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US defense tech startup Mara has closed a pre-seed funding round of $7 million. With its system Spike, the young company aims to combat specifically small, agile drones that are shaping modern conflicts. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from a16z Speedrun, Night Capital, Palmdrive, Protagonist, Freedom Fund, and Indicator Fund, as…

The government said Monday it will significantly expand pilot projects for locally developed autonomous driving artificial intelligence (AI) and strengthen support for deep-tech startups as it seeks to accelerate the commercialization of emerging technologies.

The Clean Core strategy championed by SAP CEO Christian Klein and his executive team is far more than just a technical update. Clean Core marks a radical paradigm shift (Cleanfield)—one that is painful for many existing customers—that finally brings an end to the era of architectural freedom seen in the R/3 and ECC eras. In…

Israeli cybersecurity firm Dream documented what looks like the first fully autonomous, end-to-end AI hacking operation against a government target. Over four days at the start of July, according to the Financial Times, suspected Chinese hackers ran a tool built entirely from publicly available AI agents that mapped 21 government systems, hunted for vulnerabilities, and…