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The Pentagon is seeking an affordable drone capable of replacing many MQ-9 Reaper missions Reaper drones hit hard in Iran, and losses are forcing demand for cheaper unmanned combat aircraft New aircraft must combine long range with significant payload capacity The US Air Force is investigating a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle concept after losing “dozens” […]

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PrivadoVPN has added a built-in MCP server to its Windows, macOS apps It lets MCP-compatible AI tools manage your VPN connection The server is opt-in, runs exclusively on the device and is limited to localhost The latest update from PrivadoVPN hands over the keys to your VPN to your AI assistant. The provider has built

Attackers spoof LastPass and Bitwarden with phishing emails from fake newsletter domains and trick users into signing fake DocuSign documents Victims are redirected to malicious “compliance” domains flagged by Microsoft Defender and Cloudflare, which have already been taken offline None of the passwords were broken; this is domain spoofing and users are encouraged to verify

Environmental groups are seeking broader review before massive satellite constellations receive approval More than a million proposed satellites face increased regulatory scrutiny FCC Rethinks Satellite Environmental Assessment Rules Environmental groups have asked federal regulators to halt approval of orbital data center satellite constellations pending a full environmental assessment process. Earthjustice recently filed a petition on

EA Sports Madden NFL 27 coming to Apple Arcade The exclusive Arcade version will be launched on August 6, 2026 It offers full controller support and does not have microtransactions EA Sports Madden NFL 27the next entry in the blockbuster football franchise is just around the corner – but you don’t need an expensive console

AI hallucination could become a weapon, new report warns HalluSquatting is short for “adversarial hallucination squatting” GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI and OpenClaw are all affected Your favorite AI service could be subverted to deploy code that turns your phone or PC into a botnet, according to researchers at Intuit, the Technion and Tel Aviv University.

The three-man team is known as “Slopfix” It claims to be able to reduce AI-generated codebases by up to 65% in size They aim to “refactor vibecoded codebases back to maintenance” Vibecoding has a lot to answer for, not least some excessively large codebases. A new team of software engineers is collaborating to reduce the

Viltrox has announced its new AF 26mm F2.8 EVO lens It’s available in Sony E and Nikon Z-mount versions and costs $299 / £279 It is 23.8 mm thick and weighs 130 g Chinese lens maker Viltrox is having a productive year, and it’s now followed up a recent pair of medium-telephoto primes for APS-C

Vyriy 15 FPV with The Fourth Law’s TFL-1 AI guidance reportedly hit Russian logistics 68 miles (110 km) away Ever-innovating Ukrainian drone industry continues to achieve economies of scale, even as it becomes a growing threat to Russian advances With a payload capacity of 8kg and the option to be equipped with a thermal imaging