Losing an election is associated with lower social trust among polarized voters. Following a national election, voters whose preferred political party loses tend to experience a noticeable decline in their generalized trust of other people in society.

Silicon chips have been the foundation of modern computing for decades. Now, researchers are giving them an entirely new role in biotechnology. In addition to processing information, these chips are increasingly being used to study living systems by recording activity from neurons, reading DNA, and now even creating DNA. In a new study published in…

Samsung plans to merge AI, sensors and chip expertise into robots for homes and factories, promising growth yet demanding sustained research investment and industry partnerships. Samsung Electronics is creating a robotics division as a key element of its growth strategy for the coming years. The new direction will bring together the development of service robots,…

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Anduril’s first Ohio-made unmanned, semi-autonomous aircraft rolled off the production line Monday, just four months after its beginning. submitted by /u/petburiraja [comments]

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Atoms has raised $1.7 billion in equity financing led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber, Bain Capital, Fifth Wall and other investors participating. Ben Horowitz is joining Atoms’ board, according to the company’s announcement and Andreessen Horowitz’s investment note. The practical meaning is not that Atoms has already proved a profitable robotics business. It is that…