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SK Telecom’s AI unit offers staff voluntary retirement program just weeks after launch

October 20, 2025
South Korean telco giant SK Telecom is making big changes at its new AI division, AI CIC, just weeks after it was launched. Staff employed by the unit are being offered a voluntary retirement program as part of a broader effort to bring together the company’s various AI-related divisions, SK Telecom confirmed to TechCrunch. “In late September, SK Telecom announced the launch of the AI…
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Jeff Wall's photographs are 'staged documentary', but is that ethically sound?

October 20, 2025
Are you familiar with Jeff Wall? If not, let me enlighten you. For over 40 years, the Canadian photographic artist has been creating what’s known as ‘staged documentary’: meticulously constructed photographs that look like candid captures of everyday life, but are actually as choreographed as a West End show. His latest exhibition, Jeff Wall: Photographs, has just opened at Gallerie…
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The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is still a great deal

October 20, 2025
The 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 was one of the most affordable EVs you could lease in the US. Although the $7,500 EV credit has now expired, Hyundai is keeping the savings going with the 2026 model. Hyundai extends EV deals for the 2026 IONIQ 5 Hyundai reduced prices on the 2026…
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Prolectric pairs solar AND battery storage for big off-grid power [video]

October 20, 2025
UK-based Prolectric hopes to make the thrum of diesel generators a thing of the past with the unveiling of its new three-phase ProCharge battery energy storage system (BESS). The ProCharge is a rugged, compact, skid-mounted generator that combines 12 high-wattage solar panels with a massive battery to deliver up to 45 kVA of power wherever it’s needed. Packing a massive, 120 kWh li-ion battery…
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DefenseNews

SOCOM wants a drone-launched fire-and-forget missile

October 20, 2025
U.S. Special Operations Command wants a small, jam-proof, fire-and-forget missile that can be launched from medium-sized drones. The goal of the Symbiotic UAS Delivery System, or SCBDS, project is to develop a missile small enough to “allow special operations soldiers to…
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How the Army aims to transform its armor brigades

October 20, 2025
As the Army examines its armor formations, it wants to avoid placing them in a potential stalemate, similar to what is being seen in the Russia-Ukraine War. To avoid that fate, armor brigades are receiving new equipment and experimenting with different formations as part of…
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National Guard exceeds recruiting goals for fiscal year 2025

October 20, 2025
The National Guard has exceeded its fiscal 2025 recruiting goals with the Air National Guard and Army National Guard combining to recruit nearly 50,000 new enlistees, officials announced Sept. 23. “Young Americans are eager to serve,” Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said in a release. “Today’s recruits are seeking long-term value, and the National Guard…
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