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Abu Dhabi fund to invest up to $35 million in Machina Labs project

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Strategic Development Fund, an Abu Dhabi-based investment entity wholly owned by EDGE Group, has announced the signing of an initial partnership and investment agreement with Machina Labs, a US-based specialist in next-generation AI-driven manufacturing and robotics, following discussions finalized at the Dubai Airshow 2025.

This collaboration between the parties establishes a framework to work towards creating a joint venture focusing on the production of advanced metal structures in the region using Machina Labs’ intelligent, software-defined factory technology.

This agreement is reinforced by an initial investment with additional funding by SDF that may reach up to AED 125 million (approximately $35 million) as both companies evaluate opportunities to deploy Machina Labs’ manufacturing capabilities in the UAE and region.  [Read more…] about Abu Dhabi fund to invest up to $35 million in Machina Labs project

Einride and IonQ partnership uses quantum computing to optimize the logistics of electric and autonomous freight

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Einride, a developer of electric and autonomous freight operations for some of the world’s largest shippers, has announced its initial results of a groundbreaking collaboration with the US-based quantum computing company IonQ to further enhance Einride’s AI-powered optimization platform, Saga. This marks the first real-world application using quantum computing to analyze commercial transport data.

Einride and IonQ entered into a three-year partnership in May 2025 to explore ways to further enhance the Company’s Saga platform through quantum technology.

Saga uses the comprehensive operational and customer data generated by Einride’s vertically integrated transport ecosystem of electric trucks, autonomous trucks, and charging infrastructure. This allows Einride to successfully serve customers’ transport demand with fewer vehicles, lower energy use, and reduced overall transport cost.

“Achieving fully electrified and automated freight networks in the most efficient way possible is an exponentially complex task,” said Roozbeh Charli, CEO at Einride. [Read more…] about Einride and IonQ partnership uses quantum computing to optimize the logistics of electric and autonomous freight

Taming AI’s hunger for data: German-Taiwanese researchers show how to use ‘the smallest technology nodes for energy-efficient AI’

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Artificial intelligence works fast, but its energy consumption is growing rapidly. A German-Taiwanese research team is now developing a solution: new memory for leading chip technologies smaller than 3 nm.

These innovative nanosheet devices enable computing operations directly in memory, thereby drastically reducing energy consumption. They are based on ferroelectric field-effect transistors (FeMFETs) made from hafnium oxide, which are particularly efficient.

With a joint research program, Fraunhofer IPMS, Fraunhofer IMWS, and the Taiwanese research institute TSRI are laying the foundation for the next generation of energy-efficient AI chips – from smartphones and automobiles to medical devices. [Read more…] about Taming AI’s hunger for data: German-Taiwanese researchers show how to use ‘the smallest technology nodes for energy-efficient AI’

Stop guessing your proxy quality: A measurement playbook for reliable scraping

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Web scraping breaks first at the network edge. Before parsers, selectors, or pipelines get a chance, the connection either completes or it doesn’t.

That edge has changed: almost half of web traffic is automated, a substantial share is actively hostile to bots, and most sites speak modern HTTPS with tight timeouts and fingerprint checks.

If you do not measure proxies like you measure production services, you will spend your budget shipping retries and shards of HTML. [Read more…] about Stop guessing your proxy quality: A measurement playbook for reliable scraping

The Quiet Infrastructure Behind Every Smart Factory

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Smart factories often draw attention for the robots moving with precision and confidence. Anyone watching sees efficiency, speed, and quiet coordination. Behind that scene sits an entire ecosystem that many people never think about.

Robots perform with precision when the environment provides stability. A robotic arm can weld, lift, or assemble with confidence when power remains clean and signals remain uninterrupted.

The moment that the foundation weakens, accuracy drops, and production slows. Every movement depends on infrastructure that performs without hesitation. [Read more…] about The Quiet Infrastructure Behind Every Smart Factory

Moon Hash launches tidal energy-powered crypto mining platform for beginners

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With Bitcoin’s recent resurgence, green computing power is emerging as a new opportunity: Moon Hash leads a new trend in tidal energy mining.

As Bitcoin’s strong rebound and market sentiment rekindle, European and American investors are once again actively exploring new avenues. However, many newcomers still face a common blind spot: knowing the opportunity is there, they don’t know how to participate in a safer and lower-cost way.

Against this backdrop, Moon Hash, combining tidal energy and efficient computing power allocation technology, is becoming the easiest entry point for beginners and light investors to take their “first step”. [Read more…] about Moon Hash launches tidal energy-powered crypto mining platform for beginners

Seize the Opportunity After the Price Drop: The Path to Cloud Mining for Beginners – A Moon Hash Tutorial

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Are you a newbie who’s just started following cryptocurrencies but feels confused by Bitcoin’s price crash and volatility?

Perhaps you don’t want to buy your own mining rigs or worry about the technical barriers, but still want to participate in this major trend.

The good news is, there’s now a green cloud mining + renewable energy mining model that allows you to enter the market with low barriers to entry and secure a place in this future trend. [Read more…] about Seize the Opportunity After the Price Drop: The Path to Cloud Mining for Beginners – A Moon Hash Tutorial

Why is My IP Banned from My Own Website? (And How to Fix It)

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Getting locked out of your own website is frustrating – especially when you haven’t changed anything in your firewall, CMS, or hosting settings. Yet IP bans happen far more often than most site owners expect.

Security systems are designed to protect websites automatically, and sometimes they misinterpret normal activity as suspicious.

That’s why many professionals turn to reliable IPv4 proxies as part of their troubleshooting process, using them to create a stable and predictable access environment. With the right approach, you can quickly identify the cause of a ban and prevent it from happening again. [Read more…] about Why is My IP Banned from My Own Website? (And How to Fix It)

Festo adds the first edge device for industrial motion and IOT applications to its AX operating system

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Festo has added the first edge device to its range of AX Controllers. CEPE is a high-performance industrial PC and control unit designed for industrial motion and IoT applications. It uses the Festo AX operating system (OS), which is based on PLCnext Technology and offers an open ecosystem for modular automation and easy programming.

CEPE is designed to control and automate assembly lines and machines, as well as production processes. Highly configurable, CEPE enables the programming and monitoring of production processes, including motion applications such as pick & place, palletising and servo presses. It can also support machine visualisation and IOT data acquisition and analysis.

Ben Lloyd, Festo’s Product Manager‒Electrical Automation, says: “End users and machine builders are under constant pressure to meet new production demands and shorten development cycles. [Read more…] about Festo adds the first edge device for industrial motion and IOT applications to its AX operating system

Allen Institute uses supercomputer Fugaku to create ‘one of the world’s most detailed virtual brain simulations’

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Scientists use supercomputer that can process quadrillions of calculations per second to simulate mouse cortex for ‘virtual experiments’

Harnessing the muscle of one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, researchers have built one of the largest and most detailed biophysically realistic brain simulations of an animal ever.

This virtual copy of a whole mouse cortex allows researchers to study the brain in a new way: simulating diseases like Alzheimer’s or epilepsy in the virtual world to watch in detail how damage spreads throughout neural networks or understanding cognition and consciousness.

It simulates both form and function, with almost 10 million neurons, 26 billion synapses, and 86 interconnected brain regions. [Read more…] about Allen Institute uses supercomputer Fugaku to create ‘one of the world’s most detailed virtual brain simulations’