DefenseNews

Boeing wins $7.5 billion contract from US Air Force for guided bombs

The Air Force awarded Boeing a contract worth nearly $7.5 billion to build more kits to convert bombs into guided weapons known as Joint Direct Attack Munitions. The company will provide JDAM tail kits and other supplies under the sole-source fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, the Pentagon said Friday. The company will work on the kits, as well as spares, repairs…
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DefenseNews

US Army sets development plan for future tactical drone

The U.S. Army approved the characteristics it wants in a Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System after awarding contracts to two teams competing to build the drone. The service approved an Abbreviated Capabilities Development Document, or A-CDD, on May 17, setting up the…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

I just swapped a Tesla Model 3 for a Model Y and Elon Musk's brutal layoffs ruined the experience

I turned in a 2021 Tesla Model 3 and leased a 2024 Model Y, and I learned firsthand how badly Tesla’s layoffs have affected morale and customer service. My firsthand experience of Tesla layoffs My husband and I wanted to work with Tesla’s new South Burlington, Vermont, Tesla Center because it’s an easy 1 hour 20 minutes drive away. However, it’s not handling lease returns or new car…
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CryptoNews

Ripio CEO: Brazilian Companies Are Paying Chinese Suppliers With Cryptocurrency

Sebastian Serrano, CEO of Ripio, one of the largest exchanges in Latam, stated that Brazilian companies were already harnessing cryptocurrency to pay their Chinese suppliers. In an interview, Serrano asserted that Latam countries harnessed crypto in different ways and that Argentine companies are using cryptocurrency to protect from crippling inflation numbers. Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano: Chinese…
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CryptoNews

US Jury Convicts Two in $8M Crypto-Linked Dark Web Drug Scheme

A federal jury in Salt Lake City convicted Oluwole Adegboruwa and Enrique Isong, foreign nationals, of multiple drug-related charges. From 2016 to 2019, they generated over $8 million in cryptocurrency, including bitcoin and ethereum. Adegboruwa operated under the names…
CryptoNews

Deadline Looms for Biden to Veto Congressional Overturn of SEC's Crypto Rules

The deadline for President Joe Biden to decide whether to veto or sign a resolution overturning the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s controversial crypto rules is approaching. The resolution passed both the House of Representatives and Senate despite a prior White House veto threat. Biden Faces Veto Deadline The resolution to overturn the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
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