President Trump is expected to sign into creation the Space Force today, as a special branch of the military overseen by the Air Force Department, according to a report in The Washington Post. The President’s decision is considered a win for the Air Force and Defense Department broadly, which had argued against setting up an independent […]
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First China, now Starbucks gets an ambitious VC-funded rival in Indonesia
Asia’s venture capital-backed startups are gunning for Starbucks . In China, the U.S. coffee giant is being pushed by Luckin Coffee, a $2.2 billion challenger surfing China’s on-demand wave, and on the real estate side, where WeWork China has just unveiled an on-demand product that could tempt people who go to Starbucks to kill time or […]
View More First China, now Starbucks gets an ambitious VC-funded rival in IndonesiaVerbit raises $23M for its transcription service
Verbit, a transcription startup with offices in Tel Aviv and New York, today announced that it has raised a $23 million Series A round led by Viola Ventures. Vertex Ventures, HV Ventures, Oryzn Capital, Vintage Venture Partners and ClalTech also participated in this round. The company, which currently focuses on the legal and academic sector, uses […]
View More Verbit raises $23M for its transcription serviceThe US Army is forming a ‘Fortnite’ team to help with recruitment
The United States Army is in a bind. It failed to meet its recruitment goal this year, so it’s looking for other, newer ways to drum up interest with today’s youth.
The Army has decided to get into esports.
In an attempt to appeal to today’s youth, t…
The French army just trolled Trump for his aversion to rain and it’s deliciously brutal
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You know the saying: A bit of rain never hurt anyone.
Well, that’s certainly the message France’s army is sending out today, mere days after Trump cancelled a visit to a U.S. war cemetery near Paris due to “bad weather”. World leaders that day were marking 100 years since the end of World War One.
Images of other world leaders — like Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel — attending Armistice events that day despite the poor weather threw Trump’s absence into sharp reliefPer the Associated Press, the White House cited bad weather grounding the President’s helicopter. Read more…
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Jet packs may still be a thing of the future, but the story of their past is fascinating
In the 1950s, Bell Aerosystems, the company behind the first supersonic aircraft, began developing a rocket pack for the U.S. Army. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Army, Jetpack, Us Army, and Retro Tech
View More Jet packs may still be a thing of the future, but the story of their past is fascinatingThe Army is building 3D printed soft robots
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has teamed up with the University of Minnesota to explore the wonders of soft robots. The teams have published a study describing their findings as they look to build invertebrate-inspired robotics able to squeeze into and maneuver around obstacles. “Successful stealthy maneuvering requires high structural flexibility and distributive control to […]
View More The Army is building 3D printed soft robotsKeep your camping trip from turning into ‘The Revenant’ with this outdoor emergency kit
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