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UCSD hospital gets a drone delivery program powered by Matternet and UPS

Drone delivery may not make a lot of sense for food or parcel delivery yet, but for hospitals it could be a lifesaver. A new test program is being inaugurated at UC San Diego’s Jacobs Medical Ce

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Xplore teams up with Nanoracks for commercial deep space exploration

Mostly when we talk about commercial space, and space startups, the focus is relatively close to home – stretching to orbit, and maybe the Moon. But Seattle-based startup Xplore wants to extend the pr

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SpaceX successfully catches one fairing half from latest Starlink launch

SpaceX is one step closer to an even more re-usable launch system today, after it successfully recovered one fo the halves of the fairing used on its Starlink satellite launch today. The fairing half

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ManoMano raises $139 million for its home improvement e-commerce platform

French startup ManoMano is raising another mega round of funding. The company operates an e-commerce website for DIY, home improvement and gardening products. This time, ManoMano is raising $139 mill

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White House wants to tighten rules for food assistance

02:50 The Trump Administration wants to tighten rules for people in the U.S. receiving food aid. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, helps feed one-in-eight America

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Egypt's FM heads to Washington for Nile dam talks

CAIRO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday flew to Washington for talks over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River. In a statement, E

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Duterte threatens to scrap military agreement with U.S. over visa cancellation of former aide

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened on Thursday to scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States if the U.S. "will not correct" the cancellation

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Xerox wants to replace HP board that rejected takeover bid

In Xerox’s latest effort to get HP to bend to its will and combine the two companies, it announced its intent today to try and replace the entire HP Board of Directors at the company’s sto

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Placer.ai, a location data analytics startup, raises $12 million Series A

Placer.ai, a startup that analyzes location and foot traffic analytics for retailers and other businesses, announced today that it has closed a $12 million Series A. The round was led by JBV Capital,

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As retail robotics heats up, Berkshire Grey raises $263M

In recent years, the retail category has become one of the biggest and best-funded robotics categories — particularly when coupled with connected verticals like warehouse fulfillment and logistics. Be

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Stasher, the luggage storage app for travellers, raises $2.5M additional funding

Stasher, the luggage storage app for travellers, has raised $2.5 million in additional funding. Leading the round is Venture Friends, along with various angels including Johan Svanstrom, former presid

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Palestine accuses U.S. of turning Palestinian statehood to Israel-controlled cantons

Palestine on Sunday accused the United States of trying to turn the future Palestinian state into cantons under the Israeli control. "The U.S. administration wants to

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Hyundai and Kia put over $110M into UK electric delivery vehicles startup Arrival

Forget the consumer market for electric vehicles. It turns out delivery vehicles could be the ‘Trojan horse’ for electric to really take off.Korean auto giants Hyundai and Kia put over $110 million in

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Epsagon scores $16M Series A to monitor modern development environments

Epsagon, an Israeli startup that wants to help monitor modern development environments like serverless and containers, announced a $16 million Series A today.U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), a new invest

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UK technology market growing ahead of Brexit

Despite Brexit, the UK technology market is thriving and shows no signs of slowing down. (Credit:ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP) Brexit may be unnerving some industries in the UK. But it appears that tec

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Iraqi Prime Minister Wants German Troops to Stay – Maas

The Iraqi prime minister wants Germany to keep its troops but the Iraqi parliament’s vote to expel all foreign forces cannot be ignored, the German foreign minister sai

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Mobileye takes aim at Waymo

Mobileye has built a multi-billion-dollar business supplying automakers with computer vision technology that powers advanced driver assistance systems. It’s a business that last year generated n