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US Air Force wants AI help to keep its Minuteman III nukes ticking until they’re 66, or maybe 80

America’s aging nuclear missiles depend on data scattered across dozens of systems Minuteman III could remain operational decades beyond its original retirement schedule The US Air Force wants one AI interface to organize fragmented missile data The US Air Force is searching for an artificial intelligence agent capable of centralizing…

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Quote of the day by Elon Musk: ‘[The Tesla Bot] has the potential to be a generalized substitute for human labor over time’ — a bold prediction on the future of work

The Tesla Optimus, also known as the Tesla Bot, is one of an entire catalogue of humanoid robots that manufacturers have unveiled in the last few years. Humanoid robots may look the part, and while they may be a few years away from maturation, executives like Tesla CEO Elon Musk…

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The Pentagon’s next big project is hypersonic scramjet cruise missiles able to evade enemy interceptors

DARPA wants hypersonic missiles capable of surviving increasingly sophisticated enemy air defenses The new program seeks major gains in range, speed, and survivability Russia’s Zircon gives Washington an existing hypersonic cruise missile benchmark The Pentagon is pursuing a new hypersonic cruise missile concept designed to survive increasingly capable enemy air…

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Kioxia showcases the world’s fastest SSD with mind-blowing 10M IOPS and a staggering 50 DWPD endurance

Kioxia’s GP1 reaches 10 million IOPS using PCIe 6.0 and XL-FLASH technology Its 50 DWPD rating indicates substantial endurance for sustained enterprise workloads A hypothetical 3TB model could theoretically withstand 109.5 PB written KIOXIA Europe GmbH has unveiled the GP1 Series, a PCIe 6.0 NVMe SSD engineered for direct GPU…

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Russia’s accelerating Starlink rival development means that war in space is not just probable; it’s inevitable

Russia is accelerating Rassvet faster than Ukrainian intelligence previously expected Moscow plans to expand Rassvet into a 924-satellite constellation by 2035 Rassvet currently provides intermittent coverage rather than Starlink-level continuous connectivity Russia is building its own satellite constellation, called Rassvet, at a pace that has outrun Ukrainian intelligence projections, experts…

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Is the new Water Cyber Shield Act too little, too late, and can a cyber group do it better? The experts weigh in

Two US senators have proposed a new Water Cyber Shield Act to provide the EPA with additional funding and tools to conduct cybersecurity assessments on critical water infrastructure. The act would provide $300 million annually to allow for upgrades to water utility infrastructure. Numerous coordinated attacks have been launched against…

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