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What robotics’ biggest raises tell us about the industry’s future
Warehouse fulfilment, construction, surgical and agriculture are key targets for automation Brian Heater @bheater / 9 hours I visited Boston last week and met with a number of robotics researchers, startups and established companies — more on that later — in the lead up to TechCrunch’s fourth annual TC Sessions…
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Hulu restructures under Disney, CEO Randy Freer departs
Hulu CEO Randy Freer is stepping down from his role as part of a major restructuring of Disney’s direct-to-consumer business, the company announced on Friday. Disney had acquired control of Hulu last year following its acquisition of 21st Century Fox and subsequent deal with NBCU which gave it full operational…
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Win an Omron HeatTens pain-relieving machine in our competition
An Omron HeatTens can treat your aches and pains, relieving your muscles and joints from intense workouts. Want to win one? Just answer the question below. The Omron HeatTens is a great gadget for those suffering with low back pain, aching shoulders after a day in the office, or those…
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Rocket startup Astra emerges from stealth, aims to launch for as little as $1M per flight
There’s yet another new rocket launch startup throwing its hat in the ring – Astra, an Alameda-based company that’s actually been operating in stealth mode (though relatively openly, often referred to as ‘Stealth Space Company’) for the past three years developing and testing its launch vehicle. Astra revealed its business…
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Construction startup Scaled Robotics raises a €2M seed round
Industrial robots are expensive. But, then, so are construction mistakes. Being off by an inch here or there adds up quickly, and too often crews need to correctly costly errors. There’s a reason construction has become the next great target of the robotics and automation industries, with a number of…
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Oracle on track to beat AWS in number of data centres by end of the year
With the opening of its first data centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oracle now has 21 Generation 2 Cloud regions across the world. A cloud region has two data centres. The US tech company has added one data centres in each of the cloud regions – Saudi Arabia…
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