July 2026

Pentagon science adviser Joseph Jewell weighs in on Ukraine war and integration of artificial intelligence and biotechnology marks a paradigm shift in how the US military views future conflicts Marines recently 3D-printed shaped charges from coconut shells and coffee grounds that beat conventional explosives by 25% The Ministry of Defense is also trying to speed

AI images, videos and writing used to be relatively easy to spot. There were too many fingers, wonky backgrounds, weird junk text, and other visual artifacts that really quickly gave the game away to the AI. Deepfake videos often had delayed lip-syncing, and AI-generated writing felt repetitive and formulaic, like reading a clumsy LinkedIn post.

Residents near Milwaukee, Wisconsin file class action lawsuit against Microsoft over ‘excessive noise’ from its Fairwater AI data center Complainants also report light pollution from the facility Microsoft says it has taken “immediate steps to address the audio concerns” While an inherently useful technology, AI comes with many challenges, not least the impact of data

Two US Army websites were broken on their 404 error pages The messages contained an insult directed at Donald Trump and Tom Barrack The messages appear to have been written by people sympathetic to the Kurdish cause Two pages belonging to the US Army had their error pages defaced with pro-Kurdish messages criticizing US President