DefenseNews

What’s the firepower like for the Army’s new rifle?

October 6, 2023
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The Army’s new rifle, automatic rifle and fire control provide a more accurate, farther reaching and deadlier combination of weapons than a squad or platoon currently carries. During a September media event held at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland by Program Executive Office Soldier, participants shot both the Next Generation Squad Weapon XM7 rifle and the…
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CryptoNews

Singapore Grants Ripple Full License to Provide Crypto Services – Regulation Bitcoin News

October 6, 2023
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has granted Ripple a full license to provide crypto services. “This license underscores the real-world utility of crypto solutions for businesses and financial institutions alike, marking an important step towards wider adoption of digital assets,” Ripple explained. Ripple Fully Licensed in Singapore Ripple announced Tuesday that it is now fully…
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DefenseNews

US Army seeks cheap, user-friendly radios amid network changes

October 6, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army plans to buy a large quantity of relatively cheap, intuitive radios for future soldier networking amid a move away from brigade-centric fighting and a related communications overhaul concentrated on the much larger division. The service’s Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical is eyeing the end of the year to publish a request for…
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AI & RoboticsNews

DeepMind cofounder is tired of ‘knee-jerk bad takes’ about AI

October 6, 2023
For the past month, Mustafa Suleyman has been making the rounds of promoting his recent book The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century’s Greatest Dilemma. Suleyman, the DeepMind cofounder who is now cofounder and CEO of Inflection AI (which set off fireworks in June for its $1.3 billion funding), may reasonably be all-talked-out after a slew of interviews about his…
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