Fancy taking to the skies? DJI is the brand you’re probably looking at — it’s the name behind almost all the best drones around right now. If you’re new to the world of drones, figuring out your options is tricky. This article is here to guide you through your options. I’ll run through the main…

Russia arms Soviet-era aircraft with airborne FPV interceptor drone launch systems Yak-52 trainer receives six launch rails for interceptor drone operations Eighty-year-old An-2 gains unexpected role in modern aerial drone warfare Russia has begun fitting Yak-52 trainer aircraft and An-2 utility planes with equipment designed for launching FPV interceptor drones against enemy UAVs. A video…

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Spoilers for Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 1 ahead. Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 1 has arrived, and is now available to stream worldwide on HBO Max. In short, our “starting” versions of Stuart (Kevin Sussman), Denise (Lauren Lapkus), Kripke (John Ross Bowie) and Bert (Brian Posehn) live in a reality…

A reusable microwave drone reportedly disables more than 50 hostile UAVs per flight Lockheed Martin pushes cheaper answers to increasingly dangerous battlefield drone swarms The Morfius X-Rotor counter-drone system enters testing after successful multi-state flight evaluations Lockheed Martin has unveiled its Morfius X-Rotor counter-drone system at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow, calling it a low-cost answer…

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Marc Andreessen was a prominent figure in the early internet era, creating some of the earliest web browsers, including Netscape and Mosaic, which he authored. In recent years, he’s weighed in on subjects including AI — but it was his comments on software that really summarised how technology evolved during the early 21st century. “Software…

Pentagon issues Oracle with first ever direct-award contract Nearly $7 billion in existing Oracle licensing is consolidated into a single contract vehicle The contract is projected to deliver $441 million in savings by unifying technology purchases The US Department of War (DoW) has awarded Oracle with a near-$7 billion contract as part of the Arsenal…

US bureau clears early design for South Korea’s nuclear container ship concept Twin molten salt reactors replace conventional engines in ambitious cargo vessel proposal Engineers removed fuel tanks to create additional cargo-carrying capacity South Korea has secured preliminary US approval for the conceptual design of a 15,000 TEU container ship powered by two molten salt…