Harbinger gears up for war with autonomous military truck program
Harbinger gears up for war with autonomous military truck program

Commercial truck startup Harbinger is partnering with the robotics experts at American Rheinmetall to develop an uncrewed military ground vehicle based on the company’s medium duty hybrid and electric truck chassis.

more…

U.S. says troops were targeted with location data, as senator warns ad industry is a ‘national security threat’

One leading privacy lawmaker said it was time to “start treating the adtech industry as a national security threat.”

Floodgates open for Tesla lawsuits, Waymo expands, and US goes nuclear
Floodgates open for Tesla lawsuits, Waymo expands, and US goes nuclear

On today’s high-dollar episode of Quick Charge, Tesla is reeling from a $243 million judgement against it in a high-profile wrongful death case involving the company’s Autopilot system, and has a hard time getting the relevant data to NHTSA.

more……

World’s first: US Air Force deploys portable nuclear power station [video]
World’s first: US Air Force deploys portable nuclear power station [video]

For the first time, a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III has airlifted a complete, 5 MW nuclear reactor from March Air Reserve Base in California to Hill Air Force Base in Utah for assembly and operation, signaling a new era of deployable energy and log…