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The US Military Stops Using Floppy Disks For Nuclear Launches
It’s always mildly disconcerting when you hear that a rather antiquated piece of technology is still in use for a particularly important job and in terms of computing, it doesn’t get much more antiquated than floppy disks. Well, perhaps with the exception of cassette tapes. There is, however, always the…
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Facebook Group has 400k Users Pledging to Raid Area 51
If the truth is indeed ‘out there’ then the probability is that it’s hiding somewhere within the American ‘Area 51’ military base. Since the 1950s, the facility has been one of the most hotly discussed topics when it comes to aliens and, put simply if they do exist and the…
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Arma 3 Adds Free ‘Warlords’ Competitive Multiplayer Mode
Arma 3: Going Strong After 5+ Years Hard to believe but popular mil-sim Arma 3 is more than 5 years old now and is still going strong. In fact to keep things fresh, its developer Bohemia Interactive launched a massive update today. This update introduces the new large-scale ‘Warlords’ competitive…
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Magic Leap Are Already After Military Funding
Magic Leap Are Already After Military Funding After years of development, Magic Leap surprised everyone by finally launching the creator’s edition of their augmented reality headset last August. Although I don’t wish to sound mean about it, the headset had been in development for so long with so little information…
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‘Arma 3’ Receives 81st Platform Update as it Turns 5-Years Old
Still Going Strong Arma 3 is still going strong even though it is nearing its 5-year anniversary. This is of course, due to its unique “realistic” military shooter gameplay and dedicated fans. However, the fact that Bohemia Interactive constantly releases updates for it is largely the reason. In fact, the…
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US Army Hosting Their Own Street Fighter V eSports Event
US Army Embraces eSports The United States Army has begun hosting their own eSports event over the weekend. It is the first in a series, pitting service men and women head to head in CAPCOM‘s Street Fighter V. Surprisingly, there are no shooting games in the mix, only the popular…
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Coalition of Tech Leaders Pledge To Not Develop AI Weapons
Tech Leaders and AI Experts United Many tech industry leaders and artificial intelligence experts may disagree with the role and importance of AI in the future. Elon Musk for example, sees it as a threat that will bring about humanity’s destruction. Mustafa Suleyman of Google’s Deepmind however, dismisses his claims…
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US Military Drone Information Sold On Dark Web
US Military Drone Information Sold On Dark Web Military secrets are, well pretty darn secret! It’s for reasons such as this that they are often kept hidden in bases. Bases with big walls (often electrified) and guarded by people trained to kill with their intimidating looking assault rifles. It seems,…
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China Reveal ‘Non-Lethal’ Laser Rifle Able To Set You On Fire
China Military Reveal ‘Non-Lethal’ Laser Rifle Capable Of Burning You Alive In terms of military power, China is certainly no joke. If we completely overlook the size of their army, which incidentally is around 1.6 million people (compared to Britains of roughly 300,000) the fact that they have the technology…
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Perfect Storm of Incompetence Led to Hawaii Missile Warning Mistake
The recent missile warning scare in Hawaii left many people asking questions. While it is easy to blame the person behind the machine who sent out the wrong alert, it appears that it is not entirely their fault. A simple glance at what the computer interface of the control booth…
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Homefront is FREE from Humble Bundle for the Next 48 Hours
Kaos Studio’s Homefront is available for FREE from Humble Bundle for the next 48 Hours. Users can get it for Windows and tie in the key to their Steam account. As usual, Humble Bundle games are completely free to keep forever. It also does not require any credit card information,…
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CoD:WW2 Launches Bravery Pack–Proceeds Go to Help Veterans
Activision Blizzard is using Call of Duty: WW2’s popularity to good use. They are now announcing the Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Bravery pack developed by Sledgehammer Game. The pack includes a special C.O.D.E. in-game helmet, calling card and emblem for only $4.99 USD. This promotion is 100% going directly…
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Arma 3 Releases Tac-Ops Mission Pack DLC
Bohemia Interactive’s Arma 3 is more than 4 years old now. However, they have recently released a new single-player mission pack DLC so fans have new content to play with. Although not as popular as other shooter games, Arma 3’s fanbase is quite dedicated. Which is why releasing new content…
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Elon Musk and 116 Tech Experts Call for Autonomous Weapons Ban
Elon Musk‘s position on AI and by extension autonomous weapons is very much public knowledge at this point. Many in the robotics community have been critical of him as well. Even calling the SpaceX CEO paranoid and his views detrimental to progress. However, Musk is not alone in his fear…
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SpaceX Successfully Launches NROL-76 Military Payload Into Orbit
SpaceX has successfully completed its latest launch, carrying its classified military payload dubbed NROL-76 into orbit and also successfully landing and recovering the Falcon 9 rocket used for the launched. The launch was originally scheduled for Sunday, April 30 but had to be called off due to a sensor issue…
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