at a young age, and came of age in her parents’ gay…
Pitching investors? Know which side of the Atlantic you’re on
Ask any founder who has been through a fundraising round and they’ll tell you: preparing a pitch deck can feel like guesswork dressed up as strategy.
Eddie Yue: Response to media regarding the new measures announced by People Bank of China's Governor Pan Gongsheng
Response by Mr Eddie Yue, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, to media regarding the new measures announced by People Bank of China's Governor Pan Gongsheng at the Hong Kong FIC &…
Personal Income and Outlays, June 2026
Personal income increased $54.9 billion (0.2 percent at a monthly rate) in June, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Transform any place with Nano Banana in Google Earth
Custom images — generated from Google Earth satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery — help you redesign any location.
MIT researchers have designed a recyclable alternative to spandex
This new polyethylene yarn matches spandex's stretch—and unlike spandex, it can be melted down and re-spun repeatedly.
Accelerator Report: Beyond the LHC – CERN’s Beams Keep Science Moving
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) may have entered Long Shutdown 3 (LS3), but across the rest of CERN’s accelerator complex operations remain as busy as ever.
Ant Group spin-offs pursue independent growth with strategic capital moves
The three independent spin-offs of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group are accelerating their capital-raising efforts, forging distinct financial paths after gaining operational autonomy in 2024.
Semi Annual Newsletter (January-June 2026)
Semi Annual Newsletter (January-June 2026) halmohamed@who.int Thu, 30/07/2026 - 12:26 Warm greetings from the Smiling Coast of Africa.
- WHO praises Gambia's efforts in June 2026 newsletter
- Highlights primary healthcare, service quality, threat safeguarding
- Report emphasizes accessible, resilient healthcare system
Lessons from Notre-Dame inform reconstruction of Copenhagen Stock Exchange building
After fire destroyed half of the historic red-brick structure in 2024, its owners’ ambitious goal is to rebuild even faster than the French did with the Paris cathedral
The Exciting Plan to Photograph an Alien Continent
NASA has selected a concept study, led by physicist Paul Stankus, exploring whether a pair of spacecraft flying in tight formation could one day produce an actual image of an Earth like exoplanet's surface, oceans, continents and all.
Highland Europe closes €1.1B Fund VI to back European technology scaleups
Growth-stage venture capital firm Highland Europe hasclosed a €1.1 billion sixth fund to continue investing in European technologyscaleups.Headquartered in London and Geneva, Highland Europespecialise...
A Thermal Camera Trick Could Let LIGO See Twice as Far
A team of researchers have found a surprisingly simple way to boost the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors like LIGO. It’s surprisingly simple to, just point an ordinary thermal imaging camera at the mirrors themselves.
Holidaymakers warned about 'explosive diarrhoea' cyclospora parasite infection
The UK is seeing a sharp rise in cases - 67 since April - with many of them among travellers returning from Mexico.
Mars' Double Storm Problem
A new study presented at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting suggests that solar storms may warm the Martian lower atmosphere, but only when they strike during a major Martian…
Future of UK physics threatened by ‘ruinous’ funding cuts, says Institute of Physics
The cuts at UK Research and Innovation have resulted in the cancellation of several significant international projects The post Future of UK physics threatened by ‘ruinous’ funding cuts, says…
"I learnt a tonne about enamel pin manufacturing" – Brigador developer Stellar Jockeys on the secrets of selling video game merchandise
Since the indie boom of the 2010s, one piece of advice commonly given to smaller studios has been the value of merchandise. Read more
Why Google Voice is your secret business weapon
All right, quiz time: In a single sentence, can you tell me exactly what Google Voice does? It’s a question even the most giddy Google-appreciating geeks struggle to answer succinctly — and for…
Treasures from Ancient Egypt’s ‘Golden City’, and the stories of the people who made them, revealed in San Francisco show
Twenty artefacts from Pharaoh Amenhotep III's abandoned city, discovered on Luxor’s west bank in 2021, are part of the exhibition at the de Young Museum
England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows
UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 season England is on track to record its highest ever number of heat-related deaths this summer…
Robinhood posts record second-quarter revenue as trading subscriptions deposits accelerate growth
Robinhood turned in its strongest second quarter on record as higher trading activity, rising customer deposits and steady subscription growth… Continue reading Robinhood posts record second-quarter revenue as trading subscriptions deposits accelerate growth The post Robinhood posts record second-quarter revenue as trading subscriptions…
Artist starts legal case against Meta for deleting her Instagram account
Emma Shapiro and her lawyers are fighting the “loss of her artistic archive, audience, professional visibility and space for public debate”
Cyclospora: what it is, and how can you protect yourself when travelling?
Every summer, a small but steady number of UK travellers return from holidays abroad with an unwelcome souvenir: a parasitic infection that can leave them dealing with unpleasant gastrointestinal…
I’ve spent years researching what it means to be alive. This is what I’ve learned | Melanie Challenger
To understand the experience of life, don’t look to the mind. Look to the body In a 1982 article, the American feminist scholar Elizabeth Spelman coined the term “ somatophobia ” to describe the…
Demand for lithium is surging: here’s how to make mining more sustainable
Nature, Published online: 30 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02195-z Researchers are looking for ways to extract the metal from underground reservoirs that use less water.
The Chinese robot army transforming the UK's retail industry
Britain's weak productivity growth and labour shortages are creating an opportunity for China's robotics firms.