‘30,000 drones a year’: African start-up looks to emulate Ukrainian UAV revolution by taking a leaf out of Apple’s playbook

Terra Industries is expanding drone deployments across Africa using in-house production and subscriptions.

‘The most powerful weapon is not always a missile’: How Iranian “Charming Kitten” hackers used old Cold War methods to steal tech secrets and plant malware on Apple and Windows users

Iran’s Charming Kitten group relies on deception, insider access, and low-tech methods to steal trade secrets and compromise systems.
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(Don’t) Mind the gap — Japanese firm tests whether data centers can survive the strains and stresses of the Tokyo metro

Tokyo tests modular data centers under railway tracks to address land constraints and evaluate performance under vibration, heat, and noise conditions
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‘The farmer isn’t disappearing — they’re moving up the stack’: How AI is reshaping the role of modern agriculture

New robotics and AI tools are helping agriculture address workforce shortages while improving safety, productivity, and long-term sustainability.
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Caught in a ‘A WTF cycle’: Better office tech is now more important to UK hybrid workers than a supportive manager

UK workers now rank reliable technology nearly equal to pay, as persistent meeting failures disrupt productivity, despite increased investment in AI tools
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‘We’re working hard to strip away the jarring, industrial, and anxiety-inducing elements of traditional office gear’: Vernal discusses its approach to designing modern standing desks

I spoke with Colin Han, CEO and product team lead at Vernal about what makes a modern standing desk really shine.

IBM, watch out! Fujitsu uses AI to understand COBOL and automatically generate design documents “without expert knowledge” in minutes rather than hours

Fujitsu launches AI service that automates COBOL analysis and documentation, reducing effort while supporting modernization of widely used legacy systems.
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Korean startup backed by Samsung and Arm launches rack-sized inference monsters, claims “6x lower power consumption” and up to 75% cheaper acquisition cost compared to Nvidia

Rebellions launches rack-scale AI infrastructure systems, claiming lower power usage and costs, backed by $400 million pre-IPO funding.
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‘The navigation systems on board aircraft and drones will be off significantly’: Why aging magnetic data poses a growing risk and how quantum sensors could help fix it

Quantum diamond magnetometers could enable resilient navigation without GPS, while supporting defense, security, and future magnetic mapping systems.
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‘Growing 3x faster than police staffing’: Surge in cybercrime and new laws on ransomware payment could put UK businesses (and their directors) — in a “compliance trap.”

Cybercrime in the UK is rising faster than policing capacity, while stricter laws increase compliance risks for businesses facing ransomware attacks.
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