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Reliable Robotics extended its Series D round with $115 million in equity and $25 million in debt. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Reliable Robotics has been working for nearly a decade to commercialize autonomous flying technology that can be installed on existing aircraft. Now, with a $115 million funding boost, the Mountain View, California-based startup has a.

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TikTok was repeatedly warned by its own staffers about risks its platform posed to child safety, according to court records obtained by NPR. The publication reports that employees were frustrated over TikTok executives failing to appropriately act on concerns they raised, including minors bypassing age-restricted content, and appearing in "transactional sexual content" the company could financially benefit from. The previously unreported depositions of TikTok staffers were filed in federal court.

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The US has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built using its technology, citing national security concerns. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. The U.S. has ordered federal civilian agencies to stop purchasing services and products developed by Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and remove them from government IT systems over national security concerns.

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Adobe announced yesterday that the mobile version of Lightroom, available for iOS, iPadOS, and Android, can now open closed eyes in photos using generative AI with just a single tap. When the app detects a person, or a group of people, have their eyes closed in a photo it will automatically present users with a new Open Eyes Quick Action that appears as an icon over the image providing easy.

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Eka Robotics may be the first robotic arm that is actually good at picking a wide range of objects up, and it is so smooth and human-like, it is wowing the industry. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Robots still aren’t that good at picking things up, despite billions of dollars of investment and endless videos fed into.

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The raise comes as venture dollars pile up on the West Coast. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Inspired Capital, the early-stage firm founded in 2019 by Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker, has closed its fourth fund with $450 million in commitments. The new capital will bring the firm’s assets under management to nearly $1.4 billion, von.