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News PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. The U.S. Navy’s Strike Planning and Execution program (PMA-281) and Aerial Targets program (PMA-208) have partnered with Shield AI to incorporate autonomous and artificial intelligence (AI) software into the BQM-177A subsonic aerial target, Naval Air Systems Command announced in a statement. Shield AI won a contract Aug. 16 under an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement through the Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC).

The Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Watch 7 have been available for some time, yet Samsung has continued to keep discounts heavy on them if you have another smartwatch to trade-in. We’re talking $350 off the Galaxy Watch Ultra or $250 off the Galaxy Watch 7, just for giving up your current and older watch. If you were looking to upgrade gear, Samsung Back-To-School is kind of the spot, at least for tech stuff.

Cheezburger was my introduction to the internet. Back before memes were memes. From there it was a rabbit hole full of 4chan trolls, pasta of the creepy variety, Wholockians tumbling in Tumblr, “fluff” emanating out of fanfiction.net, Rickrolling around YouTube, liking Facebook pages about “Taking Your Girl to Macca’s Cause She’s the One”, and men on Vine sitting five feet apart because they’re not gay. The internet just kept growing … Instagram. Twitter. Snapchat. Tinder. Bumble. TikTok. Stories. Reels.

A Barbie-branded phone has been launched in the UK and Europe with the aim – its makers say – of helping young people take a break from their smartphones. It is a very pink and fundamentally very basic device, with no front camera, only one game and very limited access to the internet. Manufacturer HMD, which also makes phones for Nokia, says it’s trying to tap into what it calls a “surge” of people wanting a smaller “digital impact” on their lives.

We’ve been pounding the table on AI stocks for a long time now, and we’re still pounding the table on them today. But they aren’t the only good stocks to buy in the market right now. We’re also huge fans of consumer stocks at the current moment. Today, Nordstrom (JWN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Foot Locker (FL), and Chewy (CHWY) all reported positive sales growth and positive comparable sales. Consumers are clearly still spending.

Pokémon Go’s “Shared Skies” season is ending, so the game is hosting a “Triumph Together” event to go out with a bang. The event runs from Aug. 23-31 and relies on the different teams (Valor, Instinct, and Mystic) to complete challenges to earn bonuses. The challenges are as follows: Valor: Players need to defeat 75 million Team Go Rocket members to unlock doubled XP from spinning PokéStops, a Team Valor-themed Timed Research set, and the Team Instinct challenge.

, /PRNewswire/ — Autozi Internet Technology (Global) Ltd. (“Autozi” or the “Company”) (NasdaqGM: AZI), one of the leading and fast-growing lifecycle automotive service providers in China, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering (the “Offering”) of 2,500,000 Class A ordinary shares at a public offering price of US$4 per Class A ordinary share for total gross proceeds of approximately $10 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

Huawei has opened a new HarmonyOS beta program for the Watch GT 4 as well as the Watch Ultimate series. The recruitment is running live and users can participate in this testing pool using the Huawei Member Center application on their phones. This unexpected beta program arrived amid HarmonyOS NEXT beta recruitment for early adopters. Alongside smartphones and tablets, it seems Huawei aims to bring a new experience to its flagship wearables. Let’s learn more about this activity.

Apple’s new AI features will be coming to old iPhones but only if you have the Pro variants. The Apple Intelligence tools will be introduced on all the latest iPhone models, including the non-Pro variants. iOS 18 is being tipped to be its biggest update in years, with Siri getting an AI overhaul to finally make it reliable and useful for millions.

BAE Systems has been selected by Boeing to upgrade the fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control computers (FCC) for the F-15EX Eagle II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft. The FCCs feature common core electronics that support the quad-redundant FBW flight control systems (FCS), providing the safety, reliability, robustness, and performance needed for the missions of these advanced platforms.