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The Self-Driving Car Story Started Earlier Than You Think

Decades before Waymo and Tesla, a Mercedes van used cameras and computers to drive itself down the autobahn setting the stage for everything that came after.

InsideEVs

RTX Is Set to Revolutionize Munitions Manufacturing

RTX is actively dismantling the most severe munitions production bottleneck facing the Western defense industrial base through composable propulsion systems.

MarketBeat

DARPA readies robotic deep-space repair satellite for 2026 launch

DARPA has a plan to keep geosynchronous satellites going for years beyond their expiration date. The agency aims to test it with a mission launching as soon as this summer.

Space

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Grok falls flat in Washington, undercutting SpaceX's AI growth story

SpaceX's AI chatbot Grok faces significant challenges gaining traction within the U.S. government. Federal agencies show a strong preference for competitors like OpenAI and Alphabet. This limited adoption raises questions about SpaceX's ambitious valuation and its projected AI market share. Grok's struggle in the government sector may also impact its…

The Economic Times

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited Class B Subordinate Voting Shares Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited Class B Subordinate Voting Shares (NASDAQ:XNDU) used its inaugural quarterly earnings call to outline its post-listing financial position, technology roadmap and commercialization strategy, with management emphasizing that the company remains focused on building a

MarketBeat

DARPA calls for proposals for autonomous underwater drones — gov't looking for a small, cheap autonomous sub that can be developed and built quickly

DARPA is looking for proposals for cheap undersea drones that can be quickly built and deployed nearly anywhere.

Tom’s Hardware

"Relying on a single, centralized mine represents a risk": US wants rare earth independence from China — but can DARPA actually make it work?

US turns to DARPA’s Smash program to fix rare earth processing bottlenecks instead of opening new mines.

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SpaceX IPO Frenzy: 3 Space Stocks That Could Benefit Most

The SpaceX IPO is coming. Discover three space stocks positioned to benefit as investor interest in the commercial space economy accelerates

MarketBeat

China unveils technological breakthrough that could one day propel drones indefinitely

Car-mounted system can keep drones in the air for over three hours

The Independent UK

'Biggest Scam Ever': Chinese Expert Professor Jiang Drops Shock Theory That Bitcoin was Created by US Intelligence

Chinese commentator Jiang Xueqin claims Bitcoin was created by US intelligence, sparking debate. His theory, shared in viral lectures, suggests Bitcoin is a state-sponsored surveillance tool

International Business Times UK

IonQ's DARPA Contract Win Makes It the Quantum Computing Stock to Own in 2026

IonQ secured selection in DARPA’s HARQ program to advance networked quantum architectures with its diamond-based memories and interconnects. With superior revenue, backlog, and guidance, IonQ is the quantum computing stock to buy.

Barchart

China develops new ultra-cold alloy that can reach -273°C without helium — could enable compact cooling for superconducting quantum chips, military equipment, and beyond

Chinese scientists develop europium, cobalt, and aluminum alloy that can be used to cool down quantum computers and military equipment.

Tom’s Hardware

The US Air Force's latest X-plane looks like a missile — that shoots other missiles

The U.S. military is developing a new experimental aircraft known as the X-68A and looks a lot like a cruise missile that is also capable of launching its own missiles.

Space

Trump administration to use Pentagon AI to set mineral reference prices — gallium and germanium among first four targets

The Trump administration wants to use DARPA's Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN), an AI tool launched in 2023, to calculate what supplies of strategically important rare earths should cost once labor, processing, and other inputs are factored in and the effects of alleged Chinese market manipulation are removed.

Tom’s Hardware

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After Wolfpack Research Slammed IonQ Stock in a New Short Report, Should You Buy the Dip?

IONQ stock lost 30% this week after Wolfpack Research published a short-seller report on the quantum computing company.

Tom’s Hardware

Cornell research shows that underwater 3D printing can be used to build or repair ocean structures in place — DARPA-funded project aims to make underwater construction faster, cheaper, and safer

Researchers based at Cornell University have developed a method for 3D printing concrete structures on the seafloor.

Kiplinger

Humanoid Robots Are About to be Put to the Test

Robot makers are in a full-on sprint to take over factories, warehouses and homes, but lofty visions of rapid adoption are outpacing the technology’s reality.

MarketBeat

Rigetti’s Q3 Miss Reveals Quantum Funding and Timing Pressures

Rigetti’s Q3 miss and DARPA setback raise concerns about funding and its slow path to quantum advantage versus better-capitalized competitors

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US military wants to track 'potential threats' coming from the moon

As the moon becomes the center of the new space race, the United States is looking for new ways to track spacecraft and other objects flying to or from lunar space.

Barchart

IonQ Is Advancing Its DARPA Collaboration. Should You Buy the Quantum Computing Stock Here?

IonQ announced it has entered Stage B of its evaluation process with DARPA.

International Business Times UK

Bill Gates' Days Are 'Numbered'? Donald Trump Allegedly Believes Microsoft Co-Founder Funded Chemical Assault on America

Donald Trump allegedly accuses Bill Gates of funding a 'chemical assault' on Americans, while Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s push around 'chemtrails' ignites scientific outrage and political alarm.

Tom’s Hardware

'Diamond blanket' transistor cooling method delivers incredible success in testing, drops temps by 70C — micrometer-scale diamond layer grown directly on transistors reduces heat by 90%

A team at Stanford University has developed a new method of printing a micrometer-thin diamond layer directly onto semiconductors, directly coating transistors with incredible thermal dissipation. The Stanford team expects the tech to reach the U.S. government and beyond.

Space

New DARPA 'field guide' looks for ways to jump-start a moon economy

A recent DARPA study laid out a step-by-step process that could enable an economic link between Earth and the moon. But how real is the promise of giving the moon an industrial makeover?

The Conversation

Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why

Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work.

Space

Could astronauts travel to Mars on nuclear-powered rockets? These scientists want to make it happen

The team's design uses fission reactions involving uranium to heat propellant.

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