US forces shot down an Iranian Shahed in the Middle East this week using an interceptor drone tested in Ukraine, a US official told Business Insider on Friday. The engagement marks the first time U.S. troops have used the U.S.-made Merops system to intercept a hostile drone in combat. Ukraine has used it to take
World, the online verification startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a crypto token sale to strategic investors. Participating investors joined a 12-month locked sale of the global token, WLD. Lock-up periods prevent asset buyers from selling or trading their tokens for a set period of time. The one-year lockup demonstrates
Nigeria’s president has approved the country’s largest military expansion in recent times – an attempt to address the series of security challenges plaguing the nation. Bola Tinubu has given the green light to the recruitment of an additional 28,000 soldiers and the creation of four new army divisions, which will bring the total number to
The Hundred Women Competition, Edgbaston Birmingham Phoenix 64 with everything (95 balls): Perry 39 (33); Bats 3-10 Trent Rockets 68-1 (31 balls): Dunkley 43* (17); Declarant 1-17 Rockets won by nine wickets Scorekeeper. Table Birmingham Phoenix were bowled out for just 64 by Trent Rockets as the start dominated by The Hundred players continued at
The upcoming “Game of Thrones” stage production, “The Mad King,” is still on track to premiere next month in the United Kingdom despite canceling its first week of previews. Variety I can confirm. The Royal Shakespeare Company production was scheduled to release previews on Monday, July 20, but all four performances this week were cancelled,
AI has become good at producing polished writing, answering questions, and generating ideas in seconds. But John Nosta, an innovation theorist and founder of the Nostalab think tank, worries that technology could gradually displace the original, uncommon thinking that has historically driven humanity’s greatest advances. Nosta compares human thought to a bell curve. Most people
