
U.S. Navy Destroyer Practices Wartime Repair in the Philippines
A U.S. Navy destroyer simulated wartime repair in the Philippines through an initiative that seeks to improve the fleet’s readiness during a port visit to

National Guard Troops Hit the Streets of LA as Trump Overrides Governor Newsom
In a move that has ignited both political and public outcry, President Donald Trump has federalized the California National Guard and ordered the deployment of

TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Reports, 1973
The two volumes of the TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Report, dated August 1973 and prepared for the Defense Nuclear Agency by Physics International

Congress would like the Army to show its work on ‘transformation’
Army senior leaders took scores of questions from both houses of Congress this week, part of a yearly ritual to

Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China
Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI revolution. This

Startup puts a logical qubit in a single piece of hardware
“When we do this, we don’t have any errors left,” Lemyre said. “And this builds confidence into this approach, meaning

Ukraine’s daring drone raid exposes American vulnerabilities
Will U.S. leaders learn from the new playbook, or ignore it at our peril? Last Sunday, Ukraine executed what may

TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Reports, 1973
The two volumes of the TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Report, dated August 1973 and prepared for the Defense Nuclear Agency by Physics International Company, provide a detailed technical overview of the design, construction, testing, and performance evaluation of a mobile high-voltage EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) simulator. Volume I: System Overview and Technical Design Volume I outlines the complete system and its major components: Continue scrolling for more… Core Structure: The TEMPS system simulates a high-altitude nuclear EMP by using a horizontally mounted cylindrical wire cage antenna (30 feet in diameter, 1000 feet long) supported up to 20 meters above ground on a dielectric, guyed

A Rare ‘Super-Earth’ Has Been Identified by Astronomers Using This Breakthrough Exoplanet Detection Method
Chinese and German scientists have utilized the Transit Timing Variation (TTV) technique to locate an exoplanet super-Earth for the first time, validating a new tool

Astronomers Pinpoint Starburst Origins of Early Galaxies, Settling a Stellar Formation Debate
Roughly two to three billion years after the Big Bang came “Cosmic Noon,” which astrophysicists have discovered was a crucial period for a particular class

The nine-armed octopus and the oddities of the cephalopod nervous system
Nine arms, no problem In 2021, researchers from the Institute of Marine Research in Spain used an underwater camera to follow a male Octopus vulgaris,

Simulations find ghostly whirls of dark matter trailing galaxy arms
“Basically what you do is you set up a bunch of particles that represent things like stars, gas, and dark matter, and you let them

A Japanese lander crashed on the Moon after losing track of its location
Intuitive Machines, Firefly, and a third company—Astrobotic Technology—have launched their lunar missions under contract with a NASA program aimed at fostering a commercial marketplace for

Cambridge mapping project solves a medieval murder
A brazen killing A page from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s letters to the Bishop of Winchester on the subject of Ela Fitzpayne, from the register

U.S. Navy Destroyer Practices Wartime Repair in the Philippines
A U.S. Navy destroyer simulated wartime repair in the Philippines through an initiative that seeks to improve the fleet’s readiness during a port visit to

“It Was a Crazy Idea”: James Webb Space Telescope Confirms Dramatic Phenomenon On Pluto
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations indicate that Pluto’s atmosphere is unlike any other in the solar system, confirming a

West Coast Armor IIIA Plates Review: Lightweight, American-Made Protection
“You Can’t Save the World if You’re Full of Holes” Let’s paint a quick picture: you’re kitted up, heart pounding,

TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Reports, 1973
The two volumes of the TEMPS (Transportable Electromagnetic Pulse Simulator) Final Report, dated August 1973 and prepared for the Defense Nuclear Agency by Physics International

A Rare ‘Super-Earth’ Has Been Identified by Astronomers Using This Breakthrough Exoplanet Detection Method
Chinese and German scientists have utilized the Transit Timing Variation (TTV) technique to locate an exoplanet super-Earth for the first time, validating a new tool

Astronomers Pinpoint Starburst Origins of Early Galaxies, Settling a Stellar Formation Debate
Roughly two to three billion years after the Big Bang came “Cosmic Noon,” which astrophysicists have discovered was a crucial period for a particular class

“It Was a Crazy Idea”: James Webb Space Telescope Confirms Dramatic Phenomenon On Pluto
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations indicate that Pluto’s atmosphere is unlike any other in the solar system, confirming a 2017 hypothesis and potentially revealing

FBI Releases Internal Emails on Comey Following FOIA Appeal Win by The Black Vault
This was originally published on November 7, 2023. The article has been left unchanged, but additional documents have been added to the document archive below.

Tech Firm Palantir’s Government Work on Data Collection Sparks New Privacy Fears
Peter Thiel, founder of Palantir, in 2008 (Wikimedia/CC 2.0) Welcome to this week’s Intelligence Brief… On Wednesday, a new bombshell report revealed concerns among government

Agent-based computing is outgrowing the web as we know it
Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more We are on the cusp of a

Sam Altman calls for ‘AI privilege’ as OpenAI clarifies court order to retain temporary and deleted ChatGPT sessions
Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Regular ChatGPT users (among whom include the

The Kingdom’s digital transformation showcased at Smart Data & AI Summit
As Saudi Arabia accelerates its journey toward becoming a global leader in digital innovation, the Smart Data & AI Summit will play a pivotal role in shaping the Kingdom’s data

Inside the race to find GPS alternatives
Later this month, an inconspicuous 150-kilogram satellite is set to launch into space aboard the SpaceX Transporter 14 mission. Once in orbit, it will test super-accurate next-generation satnav technology designed
Google claims Gemini 2.5 Pro preview beats DeepSeek R1 and Grok 3 Beta in coding performance
Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Google has released an updated preview of

Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China
Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI revolution. This year, the focus has shifted to AI agents—systems that are