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President Donald Trump’s repeated calls to acquire Greenland, reiterated most recently at a NATO summit last month in Turkey, have thrust the Arctic into the global political spotlight.The bigger challenge, they say, isn’t acquiring more Arctic territory. It’s that the US has spent decades underinvesting in the Arctic presence it…
Russia’s warships are being tasked with escorting merchant tankers around Europe, further straining its surface fleet and worsening an already “serious” force-generation problem, a NATO military official told Business Insider.The Russian Navy is facing a mix of different challenges, including sustainment, maintenance, and overall fleet readiness issues. Ukraine has targeted…
The race to build useful humanoids is coming down to the hands.1X, which builds the home humanoid NEO, unveiled a new robotic hand last week that it says matches or exceeds human performance. The company said the hand can pour tea, sort grapes by color, plug in a USB-C charger,…
Microsoft is rethinking its gaming business, and one of its first steps is shedding staff.The tech giant laid off 4,800 employees on Monday, accounting for roughly 2.1% of its global workforce. The cuts, which BI’s Ashley Stewart first reported last week, mostly impact Microsoft’s sales and Xbox business.Xbox accounted for…
The US Army is interested in acquiring drone boats to supplement its limited fleet of supply and transport watercraft in the Pacific.The Army faces fleet size and readiness problems with its watercraft. Uncrewed surface vessels, or USVs, are seen as a potential solution that could relieve the logistics strain on…
Ford staged a quality comeback. The automaker credits part of the turnaround to pairing AI with something more old-school: veteran engineers.Executives at Ford told reporters this week that the company had hired, promoted, or brought back about 350 experienced technical specialists as part of a sweeping effort to fix vehicle-quality…
