Month: April 2026

In short: Google Maps now uses Gemini to suggest captions when users share photos of places, launching on iOS in the U.S. and expanding globally to Android in the coming months, the latest…

In short: Paladin EnviroTech has acquired ICT, Ireland’s first R2v3-certified ITAD provider, completing a $70 million, nine-month acquisition spree that now spans the U.S., Netherlands, and Ireland, positioning the company to handle the…

In short: Joby Aviation and Air Space Intelligence have announced a partnership to integrate AI-driven airspace management into U.S. electric air taxi operations, using ASI’s Flyways AI platform to model high-density eVTOL traffic…

For years, buying editorial coverage looked less like modern marketing and more like digging through email archives. A brand would hire an agency. The agency built a media list. Then came dozens,…

The Berkeley biotech is backing a Nature-published approach that recreates the embryonic environment where blood stem cells first form, rather than reprogramming aged cells chemically or genetically. Its lead programme targets bone…

The Los Angeles defence startup flew a demonstrator the size of an F-16 in March. A third aircraft is now in development. CEO AJ Piplica says the only way to build hypersonic…

The London-based startup, founded by former BBC and Uber executives, runs AI-orchestrated video conversations that can gather structured insight from thousands of employees simultaneously. A seven-minute conversation produces more than 1,000 words…

The Munich-based startup automates complex project workflows using AI trained on construction-specific data, not general-purpose models. Its backers include Earlybird, Pi Labs, noa, and Zacua Ventures. Conxai, a Munich-based construction AI startup,…

In short: Australian AI data centre company Firmus has raised $505m at a $5.5bn valuation in what it says is its final pre-IPO round, and is now targeting a $2bn listing on the…

The venture debt facility, backed by InvestEU and signed on 7 April, takes PLD Space’s total 2026 fundraising to €210 million following its €180 million Series C in March. MIURA 5 is…