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How U.S. military funding propelled China's robot dogsThe rise of Unitree, a Chinese company known for its impressive robot dogs, can be attributed to research breakthroughs funded by the US mi...
Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack's new funding round, CEO saysThe $61 million Series B funding round comes months after the Defense Department declared Anthropic a "supply-chain risk" in March, a ruptu...
A Latvian astronomer and his wife drove 190 miles to a secret Soviet ghost town in 1994; found a 600-ton telescope the Russians had poured acid on - adapted the Cold War machine built to spy on the West and listen to the starsAfter the retreat of Russian forces from Latvia, a concealed Soviet-era radio telescope came to light. Astronomer Juris Zhagars dedicated h...
Why a judge just rejected Trump’s latest legal attack on HarvardA federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of failing to protect Jewish students. The government did not show an ongoi...
Since 2022, Alaska crews have placed more than 1,000 whole trees in a creek damaged by gold mining, helping restore 2.3 miles of salmon habitatResurrection Creek in Alaska has been revitalized into a thriving river thanks to comprehensive restoration efforts. By introducing entire ...
Trump orders Navy catapult system redesign, replacing state-of-the-art tech with older systemTrump steam catapults: President Trump has directed the US Navy to remove advanced electromagnetic catapults. Older steam-powered catapults...
- Ukraine halts strikes on tankers using Russian port at US request: Report
Ukraine has halted drone attacks on oil tankers following a US request. This action came after concerns about market destabilization and ha...
Air taxi firm Joby acquires defense tech company for $500 millionElectric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) companies are focusing more on the military market as commercial development has ta...
Dollar subdued as markets await US inflation data for Fed cluesAs Asian markets greeted Wednesday, the dollar maintained its steadiness. Currency investors eagerly anticipated key inflation data from th...
US asks Pakistan to subject military, intelligence budgets to public oversightThe United States has urged Pakistan to improve fiscal transparency measures. Pakistan must subject military and intelligence budgets to pu...
Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad’s fall: From 24 years in power to death sentenceBashar al-Assad's 24-year rule ended in December 2024 after rebel forces advanced. He fled to Moscow, concluding over five decades of famil...
- Trump says ‘jihadists’, communists being elected ahead of US midterms
President Trump is framing upcoming midterm elections as a choice. He claims Democrats embrace radicalism and jihadism, which he believes i...
When Mecca Comes to Asim: Munir is seeking to build a military supply arc from Turkiye to ChinaPakistan Army chief Asim Munir’s deeper defence alignment with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye could test Pakistan’s traditional neutrality in Wes...
Poland and Baltics shield infrastructure, fearing a Russian false-flag strikeBaltic nations and Poland are increasing security around critical infrastructure. They fear Russia may stage false flag drone attacks to de...
Antarctica is covered in ice, yet fire is so dangerous that the U.S. keeps a full-time professional fire department thereThe extreme weather of Antarctica raises notable fire dangers for research stations. At McMurdo Station, the U.S. Antarctic Program's centr...
US Senate passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill; new tariff threat for India, China aheadThe Senate overwhelmingly approved a Russian sanctions package on Friday. This legislation penalizes countries buying Russian oil and gas e...
Is this China’s plan to subjugate America? The truth behind Beijing buying vast tracts of land in the USAChinese investors own a tiny fraction of American agricultural land. This ownership represents only about 0.02 percent of total U.S. acreag...
Chinese robot maker Unitree seen worth over $7.4 billion after IPO, Citic saysUnitree Technology expects a valuation exceeding fifty billion yuan after its Shanghai IPO. The robot maker aims to raise funds for innovat...
Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systemsThe previously unreported findings offer a rare glimpse into how military and security-linked institutions in China are leveraging cutting-...
Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systemsChinese military researchers are using U.S. AI model outputs to advance defense capabilities. This technique allows them to train specializ...