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If you’ve been wondering when our military would start deploying artificial intelligence on the battlefield, the answer is that it appears to be already happening. The Pentagon has been using computer vision algorithms to help identify targets for airstrikes, according to a report from Bloomberg News. Just recently, those algorithms were used to help carry out more than 85 airstrikes as part of a mission in the Middle East.What Could the Future of Medical AI Look Like?The bombings in question, which took place in various…

WASHINGTON —  The U.S. military fired another wave of ship- and submarine-launched missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites in Yemen on Wednesday, U.S. Central Command said, marking the fourth time in days that it has directly targeted the group as violence stemming from the war in Gaza continues to engulf the region.The U.S. strikes were launched from the Red Sea and hit 14 missiles that the command deemed an “imminent threat.” The strikes followed an official announcement Wednesday that Washington has put the…

The United States, South Korea and Japan agreed new initiatives on Saturday to respond to North Korea's threats in cyberspace, including cryptocurrency abuses and space launches, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said.The three countries' national security advisers met in Seoul as Pyongyang warned that it would deploy more spy satellites.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine LearningVisitIndian…

Drones have become a ubiquitous part of the war in Ukraine. Both sides use consumer quadcopters to track the enemy and drop grenades. Russia has used Iranian Shahed-136 drones to torment…

A flash of light that lit up the night sky above wartime Kyiv has led to widespread confusion, public speculation about what caused it, and lighthearted jokes about space aliens in a city more accustomed to Russian missile attacks.Video clips posted on social media showed the sky over the Ukrainian capital suddenly illuminated by a bright light late on Wednesday. In one clip, a flaming object appeared to be crashing to the ground. Kyiv authorities said an unknown aerial object had fallen from the sky at around 10.00 p.m.…

Researchers from UT Health San Antonio discovered that certain immune cells, called invariant killer T (iNKT) cells, possess a unique homing property that directs them to the skin at birth, providing crucial protection and lifelong immunity. These skin-homing iNKT cells also promote hair follicle development and cooperate with commensal bacteria to maintain skin health and prevent pathogenic bacterial overgrowth.Infants are given protection against bacteria that cause diseases.Researchers from The University of Texas…

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off the eastern coast of the Korean peninsula on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, prompting South Korea’s presidential office to “strongly condemn” Pyongyang over the escalation of tension. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the two medium-range missiles flew about 500 kilometers. Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Toshiro Ino said the missiles appeared to have fallen outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and there were no reports of…

Flattened cities, millions of people burnt to death, and yet more tortured by radioactive fallout. That harrowing future may seem outlandish to some, but only because no nation has detonated a nuclear weapon in conflict since 1945. Countries including the US, Russia, and China wield hefty nuclear arsenals and regularly squabble over how to manage them—only last week, Russia suspended participation in its nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US. Thankfully, nuclear warheads mostly just sit there, motionless and silent,…

Seth Putterman started out studying the behavior of plasma for national security reasons. Extremely fast hypersonic missiles heat and ionize the surrounding air and form a cloud of charged particles called plasma, which absorbs radio waves and makes it hard for operators on the ground to communicate with the missiles—a problem Putterman was trying to solve. Then it occurred to him: The same plasma physics apply to our sun.The UCLA scientist and his colleagues have now created what Putterman calls “our sun in a jar,” a…

Chief of Space Operations at U.S. Space Force General John Raymond testified before a hearing in July on Russia’s use of an anti-satellite weapon. Photo: Shawn Thew (AP)Yesterday, an overwhelming majority of countries voted in favor of a United Nations resolution against tests of anti-satellite (ASAT) missile systems, with Russia and China voting against its adoption.The draft resolution was introduced by the Biden administration after the U.S. adopted a self-imposed ban on the ASAT tests in April and then encouraged…