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Russia fired 90 missiles and 600 drones at Kyiv overnight. Among them was an Oreshnik hypersonic missile, nuclear-capable, only the third time it has been used since the invasion began Full article: technology.org/2026/05/25/rus… #ukraine #russia #kyiv #war #oreshnik

Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, climbed Everest for the 32nd time on Sunday, breaking his own world record. His nearest non-Sherpa competitor has 19 summits. Full article: technology.org/2026/05/18/kam… #everest #nepal #worldrecord #climbing #sherpa

Anthropic is reportedly raising $30 billion at a $900 billion valuation. If it closes, Anthropic would surpass OpenAI's $852 billion valuation. 3 months ago, Anthropic was valued at $380 billion. #anthropic #ai #technology #funding

Ukrainians found over 100 Western-made components inside freshly shot down Kh-101 cruise missiles. The missiles were manufactured in Q2 2026, meaning Russia is using weapons straight from the factory Full article: technology.org/2026/05/18/ukr… #ukraine #russia #technology

Poland will open the first Abrams tank engine service centre in Europe. It is only the third facility in the world authorized to service the Honeywell AGT1500 turbine engine that powers the M1 Abrams. Full article: technology.org/2026/05/18/pol… #poland #military #defense #technology

Siri is getting a standalone app in iOS 27 with auto-delete chat history after 30 days or 1 year. Apple is expected to announce it at its developer conference in June. #apple #siri #privacy #ios

Webb and Hubble studied nearly 9000 star clusters across 4 galaxies. The most massive ones cleared their birth clouds in 5 million years. Lighter clusters took 7 to 8 million years. New constraints on how galaxies evolve. Full article: technology.org/2026/05/18/web… #space #astronomy

The US fired 850+ Tomahawk missiles at Iran in just 4 weeks. At up to $2.5 million each, stockpiles are shrinking fast, and Iran is still not backing down. Full article: technology.org/2026/05/15/us-… #military #usa #iran #defense #technology

Microsoft's AI chief says white-collar jobs could be fully automated within 18 months: finance, legal, administration, all of it. The timeline is short. The shift may already be underway. #ai #automation #microsoft #jobs #technology

Google and SpaceX are in talks to put AI data centers in orbit. SpaceX is using the concept as part of its pitch ahead of a $1.75 trillion IPO. Google also plans prototype satellites by 2027 under Project Suncatcher Full article: technology.org/2026/05/13/goo… #google #spacex #space

Australia was first to ban social media for under-16s in December 2025, with fines up to A$49.5 million for non-compliant platforms. Now, France, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Malaysia, and more are following Full article: technology.org/2026/05/14/glo… #socialmedia #australia #technology

OpenAI released 3 new real-time voice models for developers. GPT-Realtime-2 hit 96.6% accuracy on Big Bench Audio, up 15.2% from the previous version, with a context window expanded from 32K to 128K tokens Full article: technology.org/2026/05/08/ope… #ai #openai #voiceai #tech

Italian C1 Ariete tanks were spotted in France during Orion 26, a major NATO exercise likely the largest in Europe since the Cold War. Italy is upgrading 90 Arietes to the C2 standard. Full article: technology.org/2026/05/10/ari… #nato #military #italy #defense #europe

MIT researchers developed RLCR, a training method that teaches AI models to express uncertainty alongside their answers. It reduced calibration error by up to 90% with no accuracy loss. Full article: technology.org/2026/05/11/tea… #ai #research #machinelearning #mit #technology

The US produces only 60-65 Patriot PAC-3 missiles per month. During the Iran conflict, Gulf countries fired hundreds in two months, roughly two years of production. Ukraine face the same shortage with no quick fix in sight Full article: technology.org/2026/05/05/how… #ukraine #defense

iOS 27 will let users swap the AI powering Siri. Gemini, Claude, and others will be available through a new feature called Extensions. Different voices for different models, too. Full reveal at WWDC on June 8. Full article: technology.org/2026/05/06/ios… #apple #ios27 #ai #technology

Anthropic is renting compute from Elon Musk's xAI. The deal gives Claude access to Colossus 1 in Memphis, a facility with over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs. Rivals sharing infrastructure. That is where AI is right now Full article: technology.org/2026/05/07/cla… #ai #nvidia #technology

Paris startup Genesis AI launched a robotic hand and AI model that can cook, play piano, and solve a Rubik's Cube. They raised $105 million in seed funding backed by Eric Schmidt and Khosla Ventures. Full article: technology.org/2026/05/07/gen… #robotics #ai #technology #automation

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says AI is creating jobs, not eliminating them. He argues automating one task does not erase an entire role. But credible forecasts still put AI-driven job losses at up to 15% of U.S. jobs. Full article: technology.org/2026/05/05/nvi… #nvidia #jobs #technology

What does a 400-drone attack say about the future of war? Russia launched more than 400 drones in a daytime attack on Ukraine. The strike injured civilians in western Ukraine and marked another large-scale use of drones in broad daylight #ukraine #russia #drones #technology