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MLB deploys “robot umps,” or an automated ball-striking system, using advanced cameras made by Sony to help officiate games, but it often validates human umpires (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Next Elusive Hit The Big Technology…

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ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spending tools, raised a $130 million Series C led by Insight Partners at a valuation of more than $800 million, bringing its total funding to more than $210 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

Meir Orbach / CTech: ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spending tools, raised a $130 million Series C led by Insight…

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A look at the state of AI agents, evolving thought patterns, the huge need for inference computing in the coming years, automated search, and much more (Eric Jang/Evjang.com)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 7, 2026

Eric Jang / Evjang.com: A look at the state of AI agents, evolving thought patterns, the huge need for inference…

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Hyphen automated makelines get investments from Cava and Chipotle

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 30, 2025

In a difficult time for the restaurant industry, large chains like Chipotle And How are you are investing in automated…

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Singapore-based ChemLex has raised a $45 million funding round led by Granite Asia to build an automated, AI-powered chemistry lab to accelerate drug discovery (Rachyl Jones/Semafor)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 13, 2025

Rachel Jones / Semafor: Singapore-based ChemLex has raised $45 million in funding led by Granite Asia to build an automated,…

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Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science lab” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 11, 2025

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: So what happens after the AGI? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du,…

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A profile of Byron Cook, an Amazon vice president who is leading the company’s efforts to reduce AI hallucinations with a feature called Automated Reasoning Checks (John Pavlus/Fast Company)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 6, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: AI Device Wars heats up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix acquires Warner Brothers The Big Technology Podcast…

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Defakto, which enables companies to secure automated interactions between internal systems and AI agents or other non-human actors, raised a $30.75 million Series B round (Chris Metinko/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 26, 2025

Chris Metinko / Axios: Defakto, which enables companies to secure automated interactions between internal systems and AI agents or other…

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The startup of automated financial advisor Wealthfront publicly files an IPO and reports a net income of $ 60.7 million on turnover of $ 175.6 million in H1 2025 (Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 29, 2025

Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:: The startup of automated financial advisor Wealthfront publicly files an IPO and reports a net income…

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MacOS 26 Tahoe Review: Liquid Glass has small regressions in conviviality and accessibility, but upgrade has enough iterative changes such as automated shortcuts (Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 15, 2025

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:: MacOS 26 Tahoe Review: Liquid Glass has small regressions in conviviality and accessibility, but upgrade…

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Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Ofcom says X committed to implementing tougher protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hateful content within 24 hours, following an investigation (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Browsing: automated

MLB deploys “robot umps,” or an automated ball-striking system, using advanced cameras made by Sony to help officiate games, but it often validates human umpires (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)

ScaleOps, which makes automated cloud spending tools, raised a $130 million Series C led by Insight Partners at a valuation of more than $800 million, bringing its total funding to more than $210 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

A look at the state of AI agents, evolving thought patterns, the huge need for inference computing in the coming years, automated search, and much more (Eric Jang/Evjang.com)

Hyphen automated makelines get investments from Cava and Chipotle

Singapore-based ChemLex has raised a $45 million funding round led by Granite Asia to build an automated, AI-powered chemistry lab to accelerate drug discovery (Rachyl Jones/Semafor)

Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science lab” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

A profile of Byron Cook, an Amazon vice president who is leading the company’s efforts to reduce AI hallucinations with a feature called Automated Reasoning Checks (John Pavlus/Fast Company)

Defakto, which enables companies to secure automated interactions between internal systems and AI agents or other non-human actors, raised a $30.75 million Series B round (Chris Metinko/Axios)

The startup of automated financial advisor Wealthfront publicly files an IPO and reports a net income of $ 60.7 million on turnover of $ 175.6 million in H1 2025 (Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg)

MacOS 26 Tahoe Review: Liquid Glass has small regressions in conviviality and accessibility, but upgrade has enough iterative changes such as automated shortcuts (Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica)