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45 MQ-9 Reaper drones have been destroyed in the Iran war – a quarter of the fleet worth $1.3 billion obliterated
Iran has destroyed dozens of Reapers, exposing America’s costly drone vulnerability Forty-five Reapers lost represents roughly one-quarter of America’s pre-war fleet Washington is buying replacement Reapers as battlefield losses continue mounting The United States has lost roughly a quarter of its entire MQ-9 Reaper drone fleet during its war with…
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Quote of the day by Bill Gates: ‘I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it’ — a witty defense against a stunning accusation
The ideas that we take for granted in today’s computing landscape were once all original thoughts that somebody had to devise and implement out of nothing. Both Apple and Microsoft were pioneering companies in this space, but not all great ideas that stuck necessarily came from either company. “Well, Steve,…
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Ukrainian drone that smashed TU-95 bomber is based on a smuggled UAV China refused to sell
A Ukrainian drone strike in western Russia took out a TU-95 bomber while the craft was parked on the tarmac The drone technology used in the attack is based on the Chinese ZTK-150 UAV Ukraine’s MICH 2000s were built when China stopped selling its UAVs, adapted for use in the…
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MacOS users warned to beware screen-sharing bug which can turn Macs into cryptomining slaves
CVE‑2026‑65400 macOS Screen Sharing flaw exploited for cryptojacking within days of disclosure Attackers gained root via exposed port 5900 and deployed Monero miners using XMRig Apple patched in Sequoia 15.7.9, Sonoma 14.8.9, Tahoe 26.6.1; users urged to update immediately Less than a week after being publicly disclosed, a macOS vulnerability…
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‘Taking away people’s choice of how they work is probably not going to help them in terms of their well-being’: New study unsurprisingly finds people who want to work remotely are actually more productive and happier
Study finds remote workers are far happier and more productive Remote workers reported much higher well-being, but were also less likely to leave their role Study also dispels myth that remote workers might feel alienated from co-workers Letting employees work remotely can have a significant positive effect on their productivity,…
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Microsoft is dropping its Excel Copilot function after only a year – and without ever getting a full public launch
Microsoft Excel is pulling the COPILOT () function Function allowed users to describe tasks in natural language, including as part of a formula It never reached public launch, and has now been overtaken by other tools Microsoft is dropping its COPILOT function in Excel as part of its wide-ranging overhauls…
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