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New drone system which could spot wildfires before they get out of control completes its first test — but is it too late for the summer blazes plaguing Europe?
New drone detects wildfires within minutes using thermal and optical sensors Israeli drone automatically searches vast landscapes for newly ignited wildfires before they spread Autonomous drone sends fire coordinates directly to emergency command centers within moments Wildfires across Europe had killed at least seventeen civilians and eight firefighters and forced…
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Pentagon launches campaign for unmanned boats able to launch drones at sea
The Pentagon seeks autonomous boats capable of launching drones during maritime operations Competition offers $100 million before potential $200 million procurement contracts Three testing sprints will evaluate operational readiness before procurement decisions The Pentagon has released a formal solicitation seeking an unmanned surface vessel capable of launching small attack drones…
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‘AI success will be defined not by how much infrastructure organizations own, but by how productively they use it’: Nvidia lays out its thoughts on how storage has become the next frontier of AI
Nvidia open sources its cuFile APIs and storage stack into a new GitHub organization with Google, Intel, and Meta as founding maintainers, and formally launched Storage-Next with 40-plus flash and storage vendors Nvidia’s key unveiling is its SCADA framework, which moves the storage control path onto the GPU, allowing parallel…
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Workers are worried AI will expose they don’t know how to do their jobs properly
Workers fear ai is undermining them and fear replacement 69% of surveyed adults are concerned AI will highlight the parts of their roles they don’t understand It could be time for organizations to determine just why they want to use AI, what they hope to get out of it, and…
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Working hard or hardly working? More than half of workers have sent unneeded emails or messages just to show they are doing something
52% of workers have sent replies to message or emails simply to prove that they are working Focused work is being interrupted by the requirement to respond quickly, with response speeds raised in performance evaluations More than half have replied at weekends, evenings, or even on annual leave to remain…
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Russia is kickstarting its plans to dominate the space race once again — but it will have to depend on Chinese hardware to do so
Chinese equipment fills critical roles, though it represents only a small share overall Russia plans to quadruple annual Angara rocket production within the next decade Internal documents expose extensive factory upgrades supporting future rocket manufacturing Russia is pushing to significantly grow production of its Angara space rockets, to quadruple annual…
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