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Meta’s big investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startup’s customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale $200 million this year but is now having conversations with its competitors and planning to cut ties. Microsoft is also reportedly looking to pull back, and OpenAI supposedly made a similar decision months ago, although its CFO said the company will continue working with Scale as one of many vendors. Scale’s customers include self-driving car companies and the U.S. government, but Reuters says its biggest clients are generative AI companies seeking access to workers with specialized…

Axiom Space plans to launch its fourth mission on Tuesday, June 10 — a mission that CEO Tejpaul Bhatia described as “a little bit of a victory lap.” In addition to being the private space company’s fourth mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Bhatia said Ax-4 will be Axiom Space’s second “fully national mission,” where all the customers are national governments. In fact, the company has also dubbed this mission as one that will “realize the return” to human spaceflight for India, Poland, and Hungary, which will each have an astronaut on the flight. In addition, Bhatia said this…

Peter Coker Sr. outside U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, March 15, 2023.Dan Mangan | CNBCCAMDEN, N.J. — One of the defendants in the infamous $100 million New Jersey deli case was brutally attacked while in a Thai prison awaiting extradition in early 2023, his attorney said at his sentencing for securities fraud in federal court on Tuesday.The defendant, Peter Coker Jr., was set upon by as many as 10 fellow inmates in the Thai lockup, his lawyer said.Coker Jr., 56, was being held there after police found him in Thailand while under indictment in the United States for…

Native breed campaigners have sounded the alarm after rare native cattle bloodlines were stripped of government support under new Defra plans.Defra recently confirmed a shift to a “whole-breed” approach under the new UK Native Breeds Support (NBS) list, which will replace the current Native Breeds at Risk (NBAR) list from March 2026.Under the revised scheme, only breeds classified as ‘at risk’ on the new NBS list will qualify for native breed support payments in England. However, several rare ‘original populations’—such as the Traditional Hereford and Native Aberdeen Angus—will lose their eligibility, as their broader breed groups are not themselves considered…

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Summary ABB’s Mexico Technology and Engineering Center, known as MXTEC, now employs 43 people and plans to hire 10 more this year. ABB Expands Operations Center to Strengthen Support for Process Industries Customers in North America MERIDA, Mexico –  June 11, 2025 – ABB has completed an expansion of its Mexico Technology and Engineering Center (MXTEC), a strategically important operations facility serving North America, doubling the office space. Located in the city of Merida in Yucatan state, the center is growing to meet market growth across a range of industries…

Welcome back to Week in Review! We have lots for you this week, including what came out of WWDC 2025; The Browser Company’s AI browser; OpenAI’s partnership with Mattel; and updates to your iPad. Have a great weekend! The Apple experience: We kicked the week off with WWDC 2025, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, where the company showed off a newly designed iOS 26, new features across its products, and much more. There was considerable pressure on Apple this year to build on its promises and to make amends to developers as it lags behind in AI and faces continued legal…

Battery material startup Mitra Chem has raised $15.6 million of a planned $50 million funding round, according to a regulatory filing seen by TechCrunch. Mitra Chem is developing materials to make lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries store more energy. Automakers have begun to turn to LFP in an attempt to trim costs from electric vehicle battery packs, which can make up a significant portion of a car’s cost. Currently, all LFP material comes from outside the United States, with the vast majority coming from China. TechCrunch reached out to Mitra Chem for comment, but did not receive an immediate reply. The new…

Heinz ketchup is displayed on shelves at a Walmart SuperCenter on August 02, 2023 in Austin, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesKraft Heinz is spending $3 billion to upgrade its U.S. factories, its largest investment in its plants in a decade, even as executives say consumer sentiment is at its second-lowest point in 70 years, and it has cut sales and profit forecasts.The upgrades will help lower costs by making the plants more efficient, which in turn may help offset President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which factored into the company’s decision to make the investment, said Pedro Navio, Kraft Heinz’s president of…

A major recovery operation has led to the discovery of hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of stolen farm machinery and equipment, North Yorkshire Police has confirmed.The operation, carried out by the force’s rural task force with assistance from Durham Constabulary, took place over the weekend of 10 and 11 May. The substantial haul of stolen items – including agricultural and construction equipment – was located at a rural site across the county border in Durham.Describing the result as “a clear demonstration of its ongoing commitment to tackling rural crime and cross-border criminality”, North Yorkshire Police praised the successful outcome…