Boeing awarded US$20-billion Navy fighter development contract
Boeing has been awarded a US$20-billion US Navy contract to develop the F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter, New Atlas reports. Boeing beat rival Northrop Grumman for the contract. The Navy needs a multirole aircraft that can operate...
Amazon commits more than $1 billion to data center communities
Amazon committed Friday to donating more than $1 billion over five years to communities neighboring its data centers, Ars Technica reported. AWS chief executive Matt Garman said communities would choose priorities including educat...
Ultraviolette raises US$85 million and plans US entry in 2027
Electric motorcycle maker Ultraviolette raised US$85 million in funding led by Yali Capital and TDK Ventures and says it plans to enter the US market in 2027, New Atlas reported. The capital will support manufacturing of its F77 a...
MacPaw launches Leebry to automate IT support and access changes
MacPaw is launching Leebry, an AI platform that handles basic IT support tickets, employee access changes and questions across workplace tools, 9to5Mac reported. The product grew from an internal Slack bot that MacPaw says resolve...
GrapheneOS says its new release fixes Pixel kernel freezes
GrapheneOS says its October 2 release fixes a Pixel kernel driver regression introduced with Android 17 QPR1. The project says the issue causes stuttering, lag and freezes under memory pressure, and can stall processes badly enoug...
Court filing alleges DHS stored ICE observer dossiers in Palantir-built system
A newly public court filing alleges DHS agents stored photos, license plates and other information about ICE observers in the Palantir-built Investigative Case Management system, WIRED reported. The redacted filing became public F...