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America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations

Grady Martin writes: Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, including its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan, and plans to build a $1.4 billion “gigafactory” in North Carolina. A company representative cited “efforts to raise sufficient new funding [being] unsuccessful” as the rationale for the decision. When previously covered by Slashdot, comments

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America’s First Sodium-Ion Battery Manufacturer Ceases Operations

Grady Martin writes: Natron Energy has announced the immediate cessation of all operations, including its manufacturing plant in Holland, Michigan, and plans to build a $1.4 billion “gigafactory” in North Carolina. A company representative cited “efforts to raise sufficient new funding [being] unsuccessful” as the rationale for the decision. When previously covered by Slashdot, comments

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Trump says U.S. will strike back if EU keeps fining tech giants

President Trump has warned that the U.S. could retaliate against Europe over multibillion-dollar penalties on Google and Apple, escalating long-running trade tensions. Trump threatens trade probe over EU tech fines President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to launch a trade investigation into European Union penalties against U.S. tech firms. The warning, posted to Truth Social,

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Trump says U.S. will strike back if EU keeps fining tech giants

President Trump has warned that the U.S. could retaliate against Europe over multibillion-dollar penalties on Google and Apple, escalating long-running trade tensions. Trump threatens trade probe over EU tech fines President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to launch a trade investigation into European Union penalties against U.S. tech firms. The warning, posted to Truth Social,

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Researchers from UCL, Google DeepMind, and Intrinsic unveil RoboBallet, an AI system designed to help teams of industrial robots work together without colliding (Michael Peel/Financial Times)

Michael Peel / Financial Times: Researchers from UCL, Google DeepMind, and Intrinsic unveil RoboBallet, an AI system designed to help teams of industrial robots work together without colliding  —  System potentially allows machine troupes to work faster and reduce collisions  —  Scientists have used artificial intelligence …

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