In a Pacific conflict, the nearest U.S. drone factory is thousands of miles away. Ships and planes carrying parts to the front lines would be vulnerable to attack. Defense startup Firestorm Labs thinks the answer is a drone factory that fits inside a shipping container.
The company announced on Wednesday that it has raised $82 million in Series B funding led by Washington Harbour Partners with…
Shapes, an app where humans and AI characters chat together in shared group conversations, is emerging from stealth with $8 million in seed funding. Think Discord, but with AI characters alongside humans.
Founded in 2022, Shapes has more than 400,000 monthly active users.
Colby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war: We visited its bootcamp
April 30, 2026
At a U.S. military base in central California, four-seater all-terrain vehicles roam hillside trails. This is a training exercise, but not for the people in the vehicles: It’s an effort to train AI models to enter conflict zones.
The autonomous military ATVs are operated…
Hilarious seabird image captured with "truly incredible" Nikon camera wins photo prize – and the public voted for it
April 30, 2026
Photographer Alison Tuck wins the Sterna People’s Choice Award of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards with her brilliant image of a gannet attempting, in vain, to build a nest as the wind blows the grass straight back into its face.
The shot titled Now where is my nest? was captured on an extraordinary windy day on the Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire, UK. In the public vote, the photo won convincingly…
Hyundai reveals stunning IONIQ 9 Black Ink Edition, and we got a first-hand look at it [Images]
April 30, 2026
The 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 9 Calligraphy Performance Black Ink edition is more than just another blacked-out model, and we were invited to see it in person at Hyundai’s plant in Savannah, Georgia.
Meet the 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 9 Calligraphy Black Ink
Hyundai’s three-row…
GM beat first-quarter earnings expectations after winning a US Supreme Court decision to refund around $500 million from the Trump Administration’s tariffs.
GM tops Q1 2026 earnings as tariff pressure eases
With 25,900 electric vehicles sold in Q1, GM said it maintained…
A billion-dollar valuation is a headline that’s hard to ignore. And when it’s attached to a new e-bike brand spun out of a company like Rivian, it’s even harder not to get swept up in the excitement.
But zoom out for a moment, and a more complicated picture starts to emerge.
Because while the headlines celebrate a flashy new entrant into the micromobility space from Rivian’s e-bike brand…
As the U.S. Marine Corps faces congressionally mandated deadlines to evaluate the brain injury impacts of weapons blasts on the force and start implementing mitigation measures, changes are already being made to limit blast exposure in training.
Brig. Gen. Sean Hoewing, head…
PALAWAN, Philippines — The peace of the idyllic cove, where palm trees fringed a golden beach, was suddenly shattered by the launch of rockets from an American HIMARS. The battle was soon joined by a cacophony of blasts and booms from bombs delivered by fighter jets, 105mm…
KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has leveraged Ukraine’s expertise in drone warfare into a series of successful diplomatic deals during visits to the Middle East and Europe, showcasing how Kyiv is using military prowess to boost its diplomatic clout.
Since Russia’s invasion in 2022, Zelenskiy has sought to strengthen Kyiv’s alliances, both with Western allies and with countries of the…
