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Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-06 | tags: stars and stripes, defense department, sean parnell

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These 5 critical Windows Defender settings are off by default - turn them on ASAP (zdnet.com)

2026-05-05 | by Lance Whitney | get Windows Defender Security Suite → | tags: windows defender, microsoft, virus protection

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Army Asks Missile Makers to Hack Their Own Weapons (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-05 | tags: army, missile makers, defense contractors

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Google's Pentagon AI deal reportedly drove the DeepMind team to unionize (engadget.com)

2026-05-05 | by Mariella Moon | get DeepMind AI Research Kit → | tags: google, deepmind, pentagon

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Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Accuses ‘Victimized’ Crypto Billionaire of Defamation (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-04 | get Crypto Security Hardware Wallet → | tags: world liberty financial, justin sun, crypto

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Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-04 | get Wind Turbine Maintenance Kit → | tags: trump administration, wind farms, department of defense

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How Europe is building its own DARPA to counter the drone threat (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-04 | get European Drone Defense Kit → | tags: darpa, sprind, vinnova

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Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-03 | get DigiCert SSL Certificate → | tags: microsoft defender, digicert, windows

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Japan is deploying ultra-cheap cardboard drones built for swarm warfare and expendable combat missions — $2,000 expendable combat drones cost less than some gaming PCs (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-03 | by Etiido Uko | get Disposable Drone Kit → | tags: airkamuy, cardboard drones, japan maritime self-defense force

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Pentagon tech chief says Anthropic is still blacklisted, but Mythos is a separate issue (cnbc.com)

2026-05-01 | by Ashley Capoot | get Mythos AI Development Kit → | tags: anthropic, mythos, defense

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Top AI Companies Agree to Pentagon Deals for Classified Work (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-01 | get AI Developer Kit → | tags: anthropic, defense department, ai companies

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Pentagon budget reveals it's pursuing containerized 300kW+ laser weapons, ambitious Joint Laser Weapon System designed to shoot down cruise missiles — system part of $17.9 billion Golden Dome missile-defense initiative (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-01 | by Etiido Uko | tags: joint laser weapon system, golden dome missile-defense, high-energy laser

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Why this Louisiana military base spent $30 million to run on geothermal energy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-01 | get Geothermal Energy System Kit → | tags: geothermal energy, louisiana, defense department

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Lost in translation: The linguistic challenges facing N. Korean defectors (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | by Moon Dong Wook | get Language Learning for Korean → | tags: north korean defectors, hangul, pyongyang dialect

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CPanel and WHM Authentication Bypass – CVE-2026-41940 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | get cPanel Security Patch Kit → | tags: cpanel, whm, cve-2026-41940

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Anthropic's new Claude Security tool scans your codebase for flaws - and helps you decide what to fix first (zdnet.com)

2026-04-30 | by David Gewirtz | get Code Security Scanner Tool → | tags: anthropic, claude security, cyberdefense

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Japan Is Building Cardboard Suicide Drones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | by Apr | tags: cardboard drone, airkamuy, japan maritime self-defense force

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Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-29 | get DJI Mavic Air 2 Drone → | tags: pentagon, drones, defense budget

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NXP Semiconductors soars 26%, best day ever after earnings beat (cnbc.com)

2026-04-29 | by Lola Murti | get NXP Semiconductors Microcontroller → | tags: nxp semiconductors, rafael sotomayor, data center

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NXP Semiconductors soars 26%, paces for its best day ever after earnings beat (cnbc.com)

2026-04-29 | by Lola Murti | get NXP Semiconductors Microcontroller → | tags: nxp semiconductors, data center, rafael sotomayor

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Definity embeds agents inside Spark pipelines to catch failures before they reach agentic AI systems (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-29 | tags: spark, definity, dbt

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Colby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-29 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Training Simulator Kit → | tags: scout ai, fury, all-terrain vehicles

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Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-29 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Training Simulator Kit → | tags: scout ai, fury, all-terrain vehicles

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Reply to: Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-29 | by Wiebe | get Environmental Policy Book → | tags: biodiversity, deforestation, madagascar

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Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-28 | by Julie Bort | get Google Cloud AI Services → | tags: google, anthropic, defense department

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Google and the Pentagon sign classified deal to give the Department of Defense unfettered access to its AI models (engadget.com)

2026-04-28 | get Google Cloud AI Services → | tags: google, pentagon, ai models

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Anduril isn’t just building the future of warfare; it’s redesigning it (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-28 | get Anduril Torch Drone → | tags: anduril, defense tech, drones

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Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI (theverge.com)

2026-04-28 | by Jess Weatherbed | get AI Ethics and Policy Book → | tags: google, pentagon, ai models

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US Navy tests laser weapon that shoots down drones on the USS George H.W. Bush supercarrier — ‘system tracked, engaged, and neutralized multiple target drones,’ has essentially unlimited power source (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-25 | by Mark Tyson | get Laser Weapon Defense System → | tags: locust laser weapon system, us navy, george h.w. bush

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The viral manifesto of 'anti-woke' tech boss with NHS and defence contracts (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-04-25 | get Anti-Woke Tech CEO Book → | tags: palantir, wes streeting, nhs