<p>Amazon on Wednesday introduced the Echo Show 21, its largest Echo Show yet. The smart display comes with double the viewing area of the existing Echo Show 15, which is also getting an upgrade. The two new devices have better audio quality than the original Echo Show 15, as they come with double the bass [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dual-use drone startup Tekever has raised €70 million ($74 million) to develop its product and expand into new markets, specifically the U.S. The news is part of a trend of smaller tech-driven startups moving into markets normally dominated by large &#8220;defense primes.&#8221; It also shows that uncrewed aerial drones are becoming far more sophisticated, in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dual-use drone startup Tekever has raised €70 million ($74 million) to develop its product and expand into new markets, specifically the U.S. The news is part of a trend of smaller tech-driven startups moving into markets normally dominated by large &#8220;defense primes.&#8221; It also shows that uncrewed aerial drones are becoming far more sophisticated, in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Smart ring maker Oura announced on Tuesday that it has received a $75 million investment from glucose device maker Dexcom. The investment marks Oura&#8217;s Series D funding round and brings the company&#8217;s valuation to more than $5 billion. The partnership paves the way for the two companies&#8217; devices and apps to be used together, which [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Prefer to offload all your Windows tasks to the cloud? Microsoft may just have the compact, desk-bound computer for you. On Tuesday at Microsoft Ignite 2024, the tech giant unveiled Windows 365 Link, a fanless, lightweight PC that connects to Windows 365. Windows 365 is a cloud-hosted, virtual Windows machine — like a typical Windows [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If Windows in mixed reality sounds like your idea of a good time, rejoice. Microsoft said on Tuesday at Microsoft Ignite 2024 it&#8217;s bringing the &#8220;full capabilities&#8221; of Windows 11 to the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S in December as part of a public preview. &#8220;Full capabilities,&#8221; in this context, means that you&#8217;ll be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>You’ve heard of car airbags deploying within milliseconds to protect passengers. How about an airbag for your knee? </p>

<p>Graphics processing units (GPUs), the chips on which most AI models run, are energy-hungry beasts. As a consequence of the accelerating incorporation of GPUs in data centers, AI will drive a 160% uptick in electricity demand by 2030, Goldman Sachs estimates. The trend isn&#8217;t sustainable, argues Vishal Sarin, an analog and memory circuit designer. After [&hellip;]</p>

<p>After a brief delay, Meta says that it&#8217;s begun to roll out certain AI features to users of its Ray-Ban Meta AR glasses in France, Italy, and Spain. Starting today, people in those countries can invoke Meta&#8217;s AI assistant, Meta AI, using their voice to get answers to general questions (e.g. “What are some good [&hellip;]</p>

<p>House plants are great. They can also be hard. All of those stress-reducing self-care qualities they promise tend to fade into the background when they suddenly turn brown for seemingly no reason. Unlike pets and human children, they can’t bug you when something is wrong. They just sort of wither. There’s a reason Reddit is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>House plants are great. They can also be hard. All of those stress-reducing self-care qualities they promise tend to fade into the background when they suddenly turn brown for seemingly no reason. Unlike pets and human children, they can’t bug you when something is wrong. They just sort of wither. There’s a reason Reddit is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Brynn Putnam sold her last company, Mirror, to Lululemon for $500 million at the start of the pandemic, it looked to this editor like she’d sold the smart fitness company too soon.&nbsp; Instead, the timing proved brilliant. The home fitness craze crashed nearly as abruptly as it peaked during that first year of lockdowns. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Brynn Putnam sold her last company, Mirror, to Lululemon for $500 million at the start of the pandemic, it looked to this editor like she’d sold the smart fitness company too soon.&nbsp; Instead, the timing proved brilliant. The home fitness craze crashed nearly as abruptly as it peaked during that first year of lockdowns. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What’s the best gift you can get someone? Why, the gift of travel, of course. The next best is something to enhance the travel experience. As fun and enlightening as seeing new places is, the whole part of getting there can detract from the overall experience, especially for those who find themselves traveling a lot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>What’s the best gift you can get someone? Why, the gift of travel, of course. The next best is something to enhance the travel experience. As fun and enlightening as seeing new places is, the whole part of getting there can detract from the overall experience, especially for those who find themselves traveling a lot [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Warehouses aren&#8217;t the only places grappling with a labor crunch. Since the start of the pandemic, restaurants around the world have been grappling with staffing shortages. A number of startups have entered the picture with automation solutions, aimed at reducing the number of hands required to keep the lights on and the food warm. There [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Warehouses aren&#8217;t the only places grappling with a labor crunch. Since the start of the pandemic, restaurants around the world have been grappling with staffing shortages. A number of startups have entered the picture with automation solutions, aimed at reducing the number of hands required to keep the lights on and the food warm. There [&hellip;]</p>

<p>American drone manufacturer Skydio has raised an extension round of $170 million, adding onto the $230 million Series E it closed early last year.</p>

<p>American drone manufacturer Skydio has raised an extension round of $170 million, adding onto the $230 million Series E it closed early last year.</p>

<p>Alphabet X spinoff Wing on Wednesday confirmed that it has started delivering blood samples via drone. The program, announced in September, is shuttling samples between London’s Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals. Wing is running up to 10 deliveries a day, Monday through Friday. Each run can contain several different samples and takes around three minutes. [&hellip;]</p>