A hot potato: AI has helped police forces across the US in recent years, for better and for worse. The latest use of the technology allows law enforcement to enter an interior photo of a home and have the AI determine the location, although there are some limitations. The tool, called Raven, is used by … Read more
Military systems take years to build, cost a lot and are difficult to replace once deployed. It is characterized by slow procurement cycles, strict restrictions and tough trade-offs between performance, cost and reliability. This category examines how modern militaries actually develop, acquire, and use technology and what this reveals about the conflicts they prepare for. … Read more
In short: Cyber attackers are a major concern for grocery shoppers across Europe. On Sunday evening, hackers attacked the cooling systems of around 150 Intermarché stores, forcing employees to throw away food that is no longer safe to eat. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. A spokesman for the supermarket chain told Bloomberg … Read more
NASA’s Perseverance rover has set a new record for the longest distance traveled by a vehicle on another planet. It reached 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers) on Mars, breaking the record held by Opportunity for years. The six-wheeled rover crossed the milestone on October 11, 2,006. Mars day of his mission. It beat Opportunity’s 28.06-mile (45.16-kilometer) … Read more
What we know so far: The open source AnyPS5 project is a big step closer to its goal of allowing gamers to run PlayStation 5 games natively on Windows and Linux PCs. The GitHub-hosted project now reports 100 percent GPU shader instruction coverage, with all 1,166 tracked AMD RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 instructions implemented, … Read more
Airbus and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have flown the U740 Valkyrie unmanned combat aircraft in Europe for the first time. The milestone advances their efforts to deliver a combat-ready Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for Germany and other European military customers by 2029. The aircraft completed a series of maneuvers during testing at an undisclosed … Read more
What just happened? Atari continues to remake the brand’s iconic consoles and home computers with modern technology. This time around, the 800XL goes back more than 40 years, with the French holding company promising to fully support both classic and modern 8-bit gaming experiences. Atari’s latest foray into retro gaming is the 800XL, a “faithful” … Read more
A US aerospace and defense company recently launched 21 satellites into low Earth orbit to help the military detect missiles and communicate securely during missions. The satellites were deployed on October 10, 2026 aboard a SpaceX rocket for the US Space Development Agency (SDA). These are the first Northrop Grumman-built satellites for the agency’s Tranche … Read more
There are no limits to the mood: Sony has decided to pursue a decidedly anti-consumer strategy and reduce the release of physical games. It goes without saying that player reactions could affect the company’s business prospects. Every script kiddy now seems eager to experiment with the PlayStation 5, including finding ways to run older PlayStation … Read more
As a fitting tribute to the 50th anniversary of Apple’s founding and the first use of the Cray-1 supercomputer, the Museo de Historia de la Computación in Spain unveiled a replica of the Cray-1, built by repurposing 30 Mac Minis. The project took 18 months to build and is now open to the public. At … Read more