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Box CEO Aaron Levie on how AI is changing the enterprise SaaS landscape

Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie doesn’t think AI agents will replace enterprise SaaS (software-as-a-service) companies. Instead, he believes that the more likely future is a hybrid combination of SaaS plus agents, he said, speaking onstage at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 conference on Wednesday. “Generally, once you have a business process, you want to be able to define that in…
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Porsche built a track-ready camera car from a Boxster that looks like it's straight out of Wacky Races, and it’s cooler than I expected

If you’ve ever tried shooting fast cars from a moving vehicle, you’ll know it’s a delicate balance of speed, stability and not falling out. Enter Porsche’s secret weapon: a 718 Boxster S converted into a dedicated camera car.  Suprisingly, this wasn’t designed by some elite motorsport R&D team, but by nine second-year apprentices in Porsche’s training programme. Yet it’s a thing…
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Uber chooses first market to deploy its Lucid Gravity robotaxis featuring Nuro Driver

Three months after Uber, Lucid Motors, and Nuro announced a partnership that would enable Gravity SUV robotaxis, the rideshare network has shared where the public will first be able to hail one. Spoiler alert, it’s easy to guess if you give it half a thought. As we reported in July, Uber Technologies committed to a $300 million investment in Lucid Group (parent company of American EV automaker…
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DefenseNews

Soldiers take new mobile 81mm mortar system for test drive

The Army’s latest effort to modernize its formation took shape on the training grounds of Hawaii last week, as soldiers tested a new “shoot and scoot” mobile mortar system designed to make units more agile in combat. Members of the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment…
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Cuba's Military Agreements with Russia Uncovered

BERLIN — Ukraine has closed its embassy in Cuba and censured the government in Havana over allegations that the Caribbean dictatorship is complicit in sending troops to fight in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The move comes just weeks after Russia and Cuba signed a…
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Italy weighs using EU defense loan on new tanks, eying Hungary team-up

ROME — Italy is considering using a European Union loan deal to pay for new tanks and armored vehicles supplied by Germany’s Rheinmetall, a source has told Defense News. The money for Lynx vehicles and Panther tanks would come from cheap so-called SAFE loans organized by the EU to help member states beef up their military strength as Russia threatens the bloc’s Eastern border. Earlier this…
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