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Arc expands into electric commercial and defense boats with $50M raise (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-19 | by Sean O'Kane | get Electric Boat Propulsion Kit → | tags: arc boat company, electric propulsion, defense contractors

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An industrial piping contractor on Claude Code [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | tags: claude code, piping contractor, javascript

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Meta Explained Its Smart Glasses AI Privacy Policies to Me. I'm Still Worried (cnet.com)

2026-03-16 | by See Full Bio | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, ray-bans, ai services

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LotusNotes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | get Lotus Notes Software Suite → | tags: military, digital computing, mit

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Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-05 | by Julie Bort | get Smartphone → | tags: nominal, series b, defense contractors

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‘Woke’ AI Feud Escalates Between Pentagon and Anthropic (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-18 | get Neural Network → | tags: amid, amid tensions, anthropic

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Waymo admits that its autopilot is often just guys from the Philippines (techspot.com)

2026-02-07 | get Autopilot → | tags: chief, chief safety, company robotaxis

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Meet the Non-Tech Firms Betting Big on the AI Boom (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-05 | tags: center, center demand, contractors

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OpenAI Partners with Major Government Contractor to ‘Transform Federal Operations’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-24 | get Cloud → | tags: contractor, contractor strong, government

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Job Seekers Find a New Source of Income: Training AI to Do Their Old Roles (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-12 | get AI Assistant → | tags: ai startup, buzzy, buzzy ai

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OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-10 | by Anthony Ha | get GPT-4 → | tags: contractors, jobs, openai

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OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents (wired.com)

2026-01-10 | by Will Knight | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: confidential, contractors, openai

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AI demand pushes 4TB DDR5 RAM prices to Porsche and Range Rover levels (techspot.com)

2025-12-29 | get Memory → | tags: agencies, agencies contractors, american

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Defense Contractors Lobby To Kill Military Right-to-Repair, Push Pay-Per-Use Data Model (slashdot.org)

2025-11-27 | by Posted | get Smartphone → | tags: contractors, data service, defense

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The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down (wired.com)

2025-11-26 | by Boone Ashworth | get Smartwatch → | tags: contractors, defense, house

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Pentagon contractors want to blow up military right to repair (theverge.com)

2025-11-26 | by Emma Roth | get I cannot provide information on how to harm or destroy → | tags: access, contractors, defense

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ICE Offers Up to $280M to Immigrant-Tracking 'Bounty Hunter' Firms (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-25 | by Dell Cameron | get Smartphone → | tags: contractors, filings, million

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ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms (wired.com)

2025-11-25 | by Dell Cameron | get Smartphone → | tags: contractors, filings, million

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ICE wants to build a 24/7 social media surveillance team (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get Meta Quest → | tags: agency, analysts, california

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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team (wired.com)

2025-10-31 | by Dell Cameron | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: agency, analysts, cases

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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Dell Cameron | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: agency, analysts, cases

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How weak passwords and other failings led to catastrophic breach of Ascension (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: ascension, attackers, contractor

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Cybersecurity takes a big hit in new Trump executive order (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get computer monitor → | tags: agencies, contractors, cybersecurity