Britain has awarded a £316 million ($413 million) contract to MBDA UK to supply DragonFire laser systems for the Royal Navy, aiming to strengthen defenses against potential drone threats. A government statement said the system “will be installed on a Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer by 2027” and highlighted that DragonFire “recently shot down high-speed […]
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IBM on Thursday announced a new partnership with Cisco to develop some of the world’s first networks of quantum computers. The company said the effort could form the basis of a quantum computing internet by the early 2030s. The collaboration focuses on building large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum systems that can communicate over long distances. IBM said
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The United States has approved the sale of Nvidia’s AI chips to UAE company G42 and Saudi start-up Humain. Both companies can buy up to 35,000 Blackwell GB300 chips under strict security and reporting rules, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. The move is seen as an important step in technology cooperation with the Gulf
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A major Cloudflare outage on November 18 caused widespread disruptions across several high-traffic platforms, temporarily knocking services like X (Twitter), ChatGPT, Spotify, Canva, Claude, and others offline for millions of users worldwide. According to Cloudflare’s official status page, multiple datacenters in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America were affected during scheduled maintenance. The company
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Joby Aviation will launch flying taxis in Dubai next year, offering passengers battery-powered aircraft rides booked like a ride-hailing service. The company recently completed the Middle East’s first eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) flight in the UAE, building on development in Texas and locally. Test pilot Peter Wilson, who has flown F-35 jets, praised
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has warned the public not to “blindly trust” AI tools, noting that they are “prone to errors.” In an exclusive interview with the BBC, he stressed that AI should be used alongside other resources to ensure accuracy. “This is why people also use Google Search, and we have other products that
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Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has warned that a crash in the booming artificial intelligence sector would affect every company in the industry, including Google itself. Speaking to the BBC in an interview published Tuesday, Pichai said the rapid flow of money into AI has created an “extraordinary moment,” but one that contains “elements of
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Google has agreed to pay more than $40 million to support South African news media after a competition investigation found its search engine favored international outlets over local ones. The South African Competition Commission, which led a 16-month investigation, said the settlement includes 688 million rand ($40.4 million) in total. This covers funding for national
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HDMI may be the most popular way to connect devices to a smart TV, but it’s far from the only option. Modern TVs and even older models support a range of alternative connections that let you enjoy movies, music, photos, and even wireless streaming without touching an HDMI cable. From audio gear and storage devices
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Maryland-based startup Forterra, which builds autonomous vehicles for military operations, has raised $238 million in a funding round that values the company at over $1 billion. Moore Strategic Ventures led the round, which included $50 million in debt, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Salesforce Ventures, and other investors. Forterra’s vehicles can operate solo or in
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