Romania Asks Ukraine To Add Self-Destruct Function To Stray Drones, After One Exploded At Its Port

25,000 Ground Robots In Battlefield Planned By Ukraine For Frontline Logistics Authored by Mrigakshi Dixit via Interesting Engineering, In a move toward fully autonomous warfare, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry plans to procure 25,000 unmanned ground vehicles by mid-2026. This initiative aims to replace human soldiers with robotic systems for all frontline logistics and double the 2025 deployment rate. Reportedly, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov stated that the ultimate goal is to have 100 percent of frontline logistics handled by robotic systems. BIZON-L ground robot.DevDroid/YouTube The strategy is already yielding results. In March alone, Ukrainian forces logged...

Wall Street Warns "Pervert Glasses" Backlash Threatens AI-Wearables Boom Bernstein analysts are out with a note on how Meta Platforms and EssilorLuxottica's once-hot smart glasses business is running out of steam because of an emerging public backlash over privacy and surveillance, raising questions about whether the smart glasses industry as a whole is hitting a brick wall. Luca Solca, Bernstein's senior equity analyst and global luxury-goods sector head, covers companies including EssilorLuxottica, LVMH, Hermès and Richemont. He said Ray-Ban Meta glasses were initially a "commercial success," but public opinion has since...