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Grimly Cyberpunk Video Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Leaning Out of Propeller Plane to Obliterate Drones With Rifles

Grimly Cyberpunk Video Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Leaning Out of Propeller Plane to Obliterate Drones With Rifles

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian drones with rifles — while leaning out of Soviet-era propeller planes like World War 1 combatants — went viral last week. The footage shows soldiers taking aim at the drones and pulling the trigger, causing them to plummet towards the ground and erupt in giant fireballs, drawing comparisons to war-based video games. Because disinformation surrounding the war in Ukraine has run rampant on social media, you might question the video’s authenticity. But as the Wall Street Journal reports, it’s a very real phenomenon, highlighting the latest developments in drone warfare — and how 21st-century tech is now clashing with decidedly old school close-range combat. According to the newspaper’s sources in the Ukrainian forces, the country’s 11th Army Aviation Brigade has eliminated dozens of Russian drones by having soldiers lean out of prop planes — decades-old Yak-52 aircraft, originally intended for aerobatics training — with rifles and shotguns. The planes are far …

‘Be the one in control’: Why are more countries leaning towards banning social media access for kids

‘Be the one in control’: Why are more countries leaning towards banning social media access for kids

Published by Sam Flores

Shafinaz said regulators were increasingly prioritising a “precautionary approach” when it comes to the social media landscape. “For example, I think even MCMC would rather be accused of over-regulating than failing to act while all of these harms continue,” she said, referring to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. In response to CNA’s question on whether Meta’s teen accounts feature would be enough to make governments reconsider blanket bans, Chua said the company shares a “common purpose” with regulators. “But there’s definitely, I think, more conversations to be had about how you can pursue the common intent,” he said. “The conversations that we have with regulators is to figure out how we can keep people safe online, not just in a small number of apps that are actually perhaps more invested in safety than unregulated or newer apps.” Chua reiterated Meta’s calls for age verification to be introduced at the base level of app stores, saying that this would be more efficient than requiring age verification for each of the dozens of apps that teens …

This Olympics Is Leaning Hard Into Mixed-Gender Events

This Olympics Is Leaning Hard Into Mixed-Gender Events

Published by José Betancourt

Olympic skimo is a spectacle. Appearing at the Games for the first time, skimo, short for ski mountaineering, grew from a long tradition of scaling mountains on skis—sometimes for hours on end—for the reward of gliding down, preferably through untracked powder. But at the Olympics, it will involve sprints of approximately three and a half minutes. First, athletes ascend a steep slope on skis outfitted with special fabric strips called “skins,” which prevent them from sliding backwards down the hill. Then they throw their skis on their back and hike in ski boots, put their skis back on for a final ascent, and finally peel off their skins to race downhill. The events will include a mixed-gender skimo relay—“contrived for the Olympic field,” Sarah Cookler, the head of sport for USA Skimo, the sport’s American governing body, told me. Each team will include one man and one woman, each of whom will run the course twice. Anna Gibson and Cam Smith, both making their Olympic debuts, will represent Team USA. It’s only fitting that such …

Judge leaning towards a 30-day timeline for Kalshi to implement geofencing in Massachusetts

Judge leaning towards a 30-day timeline for Kalshi to implement geofencing in Massachusetts

Published by skeptic

A judge in the Massachusetts Superior Court has published preliminary thoughts around a 30-day timeline for Kalshi to implement geofencing technology. Geofencing is a digital barrier that functions like a map or territory, permitting or restricting access to certain content, or, in the case of Kalshi, to the prediction market’s features. Judge Christopher K. Barry-Smith oversaw the legal battle that could have wider implications in a dispute over state-regulated jurisdictions and the legality of prediction markets operating in states without a license. The case dates back to Fall 2025, when Kalshi was alleged to have offered illegal sports gambling without a license. State Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell presented, at the time (September 2025), that Kalshi was earning more on sports bets than state-licensed sportsbooks. Kalshi’s defense suffered a setback when the case was demoted to the state level, further removing the federal shield from the prediction market operators’ argument. Judge Richard G. Stearns of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts made the decision and set the playing field for Judge Barry-Smith’s …