TECH

Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raises $100M as military UAV demand soars

Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr has raised $100 million in an all-equity Series B round led by General Catalyst, as the startup aims to boost its R&D and local production capabilities amid growing demand for drones in battlefields and for border surveillance. Drones are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in global military operations. In recent and ongoing conflicts, countries have turned to...

TECH

Court filings reveal OpenAI and io’s early work on an AI device

Legal filings submitted earlier this month from lawyers representing OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io reveal new details about the companies’ efforts to build a mass-market AI hardware device. The filings are part of a trademark dispute lawsuit filed this month by iyO, a Google-backed hardware startup developing custom-molded earpieces that connect to other devices. Over the weekend, OpenAI pulled promotional...

Nature

Will Gates and other funders save massive public health database at risk from Trump cuts?

The United Nations, governments and aid agencies are scrambling to save one of the world’s largest public-health databases from extinction. In February, the US government cut all funding for the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) programme, which collects and publishes data on health, nutrition and gender equality in more than 90 countries.The termination was a result of the dismantling of...

News

Israel says it struck Tehran’s Evin prison and Fordo access routes

WANA via ReutersEvin prison has thousands of detainees, including dissidents, human rights defenders, journalists and dual nationals (File photo)Israel has struck Tehran's notorious Evin prison and damaged parts of the facility, which holds many political detainees, Iran's judiciary says.The judiciary's Mizan news agency reported that the situation was "under control" following the attack, which it said violated international law. State...

Press Release

Virginia lawmakers react to President Trump's decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)  -- Virginia’s congressional delegation is divided over President Donald Trump’s decision to strike key nuclear facilities in Iran.  “The world’s a safer place,” Republican Congressman John McGuire (VA-05) told 8News.  “While a war in the Middle East may be easy to start, we have seen throughout recent history that they’re very difficult to get out of,” Democratic...

Religion

OMB’s Russell Vought, the Christian ‘nation-ist’ driving Project 2025 and DOGE

WASHINGTON (RNS) — As Russell Vought, the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, testified June 9 before the House Appropriations Committee, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, asked an unusual question — one that seemed far afield from President Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill, which Vought had come to Capitol Hill to discuss. “You identify yourself...

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