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Wall Street JournalThe U.S. Marine Corps is testing first-person-view (FPV) drones as part of a broader military push to deploy small, low-cost drones at scale. During a training exercise in Australia, Marines used Neros Archer drones for simulated

CNNNvidia is partnering with major Wall Street investors to mobilize more than $500 billion in financing for AI infrastructure, aiming to make computing capacity an investable asset class. The initiative, involving Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone

Imperial College London (U.K.)Researchers at the U.K.'s Imperial College London and collaborators developed a programmable photonic quantum computing architecture that combines linear and nonlinear quantum operations within one system. The Clavina

Associated PressA growing community of collectors is restoring and preserving vintage computers from companies such as Apple, Atari, Commodore, IBM, and Xerox. More than 3,500 people attended this year’s Vintage Computer Festival at the Computer

The Edge (Malaysia)The U.S. announced a pilot program in Panama aimed at facilitating trade in goods critical to AI, including semiconductors, critical minerals, and AI infrastructure equipment. The U.S. State Department will provide up to $50

Inside Higher EdThe U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing $47.5 million in a five-year Industry-Integrated Ph.D. pilot designed to better prepare STEM doctoral students for careers outside academia. The program will support 250 students

The Wall Street JournalBig Tech’s AI spending commitments are far larger than reported capital expenditures, with nine major companies carrying roughly $3 trillion in mostly off-balance-sheet obligations. These include $1.2 trillion in future

TechRadarThe Pentagon has expanded a restricted online marketplace for counter-drone technology, allowing vetted U.S. government agencies, military commands, and approved allies to purchase equipment from defense companies. Built by startup Kaizen

New ScientistA new analysis suggests quantum computing may be facing a significant reproducibility problem, with most published results difficult or impossible to replicate on other machines. Wolfgang Mauerer at the Technical University of Applied

The Hacker NewsSecurity researchers at Israeli software company Cycode found critical flaws in NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s AIT-GUI software that could allow unauthenticated attackers to issue arbitrary commands to spacecraft and instruments. The