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Japan launches sovereign satellite navigation network as GPS cannot reach all of its country
QZSS was designed specifically around Japan’s difficult positioning environment and geography The seven-satellite constellation brings Japan closer to continuous domestic navigation coverage QZS-7 successfully reached orbit after QZS-5 was lost during launch Mountainous terrain and densely packed city blocks across Japan can obstruct ordinary satellite positioning signals from reaching receivers…
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‘When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before’ — Quote of the day by NASA’s former software director Margaret Hamilton on the birth of software engineering
The computing industry was once unrecognizable from the one we see today, with the idea of discipline centered around writing code treated as some kind of fantasy. That was before industry pioneer Margaret Hamilton coined the term while leading the flight software team for NASA’s Apollo space program in the…
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World-first autonomous ‘end-to-end’ AI attack against Taiwan tied to Chinese hackers — and the scariest part is that it was fully open source
China launched a fully autonomous vulnerability hunting attack against Taiwan The attack leveraged eight open-source AI models to hunt for new attack vectors The attack hit Taiwan government accounts, personnel records, the nuclear safety agency, and more A first-of-its-kind cyberattack using autonomous AI has been spotted attacking Taiwan, and it…
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The Pentagon has unveiled an improved online store to buy counter-drone kits, but you probably won’t ever be able to see it
The Department of War announced an expanded counter-drone marketplace It’s built by four-year-old startup Kaizen Laboratories under a $15 million prototype contract The platform sees defense vendors including Anduril, DroneShield, AeroVironment, and SMARTSHOOTER listing products for sale to approved buyers The US Department of War has announced an expanded version…
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Microsoft’s nemesis returns: Nightmare Eclipse is back with a new zero day which could be bad news for Windows users
Nightmare Eclipse discloses ShieldBreak, a new Windows privilege‑escalation zero‑day Flaw bypasses a recent patch and works on fully updated Windows 11 systems Researcher’s ongoing exploit spree leaves multiple Windows vulnerabilities still unpatched Nightmare Eclipse has struck again! The notorious zero-day researcher with a Microsoft grudge disclosed its latest vulnerability, and…
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Most UK tech leaders say network outages are becoming a critical business problem
Tech leaders are finding complexities with contacts, vendors, and platforms are restricting transformation Network resilience is increasingly an issue for leaders, rather than just IT Businesses are relying on too much technology New research has lifted the lid on how small business tech leaders are finding it increasingly difficult to…
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