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☆ A Tesla fan experiences the Cybercab for the first time — it's a smooth ride but he wouldn't necessarily buy one
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tesla fan and attendee Matthew Donegan-Ryan rode in the new Cybercab. Tesla fan and investor Matthew Donegan-Ryan attended the glitzy launch on a film lot at the Warner Bros. @_SFTahoe pic.twitter.com/0Xoubi9hY4 — Matthew Donegan-Ryan (@MatthewDR) October 11, 2024The Cybercab, Tesla's first robotaxi, was revealed alongside a 20-person Robovan. pic.twitter.com/iUD0aKThZa — Matthew Donegan-Ryan (@MatthewDR) October 11, 2024Donegan-Ryan was also surprised by how few cameras the Cybercab had. The Cybercab bears a stylistic resemblance to another Tesla vehicle, the Cybertruck, and Donegan-Ryan said that similarity was particularly apparent in person.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bracing itself for a retaliatory strike for last week’s ballistic missile attack, Iran has been urging its Arab neighbors not to allow Israel to use their airspace as part of any potential attack, two diplomats from Gulf nations told NBC News Friday. Israel has vowed to respond to the strikes and while the nature and timing of the attack remain unclear, Iran warned countries that do help Israel in any way could potentially become part of a war, one of the diplomats said. His death came days after several Hezbollah leaders were killed by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, an attack which Israel was widely believed to have been behind. Both militant groups are backed by Tehran and Pezeshkian has portrayed Iran as “exercising restraint” because it waited for two months after Haniyeh's death before launching the attack on Israel. NBC News has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for comment but has not received a response.

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☆ Getting more F-16s is only half the battle. Ukraine also desperately needs to be training more pilots.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Ukraine needs more trained pilots to effectively build a reliable F-16 fighter fleet. AdvertisementUkraine desperately needs more trained pilots to effectively build a formidable F-16 fighter fleet, air warfare experts told Business Insider. AdvertisementTraining bottleneckF-16 training for Ukraine's pilots is being done by a coalition of countries, including the Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, the US, and Romania. "The number of F-16s we have in Ukraine, the number of pilots who have already been trained, is not enough," he said. AP Photo/Efrem LukatskyBohnert said the number of F-16s Ukraine is getting from its partners is "definitely not enough."

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☆ Ukraine is eroding Russia's military advantage with strikes on its ammo depots
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Military experts said it's partly down to Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian ammo depots. AdvertisementUkraine is reducing Russia's artillery advantage on the battlefield, and recent attacks on ammo depots have likely sped that up. According to military experts, these developments are likely due in part to Ukraine's recent long-range strikes on Russian ammunition depots. Taking out the ammoUkraine damaged several rear Russian ammo depots using long-range weapons in a string of long-range strikes that began last month. But Kastehelmi said that in the long run, Russia will "most likely" be able to adapt to Ukraine's long-range strikes.

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☆ U.S. crude oil on pace to eke out second weekly gain on Middle East war risk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. crude oil on Friday was on pace to eek out its second weekly gain in a row as Israel prepares to retaliate against Iran. Oil prices have gained more than 10% through Thursday's close since Iran hit Israel with ballistic missiles last week. Here are Friday's energy prices:Israel's security cabinet met Thursday to discuss the country's response to Iran's attack, according to media reports. Traders have worried that Israel will hit Iran's oil industry, potentially triggering a cycle of escalation that causes a significant disruption of supplies in the Middle East. Croft warned, however, that the U.S. influence may have waned since April, when Israel's response to Iran's first missile and drone attack was relatively muted.

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☆ North Korea accuses South of flying drones over Pyongyang
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Gawon Bae | Pauline Lockwood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —North Korea accused South Korea of flying propaganda-filled drones over Pyongyang and threatened “retaliation,” state media reported Friday. South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff did not confirm or deny the accusations but urged North Korea to “not to act rashly” and said “all responsibility for the recent series of developments lies with North Korea,” referring to trash-laden balloons Pyongyang has been continuously sending to the South. North Korea’s state-run KCNA published images of what it claimed to be a drone as well as pictures of leaflets that said “a comparison of the food you can buy,” and “North Korea’s economic situation falling into hell.”. CNN cannot independently confirm the presence of drones in North Korean airspace. And iIn 2022, North Korea sent five drones into South Korea, four of which flew around Ganghwa island and another that flew over capital Seoul’s northern airspace.

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☆ An ex-Tesla owner shares why his experience with a Rivian R1T during Hurricane Helene made him a convert
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

North Carolina resident Michael Cusick and his Rivian R1T got caught in Hurricane Helene last week. But his experience with his Rivian R1T EV truck following Hurricane Helene — a storm that ravaged the southeast, including Cusick's home in Asheville, North Carolina — has cemented his position as a new Rivian convert. Cusick's Rivian in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina earlier this year. A Rivian spokesperson told Inside EVs, which earlier reported on Cusick's truck, that Rivian battery packs are sealed to provide floodwater protection. The interior of Cusick's Rivian truck was kept dry during Hurricane Helene, Cusick told BI.

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☆ Putin hails ‘very close’ links with Iran at landmark first meeting with president, as Middle East tensions soar
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Iran has supplied thousands of “Shahed” attack drones to Russia, and according to US officials, built a drone factory in Russia. “We are actively working together in the international arena and our assessments of events taking place in the world are often very close,” Putin said during the landmark meeting, according to Russian state media outlet TASS. In a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Tehran last week, the Iranian leader called for accelerating joint projects. Meanwhile, Russia expressed interest in expanding trade and economic cooperation as well as diversifying its bilateral trade with Iran. “But, of course, the situation in the Middle East will not be ignored, it will also be on the agenda.

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☆ Palmer Luckey's Anduril debuts autonomous attack drone in new video
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Anduril Industries debuted its AI-powered Bolt-M drone, which fits in a backpack. A new video shows the Bolt-M drone's AI abilities in action. Anduril Industries, cofounded in 2017 by Oculus founder Luckey, unveiled its Bolt and Bolt-M drones in a YouTube video on Thursday. The Bolt drone, seen in the video hovering above targets, is meant to use AI to autonomously track targets. AdvertisementAnduril did not immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider about the Bolt and Bolt-M drone reveal.

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☆ Florida wakes to Milton's destruction and Vegas says goodbye to the Tropicana casino: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Hurricane Milton leaves a trail of destruction in Florida. Milton sweeps through Florida after a destructive landfallFlorida communities are waking up to destruction left by Hurricane Milton as the storm tore through the state — the second major hurricane to hit in two weeks. More Hurricane Milton coverage:Milton intensified at one of the fastest rates in recorded history. ➡️ An NBC News poll found Harris and Trump voters see their candidates representing “change” but in very different ways. The iconic Tropicana casino was imploded to make way for a proposed $1.5 billion stadium to house the Oakland Athletics ahead of the team’s planned move to Sin City in 2028.

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☆ Video: Dramatic drone footage shows Tropicana Field roof blown off
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jennifer Smith | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Tropicana Field was set to be a refuge for storm personnel. Then Hurricane Milton blew most of the roof off
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A refuge for first responders and cleanup crews weary after long days rescuing storm victims or clearing wreckage left by Hurricane Milton. But Milton showed no mercy during its deadly rampage across Florida, shredding the roof of Tropicana Field – a Major League Baseball stadium turned makeshift shelter for storm personnel. Drone footage above Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg shows the dome's shredded roof and cots for first responders. “And you could see it just had no chance against those winds of Hurricane Milton.”Hurricane Milton ripped off much of the roof of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays. Ron DeSantis said Tropicana Field would be used as a 10,000-person base camp for debris cleanup operations and first responders.

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☆ Ukraine hit 2 Russian ammunition depots in 2 days — hammering the latest in a deep strike on a military airfield
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine said it struck a military airfield in Russia overnight, marking the latest deep strike. AdvertisementUkrainian forces struck an ammunition depot at a military airfield in Russia overnight, the latest in a string of long-range attacks targeting Moscow's war machine. In the past two days, the Ukrainian military has said it caused damage at a key Russian ammunition depot, a drone storage facility, and now another ammo depot at an airfield. It's unclear if the latest ammunition depot stored these weapons. pic.twitter.com/17z39WI2YI — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 9, 2024Ukraine has targeted several Russian ammunition depots since mid-September.

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☆ Amazon same-day prescription delivery expanding to nearly half of U.S. in 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Amazon plans to bring same-day prescription delivery to 20 more cities next year, the company said Wednesday, marking the latest phase of its push into health care. As part of the expansion, which will make speedy medicine delivery available in nearly half of the U.S., Amazon said, it is embedding pharmacies in same-day delivery facilities often clustered around major metro areas. Amazon in March introduced same-day pharmacy delivery in New York and Los Angeles, after launching the service in Indianapolis, Miami, Phoenix, Seattle, and Austin, Texas. Launched in 2020, Amazon Pharmacy was born out of the company's 2018 acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack. It launched then shuttered its telehealth service, Amazon Care, along with a line of health and wellness devices.

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☆ Ukraine says it struck a Russian ammo depot where North Korean weapons and devastating glide bombs were stored
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said Wednesday it carried out a drone attack on a key Russian ammunition depot overnight. AdvertisementThe Ukrainian armed forces said that it carried out a drone strike on a major Russian ammunition depot overnight. The Russian military is said to have stored missiles and artillery shells, including munitions from North Korea, and highly destructive glide bombs at the targeted arsenal. Business Insider couldn't independently verify the video details or claims about the Ukrainian attack. Hundreds of secondary explosions have been reported at the key Russian ammunition dump, reportedly housing North Korean munitions.

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☆ Russia cut off its troops from Discord, the video gaming comms tool they use to coordinate attacks in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russian troops have been using Discord to coordinate drone attacks, but it was banned on Tuesday. Federal regulators said they blocked the gaming messaging platform because it could be used for crime. Discord allows users to join a closed group voice call and livestream to other users from their screens or cameras. One pundit channel, Military Informant, blasted Roskomnadzor's decision as "madness," while another sarcastically thanked the regulator for giving Russian troops another challenge to "bypass the consequences of another wise decision." Discord, Roskomnadzor, and the Russian defense ministry did not immediately respond to comment requests sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

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☆ For white-collar prisoners who just can't disconnect, $3,000 contraband cellphones can literally fall from the sky
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

White-collar criminals who can't disconnect are spending thousands of dollars on prison cellphones. Contraband phones go for $1,000 or as little as a few hundred dollars, depending on supply, at minimum-security camps, the so-called Club Feds. The stakes are particularly high for Wilson; his office continues to prosecute a violent, 90-defendant drug ring run by imprisoned people using contraband cellphones. The bureau urges Congress to pass the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act, which would upgrade the charge of smuggling contraband cellphones into a Federal prison from a misdemeanor offense to a felony, Murphy said. White-collar criminals tend to put their contraband phones to more benign uses.

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☆ China is menacing Taiwan with a drone swarm attack — and the US is playing catch-up
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Creating a 'Hellscape'Drones could be deployed by China to swarm over Taiwan and guide high-precision missile strikes, experts told Business Insider. Numbers countBut countering China's drone capability is in part a numbers game, and this is where Taiwan and the US currently fall short. When combined with other Chinese drone companies, that share goes up to well above 80%, it said. AdvertisementThis method would be vital for tracking and disabling some of the smaller drones China might use in an attack on Taiwan, said Pettyjohn. Advertisement"Currently the US and Taiwan do not have sufficient air defenses and CUAS [counter drone] systems to deal with the Chinese drone threat," she said.

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☆ Russia may have lost a rare drone over Ukraine — and it could be an intelligence win for the West
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The suspected drone crashed in eastern Ukraine, but the cause is still unknown. Losing one is not only a blow for Russia; it could be a big intelligence win for the West. AdvertisementUkrainian service members inspect parts of a Russian S-70 drone in eastern Ukraine on October 5. AdvertisementRussia's S-70 drone is seen taking off at an unidentified location in August 2019. AdvertisementUkrainian scene investigators examine the suspected S-70 wreckage in eastern Ukraine on October 5.

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☆ Video shows the apparent destruction of a $10M Russian air defense system with a cheap drone worth a few hundred dollars
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine shared footage of what it claims was a cheap drone destroying Russian air defense equipment. It said the Russian system was worth $10 million, while the drone cost a few hundred dollars. Ukraine has used drones to take out advanced Russian military gear since the start of the war. AdvertisementNew footage shared by Ukraine shows the apparent destruction of a $10 million Russian air defense system using a cheap drone. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week that Ukraine's defense companies can now produce 4 million drones a year.

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☆ A year on from October 7, the Middle East is facing its greatest upheaval in a half-century
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Nic Robertson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Propelled by US incentives, Saudi Arabia and Israel seemed closer than ever to a historic normalization of relations. It was October 10, and Major General Itai Veruv of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was leading the first international press access to see the devastation of Hamas’ attacks. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unwilling to be a partner in a deal that would resow Middle East relations. Nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, many by US bombs and bullets in Israel’s hands, authorities in Gaza say. Tehran’s Shia proxies in Iraq have also answered its calls and begun escalating drone attacks on Israel.

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☆ Ildar Dadin: Anti-Kremlin Russian activist killed while fighting for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Anti-Kremlin Russian activist Ildar Dadin has been killed while fighting for Ukraine in Kharkiv, according to his friend and Russian independent media. Dadin was once jailed in Russia for repeatedly protesting the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a series of peaceful street demonstrations. He was the first person to be convicted under a 2014 law that cracked down on public assembly and protests in Russia, according to Amnesty International. Ukraine said it shot down 32 Russian drones and two missiles overnight and on Monday morning. Meanwhile, the General Staff of Ukraine reported that it successfully struck an offshore oil terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea, near the city of Feodosia.

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☆ Russia's apparent loss of one of its new heavy Hunter drones over Ukraine could be an intelligence win for Kyiv and the West
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The suspected drone crashed in eastern Ukraine, but the cause is still unknown. Russia hasn't built very many of the S-70 Okhotnik-B (Hunter) drones, which made their combat debut during the ongoing Ukraine war. AdvertisementUkrainian service members inspect parts of a Russian S-70 drone in eastern Ukraine on October 5. AdvertisementRussia's S-70 drone is seen taking off at an unidentified location in August 2019. AdvertisementUkrainian scene investigators examine the suspected S-70 wreckage in eastern Ukraine on October 5.

☆ Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Over a span of six days, in public comments and social media posts, Trump has used his powerful megaphone to endorse or invent false or unsubstantiated claims. Monday: Trump falsely claims Biden hasn’t answered calls from Georgia’s governorDuring a visit to Georgia on Monday, Trump said of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp: “He’s been calling the president, hasn’t been able to get him.”It was immediately clear that Trump’s claim was false. He added, “Think of it: We give foreign countries hundreds of billions of dollars and we’re handing North Carolina $750.”Trump’s claim is wrong.

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Trump plans ‘different’ eventFive days after the shooting, as Trump captivated Republicans in his convention speech in Milwaukee, the former president vowed to never again mention details of the assassination attempt. “Everybody up there, they were amazing,” Trump told the Erie crowd, some of whom cheered when he asked if any of them had been present at the Butler rally. They saw that we were in trouble.”The event Saturday at Butler Farm Show Inc. is expected to be “different” from a typical Trump rally, a senior Trump campaign adviser told CNN. Harris is blasting Trump on health care in Wisconsin, while Trump is hammering Harris on taxes in Georgia. One focus of Harris’ campaign is Latino voters in Pennsylvania, in a bid to stop Trump from eating away at Democrats’ traditionally large margins of victory among non-White voters.

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