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Sponsored: Introducing a new, ethical strategy for a decade of climate action From the Ashtabula River Railroad and the Tay Bridge disasters in the late 19th century, right through to Grenfell, tragic events have always highlighted the reality of an engineer’s role in public safety and given rise to ethical commitments made by those joining the […]

London Underground to get full 4G coverage by 2024 Uninterrupted mobile coverage has already been introduced on the eastern half of the Jubilee line and will be expanded in phases to ticket halls, platforms and tunnels on the Tube network over the next three years. Customers will be able to check the latest travel information; […]

Israel developing airborne laser to shoot down drones According to all parties involved, experts could incorporate the unnamed laser weapon into Israel’s multi-tier air defences, which include the ‘Iron Dome’ system for downing short-range rockets and ‘David’s Sling and Arrow’ systems against ballistic missiles. Preliminary tests of the laser, flown on a light aircraft, were […]

Brain implant helps to relieve chronic pain The study, conducted by investigators at New York University’s (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine, showed that device-implanted rats withdrew their paws 40 per cent more slowly from sudden pain when the device was on compared to when it was turned off suggesting that it helped to reduce the intensity of […]

Chinese robotaxi unicorn WeRide bags over $600M in 5 monthsIt’s hard to keep up with the fundraising spree in China’s autonomous driving industry these days. Guangzhou- and California-based robotaxi company WeRide, which counts Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance as one of its strategic investors, has raised over $600 million in just under five months from its Series B […]

Micromobility software provider Joyride raises $3.7 million seed roundJoyride, a Toronto-based company that provides white label apps, back-end analytics and multi-modal fleet management for shared micromobility startups, has raised $3.7 million — seed money that it says will help it reach a greater number of small, local operators.  The company, which operates in more than […]

These Forge cofounders just raised $5 million to work on a new, still-stealth investing startupSohail Prasad and Samvit Ramadurgam are cofounders who met during Y Combinator’s 2012 summer batch and went on to cofound Forge, which helps accredited investors and institutions buy and sell private company shares and which most recently raised $150 million in […]