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FreeForm, which is building an AI native 3D printing system that uses 18 lasers to fuse metal powders into precision components, raised a $67M Series B (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/freeform-raises-67m-series-b-…

Freeform raises $67M Series B to scale up laser AI manufacturing  | TechCrunch
“I think we're the only quote-unquote manufacturing company out there that has H200 clusters in a data center on site."

Many consumer electronics manufacturers
'will go bankrupt or exit product lines' -- by the end of 2026
due to the AI memory crisis,
Phison CEO reportedly says
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Many consumer electronics manufacturers 'will go bankrupt or exit product lines' by the end of 2026 due to the AI memory crisis, Phison CEO reportedly says
This could go on for another 10 years.

POL-CUX: Minibagger entwendet 3 Einbrüche in Einfamilienhäuser Unfälle mit verletzten Personen Cuxhaven (ots) - Minibagger entwendet Cadenberge. In der Zeit von Samstag, 14.03.2026, und Montag, 16.03.2026, haben unbekannte Täter einen Minibagger im Wert von 40.000 Euro entwendet. Der Bagger war auf dem Parkplatz in der Stader Straße 9 ... https…

Palantir posts a 22-point summary of Alex Karp's book, advocating for hard power, AI weapons and deterrence, and denouncing pluralism, and "regressive" cultures (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/pala

Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures | TechCrunch
Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."

Menopause, Meltdowns & Magic - Two Audhd, Midlife Mums. Two Countries. Too Many Tabs Open.
Honest, heart-led chats about being late-diagnosed AuDHD, perimenopausal, parenting teens in burnout, and trying not to lose ourselves (again)...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.gre…

Cleveland-based Eagle Wireless, which makes cellular modules used in IoT devices, raised a $30M Series B as the US seeks to reduce its reliance on China (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-…

Exclusive: Eagle Wireless locks up a $30M Series B
The cellular module manufacturer expects to surpass $100M in revenue this year.

Trump’s Memphis Crime Task Force Arrested Over 800 Immigrants, Records Show.
💥Only 2% of the Arrests Were for Violent Crimes.
Trump ordered a law enforcement surge in Memphis to end violent crime. -- But crime in the city has fallen steadily since 2023, hitting a 25-year low before the surge began.
The vast majority of the more than 5,200 arrests made by the Memphis Safe Task Force in its first four months have been for nonviolent crimes.
Of the task force’s 800 imm…

Trump’s Memphis Crime Task Force Arrested Over 800 Immigrants, Records Show. Only 2% of the Arrests Were for Violent Crimes.
Businesses closed. Churches emptied. Parents afraid to take kids to school. Advocates say what was supposed to be a crime-fighting effort is keeping a community in fear.

Austin-based Circuit, which is building an AI platform for manufacturing and service enterprises, raised $30M from a group of angel investors (Karoline Leonard/Austin American-Statesman)
https://www.statesman.com/business/technol

Former Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle raises $30M for Austin AI startup
Former Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle’s Austin startup Circuit raised $30 million in one of Texas’ largest angel rounds to address manufacturing labor shortages.

John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire and one of Donald Trump’s earliest Wall Street backers,
is planning to offshore an Ohio manufacturing plant to China despite heavy pushback from employees.
Workers at the plant call the move “a slap in our face”,
after Paulson vocally defended domestic manufacturing, and are fighting to keep the plant open.
Conn Selmer, the largest US manufacturer of brass and orchestra instruments,
told the union it planned to offshore mos…

TechInsights: chip manufacturing emissions will climb by ~33% to 247M metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030, roughly equivalent to Algeria in 2024 (Aaron Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…