In the freshest apocalyptic omen since last month, the Amazon rainforest is current on fire—tens of thousands of fires, deliberately started, and greenlit by Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right, populist leader. G7 heads…
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Drones, Soybeans, Farms and Yoga: The Life of Aker’s Orlando Saez, an Agritech Rising Star
Orlando Saez may have honed a position as one of America’s most promising agritech entrepreneurs. When it comes to business advice, however, the best pearl of wisdom he’s received came from a…
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Tech Leaders Call for Ban on Killer Robots
Thousands of the world’s leading tech experts have called for a ban on autonomous weapons, arguing that the right to take human life “should never be delegated to a machine.” The statement,…
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From Laser Fighters to Wildfires: How Drone Startup Edgybees Found a Life-Saving Niche
When Menashe Haskin launched augmented reality drone firm Edgybees in 2017, with two others, he aimed to turn the sky into a technicolor racetrack. DronePrix AR gave users the chance to duck…
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High-Speed AR Firm Edgybees Completes $5.5m Seed Round
Edgybees, a Californian startup offering augmented reality solutions for “high speed” platforms like drones and cars, has won a $5.5 million Seed funding round. The investment was raised from Motorola Solutions Venture…
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DroneBase Closes $12m Series B Round – And Launches AR Solution
Los Angeles-based startup DroneBase, which connects drone owners and pilots with clients, has secured a $12 million Series B funding round. The company, founded in 2014 by Daniel Burton and Eli Tamanaha,…
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The Top Tech to Watch Out For at This Summer’s Euro 2016 Soccer Championships
It’s under a fortnight until this summer’s soccer European Championships kicks off in France. But while the basics of the game have barely changed since its rules were cast in 1863, there…