Anduril acquires Blue Force Technologies, the company behind the Fury unmanned fighter jet

Venture-backed defense giant Anduril Industries is acquiring Blue Force Technologies, the advanced design and engineering firm behind the “Fury” unmanned fighter jet, as the company looks to build out its suite of autonomous systems for national security customers. The new acquisition positions Anduril to take advantage of what chief strategy officer Christian Brose called “the … Read more

Hyperspectral startup Wyvern signs on to fly with Loft Orbital next year

Hyperspectral imagery startup Wyvern has booked space on a Loft Orbital satellite bus that will launch next year, a move that the company says will boost the capacity of its Dragonette satellite constellation. Wyvern, which graduated from Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort, has launched two hyperspectral imagery satellites since it was founded in 2018. But … Read more

Raspberry Pi used in Texas ATM burglaries

Three net-savvy tech-Texans have been arrested for allegedly (read: being caught in the act) using a Raspberry Pi to steal thousands of dollars from ATMs in the city of Lubbock. Per local news outlet EverythingLubbock (via Tom’s Hardware), their spree of ill-gotten gains (thousands of dollars taken from machines in West Texas) came to an … Read more

Emily Blunt and Chris Evans’ new Netflix crime thriller movie looks like a medical Wolf of Wall Street

Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for its Chris Evans-starring movie Pain Hustlers – and it proves he’s well and truly put the role of Captain America behind him. The teaser, which you can watch below, gives us another look at Evans’ superb acting range. The former Marvel actor famously played everyone’s favorite shield-wielding superhero … Read more