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Florida school to deploy security drones designed to stop school shooters mid-attack

6 April 2026 at 17:22

The deployment marks a new test of drone-based security technology in US schools. Backed by more than $500,000 in state funding, Florida and Georgia are rolling out Mithril's technology as part of broader school safety initiatives. The goal, company executives say, is speed. Pilots operating from Mithril's Austin headquarters could...

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Iran threatens to "annihilate" Stargate AI data center backed by OpenAI and Nvidia

6 April 2026 at 15:15

The IRGC released a video vowing retaliatory measures should the US attack its power facilities. Spokesperson Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari said the actions would entail "complete and utter annihilation" of power plants, energy infrastructure, and IT and communications facilities belonging to Israel and to companies with American shareholders.

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A new OnlyOffice fork is Europe's answer to Microsoft Office

5 April 2026 at 20:03

Developed by a consortium including Nextcloud, Ionos, and Proton, Euro-Office builds directly on the open-source OnlyOffice codebase. It offers a word processor, spreadsheet editor, presentation tool, and PDF editor, all supporting Microsoft formats (docx, pptx, xlsx) and open standards such as ODF. Its preview version is already available on GitHub,...

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US military deploys low-cost "Lucas" drone built from reverse-engineered Iranian tech

4 April 2026 at 17:21

Senior defense officials told The Wall Street Journal that the autonomous attack drones have been used in strikes against Iranian military and IRGC targets, including weapons facilities, manufacturing sites, and air-defense nodes. They said this contributed to an 83% decline in Iranian drone attacks during the early days of the conflict.

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Google's Gemma 4 AI can run on smartphones, no Internet required

4 April 2026 at 00:02

The two largest Gemma 4 models – 26B Mixture of Experts and 31B Dense – require an 80GB Nvidia H100 GPU to run unquantized in bfloat16 format. Google claims these models deliver "frontier intelligence on personal computers" for students, researchers, and developers, providing advanced reasoning capabilities for IDEs, coding assistants, and agentic workflows.

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Toshiba starts shipping SMR MAMR enterprise hard drives offering up to 34TB of storage

3 April 2026 at 22:57

Toshiba's M12 Series of 3.5-inch drives uses Shingled Magnetic Recording to achieve storage capacities ranging from 30 to 34TB. The Japanese corporation – one of the world's largest HDD manufacturers alongside Seagate and Western Digital – said the new line of drives is specifically designed for hyperscale customers, cloud service...

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Chip foundry market hit $320 billion in 2025, driven by AI demand

3 April 2026 at 16:33

A new report by Counterpoint Research highlights the business results of the extremely successful players in the foundry business. The research company coined the "Foundry 2.0" term because today's landscape is apparently much more complex and multifaceted than the traditional chip-making business. Either way, most silicon manufacturers have become massively...

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US government hires BlackSky to build next-gen AI surveillance satellites for Earth and beyond

1 April 2026 at 23:48

The US government has selected BlackSky to design and build the next generation of its space surveillance capabilities. The newly announced contract is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) agreement, meaning the company will provide as many satellites and monitoring services as the Air Force Research Laboratory requires for its missions....

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