Israel charges two over Polymarket bets on classified military operations
ft - Civilian and reservist charged with security offences, bribery and obstructing justice after ‘red line’ crossed with online gambling
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With Europe seeking greater defense and space autonomy, Deep Space Energy secures €930k to advance lunar energy tech
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Riga-based SpaceTech startup Deep Space Energy has raised a total €930k to further develop a radioisotopic generator toward commercialisation, in a bid to strengthen the European sovereign space and defense industry and power Moon surface exploration. The…
Back to Top / Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 19021 / 3 stories in 23 days
Defence startup testing AI drones with Ukraine raises £2.6m
Oscar Hornstein / uktech - Occam, a UK-based defence tech startup developing AI autonomous drones being tested with the Ukrainian military, has raised a £2.6m investment. Founded in 2025, Occam is one of many tech firms founded to meet the defence needs of modern geopolitcal confli…
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Russian Spy Satellites Have Intercepted EU Communications Satellites
msmash / slashdot - European security officials believe two Russian space vehicles have intercepted the communications of at least a dozen key satellites over the continent. From a report: Officials believe that the likely interceptions, which have not previously been report…
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Palantir beats fourth-quarter estimates on the strength of AI and defense demand
cnbc - Palantir topped Wall Street's fourth-quarter estimates as more businesses and the U.S. government race to buy its artificial intelligence tools.
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Anthropic's $200M Pentagon Contract at Risk Over Objections to Domestic Surveillance, Autonomous Deployments
EditorDavid / slashdot - Talks "are at a standstill" for Anthropic's potential $200 million contract with America's Defense Department, reports Reuters (citing several people familiar with the discussions.") The two issues? - Using AI to surveil Americans- Safeguards against depl…
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Pentagon and Anthropic clash over AI weapons and surveillance safeguards
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - The Pentagon wants unrestricted access to AI technology. Anthropic is demanding guarantees against autonomous weapons control and domestic surveillance. A $200 million contract hangs in the balance.The article Pentagon and Anthropic clash over AI weapons …
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“Like Selling Nuclear Weapons to North Korea”: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Blasts U.S. Decision to Approve NVIDIA’s H200 AI Chip Exports to China
Muhammad Zuhair / wccftech - Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei has spoken once again about selling NVIDIA's AI chips to China, claiming that the U.S. is providing Beijing with the weapon to get ahead in the AI race. Anthropic's Amodei Argues that China Has Remained Behind in the AI Race D…
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Europe’s Largest Defense Fund for Startups Set for €500 Million
Christina Kyriasoglou / bloomberg - German investor Digital Transformation Capital Partners GmbH is on track to raise Europe’s largest-ever dedicated venture capital fund for defense startups, signing its first big backers for a fund targeting €500 million ($580 million).
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Touchwaves Raises €1.5M For Next-Generation Wearable Technology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Touchwaves, a Dutch deeptech startup and spin-off from TNO, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by SecFund, which supports startups and scale-ups addressing innovation needs of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, in collabora…
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Pentagon is embracing Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry
The Associated Press / npr - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible…
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Bitcoin dips, but quickly recovers as U.S. captures Venezuela's Maduro
Stephen Alpher / coindesk - The U.S. overnight launched a military strike against Venezuela, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and extracting them from the country.
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Back to Top / Saturday, January 3, 2026, 9:20 am / permalink 17453 / 47 stories in 2 months
Ukrainian soldier's M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, still works despite battle damage — screen cracked and letter 'K' missing but laptop remains functional
tomshardware - An Apple M1 MacBook Air took a shell shrapnel hit and survived, with the laptop still working despite damage to the screen and the letter K on the keyboard missing.
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Santa Tracker live – come join us following him online!
digitaltrends - It’s Christmas Eve, and as the holidays start to really bed in, it’s a time to come together and find joy in the simple things – and one of those is the constant question of ‘When is Santa coming?’ Well, while this is one of the times when it’s great to n…
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US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified
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U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard
Riley Mellen and Anatoly Kurmanaev / nytimes - Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.
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Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics set up Europe’s first foreign drone production line for Ukraine
Cate Lawrence / tech - Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics today announced the creation of “Quantum Frontline Industries” (QFI), a German-Ukrainian joint venture that will establish Europe’s first fully automated, indus...
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business. Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
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Quantum Systems passes €3 billion valuation with €180 million injection, backing Its NATO-deployed Platforms
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Munich’s Quantum Systems has tripled its valuation and raised €180 million in a Series C Extension led by Balderton Capital in order to accelerate its AI, software, and hardware development across all domains – connected by the multi-domain mission softwa…
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ElevenLabs and Revolut backer launches $15M solo GP fund
John Reynolds / tech - An angel investor in UK AI unicorn ElevenLabs and Revolut has launched a $15m solo GP fund to back pre-seed and seed stage founders building startups across AI, robotics, and defence.Carles Reina has ...
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