20 May 2026
China training Russian troops for Ukraine combat: German newspaper
BERLIN: European intelligence agencies believe the Chinese military has trained hundreds of Russian soldiers for fighting in Ukraine, according to Germany’s Die Welt newspaper which cited secret documents it had seen.
20 May 2026
World’s Largest Thermal Energy Storage System Goes Live in South Dakota | Antora - News and Statistics
May 20, 2026 Antora, a thermal energy storage technology company headquartered in California, has deployed what is described as one of the globe's largest energy storage installations, situated in South Dakota.
20 May 2026
At Google I/O 2026, Antigravity gets a new job description
Six months after its initial launch, Google is moving Antigravity beyond its origins as a coding environment. The company is repositioning it as a platform for developing and managing teams of autonomous AI agents — and backing the expansion with a new desktop application, a CLI , an SDK , and enterprise cloud integration .
20 May 2026
Exclusive: Quantum Bridge secures $8M to protect finance, government and defence from quantum cybersecurity risks
Cybersecurity startup Quantum Bridge has raised a $8 million Series A The round was led by Primo Capital SGR, and a global syndicate including Wayra The round was led by Primo Capital SGR, and a global syndicate including Wayra (Telefónica), Cadenza VC, Club degli Investitori angels, HPE, and Bacchus Venture Capital also participated.
20 May 2026
US startup Antora deploys 5GWh thermal energy storage system at biofuels facility in South Dakota
Charging occurs when electricity is used to resistively heat the carbon blocks, with their high thermal conductivity enabling fast charging. The blocks then store energy at temperatures up to 2,400°C, high enough to enable the thermal battery to serve continuous industrial demand for multiple days. In addition, Antora has developed thermophotovoltaic (TPV) heat-to-power technology that converts…
20 May 2026
Elon Musk’s Plan to Make You Invest in SpaceX
SpaceX is planning a monster initial public offering (IPO). Elon Musk is reportedly seeking to raise some $75 billion, at a valuation of $1.75 trillion, next month. It will be both his birthday and a moment when Venus and Jupiter will be in alignment. It would be the biggest IPO in history by far, utterly dwarfing Saudi Aramco’s $29 billion figure back in 2019.
20 May 2026
The sea change in defence tech
Warships are expensive, slow to build, and difficult to replace. At the same time, navies are being pushed to patrol larger areas, protect undersea infrastructure, and respond to the growing use of drones and autonomous systems at sea — especially given current geopolitical events in the Middle East and beyond.
20 May 2026
How This is Your Brain on Music Transformed Neuroscience
Elizabeth Margulis on the Importance of a Seminal Work of Popular Science on the Field of Music Cognition Twenty years ago, when This Is Your Brain on Music was published, the idea that music could be studied with the tools of biology and neuroscience was a niche one.
20 May 2026
Entrepreneurs from Farms: After Building Flying Cars, They Bet $39 Billion on Robotics.
Figure AI, a humanoid robotics company, recently launched a 'Human vs. Robot' parcel sorting challenge, attracting global attention. This narrow victory for humans has been summarized by many as 'humans have won now, but lost in the future.' This statement is not unfounded; before the competition even began, Figure had already started live-streaming the robot sorting process, and has been doing…
