The Pentagon wants swarms of voice-controlled AI drones, and is offering a $100 million prize as a reward — and Elon Musk's SpaceX is taking pole position The Pentagon has launched a $100 million contest to develop voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms amid unresolved technical challenges. #Elon_Musk #technical_challenges #pole_position #Musk_SpaceX #million_prize #million_contest #taking_pole
Corporate America demands refunds after Trump’s tariffs struck down Battle lines begin to form over who will recover more than $130bn in levies assessed on imports #Corporate_America #America_demands #Battle_lines #demands_refunds #tariffs_struck #lines_begin
Ubisoft CEO confirms new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games are coming, denies that putting his son in charge of them was nepotism Well what did you expect him to say? #Assassin_Creed #CEO #CEO_confirms #Assassin #Ubisoft_CEO #Cry_games
DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition. #Homeland_Security #Search_Engine #Single_Search #Agencies_Homeland #Security_aims #Flag_Faces #biometric_platform
Despite being designed to 'connect and just work', it turns out IKEA's new smart home sensors actually have some specific, confusing hub requirements Those temptingly cheap sensors aren't quite such a bargain if you have to buy IKEA's own $109 / £60 hub to make them work. #smart_home #buy_IKEA #confusing_hub #temptingly_cheap #home_sensors #hub_requirements #cheap_sensors
The CDC Has a Leadership Crisis A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it's had only acting directors—and the White House won't say when that will change. #Senate #White_House #Leadership_Crisis #Republicans_requires #law_championed #CDC #director_confirmed
US-sanctioned Iran-linked oil tanker spent 8 days in Pak maritime boundary: FIR An Iran-linked oil tanker, seized by the Indian Coast Guard, spent days in Pakistan's maritime boundary with its tracking systems off. The vessel, along with two others, was apprehended for alleged illegal oil smuggling and forgery. Investigations revealed ship-to-ship transfers of fuel and bitumen without informing authorities. #Coast_Guard #Indian_Coast #US-sanctioned_Iran-linked #Iran-linked_oil #Pak_maritime #Pakistan_maritime #maritime_boundary #oil_tanker #Iran-linked #tracking_systems
Army chief charts ways to expand defence cooperation during Australia visit Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi's Australia visit from Feb 16-19 focused on enhancing army-to-army cooperation. Discussions with senior defence leaders reviewed joint exercises, professional education exchanges, and interoperability, deepening strategic alignment. The visit also emphasized strengthening the bilateral Army Exercise AUSTRAHIND. #Australia #Army_chief #chief_General #Dwivedi_Australia #General_Upendra #Upendra_Dwivedi #Feb_16-19 #Australia_visit #chief_charts #16-19_focused
Imagine if politics were full of monsters! Haha, no, I mean fun monsters like vampires, orcs, and goblins who use cards to hurl insults and smears at each other Fight your way to the top of the government in card-based roguelike Prime Monster. #politics #monsters #Prime_Monster #roguelike_Prime #Imagine #fun_monsters #full
Nothing beats putting all my little stuff on my many little shelves in a super cozy shop sim like Thrifty Business I love to organize my hoard of junk. #Thrifty_Business #beats_putting #super_cozy #cozy_shop #shop_sim #Thrifty
Specialized AI detects 92% of real-world DeFi exploits #DeFi_exploits #real-world_DeFi #Specialized #detects #exploits
