Defunct US-Russia Arms Control Talks Should Have Started 'Yesterday': Kremlin

Sweden Signs Deal To Buy 4 Frigates From France, Deepen Defense Cooperation Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times, Sweden inked a deal with France for a quartet of Naval Group frigates during a ceremony in Stockholm on Aug. 31. A Swedish flag in Stockholm on April 4, 2020. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images The event in the Swedish capital was attended by the leaders of both nations, French President Emmanuel Macron and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who also agreed to deepen their defense cooperation more broadly. The ships ordered by the...

"Muthaf***in’ Robot Dog In The Muthaf***in’ Hood" Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Residents in Atlanta are staring down robot dogs patrolling their own apartment parking lots — with live foreign operators apparently calling the shots through the machines. Another viral video posted to X captures the raw street-level reaction as locals confront one of the mechanical units. The operator responds in real time, and the accent leaves little doubt about the location of the person on the other end of the feed. Atlanta residents react to the new robot dogs patrolling their apartment...

US Probes Whether ASML's Advanced Chip Machine Ended Up In China Not long after Shenzhen-based Huawei unveiled what it described as a breakthrough pathway for advanced semiconductor production at the recent IEEE ISCAS conference, the Trump administration raised concerns that one of Dutch chip-equipment giant ASML's extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV, machines may have fallen into Chinese hands. Bloomberg reports that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has raised concerns that one of ASML's EUV machines may have reached China despite US-led export controls. ASML has pushed back on Lutnick's suggestion, explaining that none...