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China's Military Quietly Accelerates Humanoid Robots For Combat And Firing On Human-Verified Targets — "Combatants" 

China’s Military Quietly Accelerates Humanoid Robots For Combat And Firing On Human-Verified Targets — “Combatants” 

China’s military establishment is accelerating research into the battlefield use of humanoid robots, mapping out

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Air Force Fast-Tracks Cheap $10 Million Expendable Reaper Successor After Losing a Quarter of Its Drone Fleet in Iran War — "We Are Going Through Them At A Rate That Is Concerning"

Air Force Fast-Tracks Cheap $10 Million Expendable Reaper Successor After Losing a Quarter of Its Drone Fleet in Iran War — “We Are Going Through Them At A Rate That Is Concerning”

The U.S. Air Force is accelerating its timeline for a cheaper, expendable successor to the

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Warns Country Is Heading Toward “Totalitarianism,” Says “We Cannot Allow America to Become a Surveillance State Where a Handful of AI Oligarchs Profit”

Sen. Bernie Sanders Warns Country Is Heading Toward “Totalitarianism,” Says “We Cannot Allow America to Become a Surveillance State Where a Handful of AI Oligarchs Profit”

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Wednesday that he will introduce legislation targeting Flock Safety,

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Rand Paul Says "Conservatives Who Bend to Big Government Are Approving the Loss of Liberty" as His Own Surveillance Reform Bill Sits With Zero Cosponsors and National Debt Tops $40 Trillion

“This Is Mass Surveillance of Every American” — Sen. Rand Paul Accuses Flock Safety of Running Warrantless Tracking Operation With 120,000 Cameras in Over 5,000 Police Jurisdictions

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) used a Thursday morning post on X to accuse Flock

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“Flock Is Always Watching” — Bernie Sanders Demands America “STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE” as Company Deploys Nearly 100,000 Cameras Tracking Americans’ Every Movement

“Flock Is Always Watching” — Bernie Sanders Demands America “STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE” as Company Deploys Nearly 100,000 Cameras Tracking Americans’ Every Movement

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday issued a sharp warning about the rapid expansion of

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Rep. Lieu Vows to Block Multibillion-Dollar Carrier Redesign Plan To Match President's Aesthetic Preferences — “The Navy Will Draw Pretty Pictures of Ships That Will Never Be Built to Soothe the Ego of an 80 Year Old Fool”

Rep. Lieu Vows to Block Multibillion-Dollar Carrier Redesign Plan To Match President’s Aesthetic Preferences — “The Navy Will Draw Pretty Pictures of Ships That Will Never Be Built to Soothe the Ego of an 80 Year Old Fool”

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) accused President Donald Trump of pushing a multibillion-dollar redesign of the

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Navy Weighs Costly Redesign of New Aircraft Carriers to Match Trump's World War II Aesthetic 

Navy Weighs Costly Redesign of New Aircraft Carriers to Match Trump’s World War II Aesthetic 

The U.S. Navy is considering a major redesign of its newest aircraft carriers to better

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7 military myths that won’t die—and why they persist

Every war generates a highlight reel—and with it, a new crop of “lessons” that travel

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Military engineering projects once considered impossible

Some military engineering programs get tagged as “impossible” not because they break the laws of

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Sen. John Cornyn Says Record RIMPAC Naval Drills Show U.S. Military "Working More Closely With Partners" Despite Trump's Criticism of Allies

Sen. Cornyn Says Record RIMPAC Naval Drills Show U.S. Military “Working More Closely With Partners” Despite Trump’s Criticism of Allies

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said the just-concluded RIMPAC naval exercises demonstrate that U.S. military

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