This NATO-backed drone AI picked its own target and struck it, but relied on a human-drawn map to do so

Humans assigned the drone with its mission, but no one has explained whether it can be stopped if its links are jammed.

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‘The US is now better positioned to compete’: How new drone tech tariffs are bolstering domestic production and securing supply chains

I spoke to Saleel Awsare, President and CEO, Lantronix, to learn more about how Trump’s new drone tariffs will affect domestic drone production and help to secure supply-chains.

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Insta360 spent $298m on memory chips in six months. GoPro’s shareholders are getting $285m in cash for the entire company.
 Insta360 spent $298m on memory chips in six months. GoPro’s shareholders are getting $285m in cash for the entire company.

Insta360 opened its first American store on Saturday at 1515 Broadway, in the middle of Times Square. It is the company’s second self-operated shop outside China, after Tokyo in August. The ribbon-cutting is the least interesting part. Iris Deng interv…

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Researchers build a drone that navigates with physical whiskers to operate in dark, dusty or smoky places where cameras or GPS can fail — sub-100 gram drones run 34KB software to enable sub-millimeter precision

Whiskers attached to three pressure sensors at their base could help drones find their way around their environment purely through touch. This lightweight system emulates the vibrissae found on mice and other small mammals that help them navigate in the dark.

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Autonomous NATO strike drone uses Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano to independently pick and bomb targets — Swedish startup’s attack drones run small AI model, require no human input and zero external comms
 Autonomous NATO strike drone uses Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano to independently pick and bomb targets — Swedish startup’s attack drones run small AI model, require no human input and zero external comms

Drones built with small, non-frontier computer-vision models autonomously identified and attacked targets in a recent demo.

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UK research agency backs drone-based internet service experiment with lasers, microwaves, and gravity waves used for wireless power — Britain invests $94 million into Starlink alternative

The UK’s research agency is looking at airborne drones as an alternative to Starlink and other satellite internet services.

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Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun — Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested

Following a tip-off from robotaxi firm Waymo, San Francisco police conducted a ‘high-risk vehicle stop’ and arrested two juveniles for illegal possession of a firearm.

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Ukraine triumphs in ‘first-ever’ drone-vs-drone boat battle — video shows Russian MBeK destroyed by Sargan 3000’s 12.7mm automatic turret
 Ukraine triumphs in ‘first-ever’ drone-vs-drone boat battle — video shows Russian MBeK destroyed by Sargan 3000’s 12.7mm automatic turret

Ukraine’s Navy has claimed that it has won ‘the first-ever battle of unmanned naval boats.’

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Iran could potentially reverse-engineer captured US underwater drone — several Iranian embassies mock US over capture, Navy claims lost Anduril vehicle was defective and unclassified

Iran may reverse-engineer a captured U.S. Navy Anduril Dive-LD underwater drone, as Tehran mocks the loss and Washington downplays its military value.

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