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Pentagon Taps Argonne Spinout To Connect Military Supercomputers With Major Clouds Authored by Neetika Walter via Interesting Engineering, The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Parallel Works, an Illinois-based software company spun out of Argonne National Laboratory, a contract to provide a unified platform that connects military supercomputing centers with secure commercial cloud infrastructure. Representative stock image of a supercomputer. iStock Photos The contract, granted under the department's High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP), will allow scientists, engineers, and acquisition professionals across the DoD to access both on-premises and cloud-based computing resources through...

House Passes Dem Resolution to Block U.S. Military Action Against Iran In Narrow Vote The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on June 3 directing the withdrawal of U.S. troops from armed hostilities with Iran, in a closely divided 215–208 vote. Four Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure, which invokes the 1973 War Powers Resolution to require President Donald Trump to either end the operations or seek explicit congressional approval to continue them. The resolution comes amid ongoing tensions in the region. Although Washington and Tehran announced a ceasefire on April...

Swedish PM Calls Spanish Illegal Immigrant Amnesty 'Very Bad Idea' Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has called the Spanish government's amnesty for illegal immigrants a "very bad idea," warning that it could spark another migrant crisis akin to the one that beset the continent in 2015. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Brussels on Dec. 19, 2024. Johanna Geron/Reuters The center-right politician, who is running for reelection next month, told the Financial Times in an interview published on Aug. 11 that the Spanish amnesty for...