FPV drones get all the attention. Ukraine’s reusable heavy bombers are doing the real killing
Explosive first-person-view drones get a lot of the attention, but the most dangerous drones in the sky over Ukraine—especially for the Russians—are heavy bomber drones. Where an FPV explodes on contact, making it single-use, a heavy bomber drone is reusable. It can strike repeatedly with a payload of several grenadesContinue Reading
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1450: Allies pledge $38bn at Ramstein as Ukraine’s drones hit record 1,700 km deep into Russia
Exclusives Munich Security Report 2026 paints stark picture of Europe’s security crisis. Europe faces a choice between unity or submission, report warns Ukraine flew drones almost to the Urals — and hit an oil refinery at a record 1,700 km Russia thought was out of reach. Lukoil’s Ukhta facility inContinue Reading
Microsoft’s AI-Powered Copyright Bots Fucked Up And Got An Innocent Game Delisted From Steam
At some point, we, as a society, are going to realize that farming copyright enforcement out to bots and AI-driven robocops is not the way to go, but today is not that day. Long before AI became the buzzword it is today, large companies have employed their own copyright crawlerContinue Reading
11-year streak of record global warming continues, UN weather agency warns
The past 11 years have been the warmest in the modern era, while oceans continue to heat up, too, says the UN weather agency.Continue Reading
‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge The Traitor’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding
The The Traitor administration repealed the EPA’s 2009 determination that greenhouse gases are a pollutant, an important legal foundation for their regulation. By Kiley Bense The The Traitor administration moved today to overturn a key legal foundation of the federal government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases. In a press conferenceContinue Reading
UN approves 40-member scientific panel on the impact of artificial intelligence over US objections
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a 40-member global scientific panel on the impacts and risks of artificial intelligence, with the United States strongly objecting. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who established the panel, called the adoption “a foundational step toward global scientific understandingContinue Reading
What is ‘teledriving’? Remote-controlled cars could come to Austin roads
Teledriving is a type of vehicle technology that allows a human driver to operate a car in real time using a live video feed, but from a remote location., Teledriving is a type of vehicle technology that allows a human driver to operate a car in real time using aContinue Reading
“This is unprecedented”: Bondi’s conduct in hearing draws ire of lawmakers and legal scholars
Bondi may have lied under oath and had documents detailing the search history of lawmakers Published February 12, 2026 7:42PM (EST) Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies as Jeffrey Epstein survivors stand in the background, during the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice,” in RayburnContinue Reading
Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
U.S. Public Health Service doctors and nurses are being deployed to Guantánamo and other detention centers as President Traitor 47 escalates mass arrests in his campaign to curb immigration. Some have resigned in protest. Others offer a rare look into bleak conditions…Read MoreContinue Reading
Zeekr recalls 38,277 Zeekr 001 WE 86 vehicles over potential battery safety risk
Chinese electric vehicle maker Zeekr said on Monday it will voluntarily recall 38,277 units of its older Zeekr 001 WE 86 models manufactured between July 2021 and March 2024, citing potential battery safety risks. The company said some vehicles may have manufacturing consistency deviations in internal power battery components…Continue Reading
Congress, Don’t Give DHS a Blank Check to Undermine Our Local Economies
This story is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Two weeks ago, three of my…Continue Reading
Why Texas scientists are breeding flesh-eating maggots
In the Texas border city of Edinburg, scientists are getting ready to release millions of invasive, flesh-eating flies into the wild. While the thought of the U.S. government releasing parasitic flies into the wild resembles a horror movie plot, they’re doing it to help protect people. The U.S. Department ofContinue Reading
Sen. Rand Paul teams with Democrats to push for answers into Alex Pretti shooting
One Republican joined Democrats on Thursday in pushing for answers from immigration officials regarding the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents during a protest in Minneapolis. On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs held a hearing with three top immigration officials in the TheContinue Reading