On Asia trip, DoD policy chief has praise for AUKUS, and a warning for ‘middle powers’

Elbridge Colby said at the start of his multi-nation tour that his message would be “realistic and perhaps bracing, but also reassuring.”

AgriFood Signals: Ranch tech startup Ranchbot nets $15m, Target hires chief AI officer, plant cell culture megadeal

Plus: Vertical farmer GoodLeaf Farms achieves profitability. The post AgriFood Signals: Ranch tech startup Ranchbot nets $15m, Target hires chief AI officer, plant cell culture megadeal appeared first on AgFunderNews.

Genesis unveils the GV80 HEV, its first hybrid with an ‘EV-like’ drive and better efficiency

Genesis revealed the GV80 HEV, its first hybrid vehicle. The GV80 HEV will go on sale next month with an all-new hybrid system that delivers an “EV-like” drive and roughly a 25% improvement in fuel efficiency.

New ‘Patent Friction Index’ Ranks USPTO Last Among Five Peer Offices

Red Tape Index (RTI), a project of the regulatory intelligence platform Labrynth, published a patent index today placing the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) below every peer office measured on the price, speed, and openness of the patent system. The Patent Friction Index assigned the United States a composite score of -42.62, a figure that stayed negative under every alternative scoring rule tested. The post New ‘Patent Friction Index’ Ranks USPTO Last Among Five Peer Offices a

DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman Britain

Descent passed from mother to daughter rather than from father to son, a study of more than 500 Iron Age individuals from north-east England suggests

Older Democrats walloped by midterms anti-establishment revolt

House Democrats who have comfortably held their seats for decades are suddenly finding the ground shifting beneath their feet as primary voters revolt against the party's old guard.Why it matters: The anti-establishment revolution that has swept Democratic prima

Africa's Young Disruptors: Part Four

Mobile manipulators and humanoids: The future of robotics

A free download looks at the state of humanoids, including a rundown of current robotics developers and interviews with industry experts. The post Mobile manipulators and humanoids: The future of robotics appeared first on The Robot Report.

Trump's White House remodel tab keeps growing

The East Wing is gone, a new helipad is spreading across the lawn, and scaffolding wraps the White House's front columns, but the price tags for President Trump's renovations are far less obvious.The big picture: The muddled mix of funding streams

Shifting tides in global maritime sector float Chinese shipyard’s outlook

A shipyard in China that halted construction of new vessels eight years ago is staging a full comeback this year as global demand shifts towards small and medium-sized tonnage over ultra-large container ships. Founded in the 1950s, Qingshan Shipyard, located on the Yangtze River in Wuhan in the central province of Hubei, was once a leading domestic manufacturer of chemical tankers. It now falls under the umbrella of China Merchants Group, a major Hong Kong-based conglomerate. The yard has...