Self-driving truck maker Waabi has hired autonomous vehicle industry veteran and Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron to step in as chief operating officer, as the startup looks to scale its commercial operations ahead of its planned launch of driverless trucks on public highways later this year. Rebecca Tinucci, who previously spent six years building Tesla’s… Continue reading Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron leaves to join self-driving startup Waabi as COO
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AGCO Names New PTx Leader to Accelerate Smart Farming Solutions and Growth
DULUTH, Ga., Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — AGCO (NYSE: AGCO), a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, announced the appointment of Brian Sorbe as President of PTx, effective August 25, 2025. With nearly three decades of experience in precision agriculture, global sales and product development, Sorbe… Continue reading AGCO Names New PTx Leader to Accelerate Smart Farming Solutions and Growth
BCEN’s Burn Nursing Specialty Certification Is Now Accredited and Magnet-Accepted
OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for certification across the emergency spectrum, today announced that the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC) has granted accreditation of the Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) certification program, effective August 1. By virtue of being accredited by… Continue reading BCEN’s Burn Nursing Specialty Certification Is Now Accredited and Magnet-Accepted
Bullen Ultrasonics Awarded U.S. Patent for Hands-Free Electrical Connector Powering Next-Gen Factory Automation
Bullen’s patented connector enables safer, faster tool changes and supports lights-out manufacturing in Industry 4.0 environments EATON, Ohio, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bullen Ultrasonics, a leader in precision machining of advanced ceramics, glass and specialty materials using proprietary ultrasonic and laser-based technologies, has been awarded a U.S. patent for a new electrical connector that… Continue reading Bullen Ultrasonics Awarded U.S. Patent for Hands-Free Electrical Connector Powering Next-Gen Factory Automation
Aitech to Debut New A230 Vortex AI GPGPU Supercomputer, Demonstrating Real-Time Pattern of Life Analysis and Asset Detection at the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium (GVSETS) & Modernization Update
NOVI, Mich., Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — (GVSETS, Booth 336) — Aitech, a global leader in AI-powered, rugged embedded computing systems for defense and space applications, announced the Aitech A230 Vortex AI GPGPU (general-purpose computing on graphics processing units) supercomputer, a first-of-its-kind AI-on-the-edge solution. Designed to support military operations across all environments, the A230 is available in… Continue reading Aitech to Debut New A230 Vortex AI GPGPU Supercomputer, Demonstrating Real-Time Pattern of Life Analysis and Asset Detection at the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium (GVSETS) & Modernization Update
Tesla’s North American director of service leaves EV maker
Musk had said that US government cuts in support for EV makers could lead to a “few rough quarters” for Tesla, before a wave of revenue from self-driving software and services begins late next year. Tesla‘s director of service for the North American market has left the EV maker after nearly nine years, joining an… Continue reading Tesla’s North American director of service leaves EV maker
Nauticus Robotics Announces Results for the Second Quarter of 2025
Revenue Momentum Endures; Market Diversification Continues HOUSTON, Aug. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (“Nauticus” or “Company”) (NASDAQ: KITT), a leading innovator in subsea robotics and software, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. John Gibson, Nauticus Robotics President and CEO, stated, “The first half of 2025 has… Continue reading Nauticus Robotics Announces Results for the Second Quarter of 2025
Tesla has new longest range EV: Model 3 with 830 km (515 miles), but only in China
Tesla has introduced a new, longest-range model, a variant of the Model 3 with 830 km (515 miles) of range, but it is currently planned only for the Chinese market. Last month, we reported on Tesla filing with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) for two new variants of its existing models: Tesla… Continue reading Tesla has new longest range EV: Model 3 with 830 km (515 miles), but only in China
NVIDIA Opens Portals to World of Robotics With New Omniverse Libraries, Cosmos Physical AI Models and AI Computing Infrastructure
New NVIDIA Omniverse NuRec 3D Gaussian Splatting Libraries Enable Large-Scale World Reconstruction New NVIDIA Cosmos Models Enable World Generation and Spatial Reasoning New NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell Servers and NVIDIA DGX Cloud Let Developers Run the Most Demanding Simulations Anywhere Physical AI Leaders Amazon Devices & Services, Boston Dynamics, Figure AI and Hexagon Embrace Simulation and Synthetic Data Generation SIGGRAPH—NVIDIA today announced… Continue reading NVIDIA Opens Portals to World of Robotics With New Omniverse Libraries, Cosmos Physical AI Models and AI Computing Infrastructure
German FAZ: On the highway without a hand on the tax009793
FAZ+Autonomous driving: On the motorway without hand on the wheel11.08.2025, 19: 46 reading time: 3 min. Folding out the image description How are German car manufacturers really when it comes to robot cars or driving assistance? Mercedes is already successful. But there is a clear difference to Elon Musk – and a problem on the… Continue reading German FAZ: On the highway without a hand on the tax009793