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Vantora, formerly UP.Labs, which builds AI-native startups designed to solve problems for corporate customers, raised $100M from Silversmith Capital Partners (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/a-sta…

A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI | TechCrunch
UP.Labs, now doing business under the name Vantora, is building startups for industrial corporations.

"New Zealand builds an arsenal of tools to battle a ‘wily’ invasive seaweed"
#NewZealand #Environment

New Zealand builds an arsenal of tools to battle a ‘wily’ invasive seaweed
BAY OF ISLANDS, Aotearoa New Zealand — Since an invasive seaweed called caulerpa was discovered in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2021, forming meadows that blanketed parts of the seabed, it’s taken on an almost mythical status among people who spend time in coastal waters. “It’s so wily and so resilient,” Michele Rogalin-Henderson, a doctoral candidate […]

RUMMS! ⛈️ #Zurich
148 kA in den Friedhof Sihlfeld
#Gewitter #Blitzschlag

NFL Week 2 odds, predictions, expert picks: Can blitz-heavy Vikings overtake Bears? Will Cards upset Seahawks?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-wee…

Ein neuer #Bluttest könnte künftig die #Früherkennung von #Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs bei Menschen mit erhöhtem Risiko unterstützen.
Er kombiniert drei Biomarker zu…

Neuer Bluttest weckt Hoffnung auf Früherkennung bei Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs
Tumore der Bauchspeicheldrüse sind meist erst erkennbar, wenn man sie kaum noch behandeln kann. Ein neuer Bluttest kann bei der Früherkennung helfen. Hoffnung weckt auch ein neuer Wirkstoff.

The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project.
Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback.
The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles of walls, vehicle barriers and other border infrastructure.
The Department of Homeland Security waived req…

Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas
The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project. Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback. The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles of walls, vehicle barriers and other border infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security waived requirements that federal …

Screensharing-Lücke in macOS wird ausgenutzt – Exploit-Warnung
Ein von Apple vor zwei Wochen gestopftes Loch in der Bildschirm-teilen-Funktion in macOS wird von Angreifern nun für die Rechner-Fernsteuerung missbraucht.

WTF 😲
Blitz schlägt in Straße ein, Druckwelle lässt Kanaldeckel durch die Gegend schießen, fahrendes Auto wird vom Deckel seitlich getroffen und kippt um. 🤯
https://ooe.orf.at/stories/3371511/

Harvey announces Harvey Tenet, its first in-house, proprietary model for legal work, trained on mock disputes and case files using a version of Kimi K3 (Melia Robinson/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/harvey-builds-tenet-ai-model-for-legal-…

Harvey announces Tenet, its first in-house AI model for legal work
Harvey's first AI model, Tenet, is designed to take on more of the tasks typically done by lawyers over hours or days.

Newsom signs bills to shield California elections from Trump interference, and increase transparency
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of election-security bills Saturday,
vowing California will block any attempts by Donald Trump and law enforcement allies to meddle with November’s vote.
New laws make it a felony to seize ballots or voting machines,
restrict police activity near polling places,
and expand early ballot drop-off locations and multilingua…

Newsom signs bills to shield California elections from Trump interference, increase transparency
In an effort to guard against potential interference in the Nov. 3 election, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to boost security for state’s voting systems and voters’ ability to cast ballots.