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The AI Machine Gun of the Future Is Already Here
11 Nov

The AI Machine Gun of the Future Is Already Here

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Amid a rising tide of low-cost weaponized adversary drones menacing American troops abroad, the US military is pulling out all the stops to protect its forces from the ever-present threat of death from above. But between expensive munitions, futuristic but complicated directed energy weapons, and its own growing drone arsenal, the Pentagon is increasingly eyeing an elegantly simple solution to its growing drone problem: reinventing the gun.At the Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) event in August, the US Defense Department tested an artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous robotic gun system developed by fledgling defense contractor Allen Control Systems dubbed the “Bullfrog.”Consisting of a…
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This Video Game Controller Has Become the US Military’s Weapon of Choice
04 Oct

This Video Game Controller Has Become the US Military’s Weapon of Choice

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In a future conflict, American troops will direct the newest war machines not with sprawling control panels or sci-fi-inspired touchscreens, but controls familiar to anyone who grew up with an Xbox or PlayStation in their home.Over the past several years, the US Defense Department has been gradually integrating what appear to be variants of the Freedom of Movement Control Unit (FMCU) handsets as the primary control units for a variety of advanced weapons systems, according to publicly available imagery published to the department’s Defense Visual Information Distribution System media hub.Those systems include the new Navy Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction…
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Palmer Luckey Is Bringing Anduril Smarts to Microsoft’s Military Headset
19 Sep

Palmer Luckey Is Bringing Anduril Smarts to Microsoft’s Military Headset

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When Palmer Luckey was hacking together virtual reality headsets at his startup Oculus VR in the mid-2010s, he would sometimes imagine a future in which US soldiers used the technology to sharpen their battlefield senses.That vision is now virtually a reality after a deal that will bring software from his defense startup, Anduril, to a US Army head-mounted display developed by Microsoft.“The idea is to enhance soldiers,” Luckey tells WIRED over Zoom from his home in Newport Beach, California. “Their visual perception, audible perception—basically to give them all the vision that Superman has, and then some, and make them more…
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Top Chinese Chip Gear Maker Sues Pentagon to Void Sanctions
16 Aug

Top Chinese Chip Gear Maker Sues Pentagon to Void Sanctions

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One of China’s most prominent chip gear makers is suing the Pentagon for linking it to the People’s Liberation Army, seeking to get off a blacklist that bars business with American firms.Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. alleged that the defense agency harmed the company’s business and reputation by adding the Shanghainese entity to the so-called Section 1260H list of firms linked to China’s military. Pentagon officials took months to respond to a request for additional information, then justified their decision with evidence of an award from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, AMEC said in its lawsuit. Source link lol
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China Adds Metal Used in Ammo to List of Restricted Exports
15 Aug

China Adds Metal Used in Ammo to List of Restricted Exports

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China is tightening its grip over global critical-mineral supplies by placing export controls on antimony, a metal used widely in ammunition and other military applications that’s seen a surge in prices this year. The country will apply the restrictions to antimony and antimony-related materials from Sept. 15 in order to safeguard national security, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday. That adds to earlier controls on other critical minerals including gallium and germanium, which have set off alarm bells in Washington. Source link lol
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Yale Spinout in Quantum Field Draws US Intelligence Agency Money
15 Aug

Yale Spinout in Quantum Field Draws US Intelligence Agency Money

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Sequoia Capital-backed Quantum Circuits Inc. raised more than $60 million from investors including a fund set up by the US Central Intelligence Agency, as concern grows about quantum computing’s potential security implications.Sequoia’s only portfolio company in the nascent field said on Thursday it won an investment from In-Q-Tel Inc., a nonprofit that deploys funds from US intelligence agencies. Quantum Circuits will use the money to commercialize time on its superconducting quantum computer which boasts built-in error-detection. Source link lol
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How Politics Will Expand Into the Final Frontier
13 Aug

How Politics Will Expand Into the Final Frontier

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Listen and subscribe to the Voternomics series on the In the City and Stephanomics podcast feeds on Apple, Spotify and the Bloomberg Terminal.The rapid commercialization of space is launching the world into an “era of astropolitics,” journalist and author Tim Marshall tells host Allegra Stratton on this episode of Voternomics.Commercial companies are driving “Space Race 2.0,” from commercial fleets of satellites a few hundred miles above Earth to NASA’s search for private companies to bring back a piece of the moon. Ultimately, Marshall says, entities are eyeing the lucrative prospect of mining extraterrestrial objects for resources needed to provide renewable…
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Palantir Ups Profit Outlook, Says AI Has ‘Transformed’ Business
05 Aug

Palantir Ups Profit Outlook, Says AI Has ‘Transformed’ Business

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Palantir Technologies Inc.’s stock jumped in extended trading after the company raised its annual outlook, citing continuing demand for its artificial intelligence software.Palantir also topped analyst estimates for sales and profit for the quarter, helping send its stock up more than 15% after the results were released. Source link lol
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The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel’s Military
15 Jul

The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel’s Military

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That appears to still include the IDF. WIRED identified several Israeli government statements and documents published since 2022 that confirm the IDF’s continued involvement with Project Nimbus, although they do not provide details of the tools and capabilities it uses.For instance, a government document published on June 15, 2022, that outlines the scope of the project, says "The Ministry of Defense and the IDF” will get a dedicated “digital marketplace” of services they can access under Project Nimbus.In July 2022, The Intercept also reported on training documents and videos provided to Nimbus users in the Israeli government that revealed some…
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German Navy looks to replace its outdated floppy disk system for its frigate fleet
11 Jul

German Navy looks to replace its outdated floppy disk system for its frigate fleet

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The German Navy is in need of a serious upgrade for its fleet of submarine frigates and we’re not talking about a digital upload or some kind of software patch. The country’s fleets of submarine frigates have operated on old-fashioned, 8-inch floppy disks since they were commissioned back in the 1990s.Now the German Navy is trying to find a way to replace the outdated disk system that are “vital to the running of its Brandenburg class F123 frigates,” according to Tom’s Hardware.Replacing the floppy disk system won’t be an easy task. These disks pretty much control everything on the ships…
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