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The US Army is exploring robotic F-250 pickups. The company behind them sees future mine hunters and breachers.

The US Army is preparing to test autonomous Ford F-250 pickup trucks in a training exercise, part of a broader effort to determine whether familiar commercial vehicles can perform dangerous battlefield jobs without soldiers.Forterra, the defense-technology company supplying the trucks’ autonomous-driving system, says that the vehicles could eventually support missions…

Meet the man tasked with fixing Citi’s tech — and securing its future

Tim Ryan thrives in chaos.Few signs suggest Ryan’s appetite for the messiest problems. An often-smiling, mild-mannered Bostonian, he traded nearly a decade as PwC’s senior partner for one of Wall Street’s toughest turnaround jobs at Citigroup.”I knew that I really needed to be in a place where I get my…