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* Russia patented a carrier drone capable of deploying six tethered reconnaissance copters * One airborne platform controls multiple surveillance drones through physical cable connections simultaneously * Each tethered copter receives power and commands directly from the carrier aircraft A newly-patented Russian drone design turns a single aircraft into a mobile hub for
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Mostly, conversations around connected workers begin with wearables like smart helmets, smart watch, panic buttons, and biometric bracelets. This is where most press coverage and vendor activity has happened. While the industry has been building the ‘connected worker’ concept around new hardware, it has overlooked a sensor that has already
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Technology is transforming transportation by helping researchers better understand why crashes happen and where safety improvements can have the greatest impact. A new research approach uses AI (artificial intelligence) to connect roadway condition data with crash reports, giving transportation agencies clearer insights into road safety risks. Researchers at the University
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has become a bit of a meme in my house. It’s basically the only game that my non-gaming partner and I were equally excited about on its release. Every time I’ve gotten my hands on a new gaming machine, the immediate question was ‘can
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that it may be time to “pace the rate of AI development” so that society can “harden around some of these new capability levels.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed how Altman’s
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* The Pentagon admits American drone production still trails Ukraine by millions annually * Ukraine's combat software will support Pentagon artificial intelligence development through new partnerships * Ukraine's battlefield-tested technology has supported more than 100,000 combat missions since 2024 The United States has confirmed plans to draw on
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Today’s Strands puzzle is a stumper, with some difficult clues. If you need hints and answers, read on. Hint for today’s Strands puzzle Today’s Strands theme is: There’s nothing like it. If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: No duplicates out there. Clue
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Fender CEO Edward “Bud” Cole gave an interview to T3 in May celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Telecaster with comments on AI and music that initially flew under the radar. But it has started making the roundsrecently, pouring more fuel on an already raging fire of bad PR following
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Sponsor Posts Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens. Most carriers track everything. Cape doesn't. — Unlimited talk, text &
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IBM and Sarvam have announced a collaboration to advance sovereign AI technologies for governments, public sector organizations, and regulated enterprises across India. Rather than focusing on another foundation model, the partnership combines IBM's Sovereign Core with Sarvam's India-first AI stack to help organizations move AI initiatives
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Zepto, a quick commerce startup, has officially confirmed that it is pausing its initial public offering (IPO) while moving ahead with a pre-IPO private placement of equity. The company said the proceeds from the financing will be used to strengthen its balance sheet ahead of a future listing. The announcement
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* Palantir moves AI computing from distant clouds directly into combat zones * Containerized data centers process battlefield intelligence without permanent cloud connectivity * Nvidia B300 accelerators power deployable AI systems for frontline operations Palantir Technologies and its infrastructure partner Armada have begun deploying mobile data centers built inside standard shipping containers for
