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STM32 chips continue appearing inside Russian drones despite sanctions Chinese supply chains help civilian components reach military applications Trade networks make tracking dual-use technology increasingly difficult worldwide A Swiss-designed microcontroller keeps surfacing inside weapons that Russia launches against Ukraine. Ukrainian military intelligence recovered an STM32 chip made by STMicroelectronics from a downed Geran-4 drone in…

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Friday, July 10 (game #1628). Quordle…

Watch New Zealand vs Italy for FREE on Rugbypass TV (US) / ITVX (UK) / Virgin Media Play (Ireland) Unlock your stream with NordVPN (save 75%) Saturday, July 11 at 1.10am ET / 6.10am BST / 5.10pm NZT Saturday’s New Zealand vs Italy live stream in the 2026 Nations Championship sees the visitors attempt to…

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, July 10 (game…

Amazon’s Prime Day sale has delivered another very tempting robot vacuum deal, with the Dreame X50 Ultra dropping to just AU$1,479. That’s a huge discount from its AU$2,999 launch price last year, and well below the usual AU$2,000 price we’ve seen it discounted to in recent months. It isn’t a budget buy, even at AU$1,479,…

Navy orders first 50 Blackbeard hypersonic missiles for $23.4 million total Each Blackbeard missile reportedly costs under $300,000 once full production begins Castelion has received three separate Navy funding rounds since February 2026 A California defense startup is now selling hypersonic missiles priced like a luxury vehicle rather than a mansion, marking a shift in…

A Molniya drone struck without any visible control antenna at all Only a camera and computer were found inside the recovered drone Ukraine believes navigation and targeting may now run without humans A Russian Molniya drone recently struck a Ukrainian facility without a visible control antenna, and the strike appeared unusual to observers tracking the…

American businessman and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is an individual who was among the earliest to be involved in the early internet boom. Now, the founder of Netscape and co-author of Mosaic – two iconic web browsers – has fully committed to AI. AI maximalism One year after OpenAI launched ChatGPT, the technology veteran Andreessen…

AMD’s Versal Premium Gen 2 Memory on Package launch formally ends HBM in its adaptive SoC lineup The move represents a ~65% bandwidth cut from the discontinued Versal HBM’s 840 GB/s, clocking in at just 288 GB/s AMD is painting this as a win, citing better availability, a smaller form factor, efficiency wins, and guaranteed…

Xiaomi has launched its first NAS, a dual-base storage solution that comes in three different storage capacities The Xiaomi Smart Storage was not planned but was brought into being by customers eager to own one after a mistaken label indicated one was being designed The Xiaomi Smart Storage device attracted a reported 30,000 net orders…