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In the summer of 2024, Evan Budz stood at the edge of his grandparents’ pool in Canada, trying to solve a unique problem: How to make his autonomous sea turtle robot swim.”I remember some of my first tests. I would put my robot in the water, and it would sink…
At a GNC warehouse in Whitestown, Indiana, workers see and hear four drones overhead every day as they complete tasks that few humans want to do: count and track full boxes of products across more than 2,000 pallets in the warehouse’s aisles.The drones’ regular flights allow GNC, a nutritional manufacturing…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lorraine Schwarz, 70, a retiree who sold her two-bedroom condo in Westminster, Colorado, in October 2025 using Ridley, an AI-powered online platform, rather than a traditional agent. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve bought and sold real estate…
Tilt, a live shopping auction app that says it uses AI to make selling online faster and easier, has raised $26 million in funding.The London-based startup, founded in 2021 by ex-Revolut employees Abhi Thanendran and Neil Shah, has raised $50 million to date.Buyers select a category on the app —…
