US and Israel Have Only Destroyed a Third of Iran’s Missile Stockpile

Judge Strikes Down Race-Based Provision In Biden-Era Internet Access Grant Program Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled on July 15 that a race-based provision of the Digital Equity Act, signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 to close digital gaps, was unconstitutional. A judge's gavel rests on top of a desk in a courtroom in Miami, Fla., on Feb. 3, 2009. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Digital Equity Act was part of Biden's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which appropriated $2.75 billion to the National Telecommunications and Information...

DARPA's X-Plane Designed To Maneuver With Bursts Of Air Gets New Wings Attached Authored by Chris Young via Interesting Engineering, Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has begun installing the wings on the X-65, an experimental drone developed under DARPA's Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program. Technicians mounting the wings onto the X-65 experimental drone.Aurora Flight Sciences / X The installation brings DARPA and Aurora a step closer to flying the unconventional uncrewed aircraft, which was designed to test flight control using only bursts of pressurized air instead of conventional moving...

New York Legislature Passes Data Center Moratorium Authored by Nicholas Zifcak via The Epoch Times, The New York state Legislature passed a one-year data center permit moratorium June 4 in the final days of the legislative session. If Gov. Kathy Hochul signs it into law, New York would be the first to enact a statewide moratorium. A data center in Tennessee. Courtesy of CleanSpark The legislation requires a pause on permitting while the state Department of Environmental Conservation conducts a comprehensive study on the impact of data centers on electricity, pollution, and water...