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Ten additional Lebanese health care workers have been killed in Israeli attacks on ambulances and hospitals this weekend, bringing the overall toll of paramedics killed in the war this month to at least 51 as the invasion of Lebanon continues to expand. Nine of the health care workers were killed in various attacks on Saturday, […]

SpaceX, Google Eye Orbital Data Centers As Small-Town Resistance Grows With roughly half of planned U.S. data center buildouts this year expected to be delayed or canceled amid mounting power constraints and local opposition, tech bros are increasingly looking beyond Earth and toward space for the next phase of compute expansion. This dovetails with one of our most investable themes, "Data Centers In Space Are Coming: Here's How To Profit," in which we outlined how SpaceX, leveraging Starship's affordable launch costs and the Starlink network, could make it commercially viable...

US Navy Destroyer Shows Off New Launcher For Mystery Weapons The U.S. Navy has quietly equipped one of its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with a previously unseen launcher, reflecting a broader effort to counter the growing threat posed by drones in contested maritime environments, according to TWZ. USS Carl M. Launcher mounted on Levin (DDG 120) (U.S. Navy, VIRIN: 260329-M-FP389-1205) A U.S. Marine Corps photograph released April 8, taken March 29 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, shows the USS Carl M. Levin fitted with the system on its aft upper deck. The multi-cell launcher,...