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The United States military is doubling down on drone warfare, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laying out a vision for a more technology-driven force. This comes as the country enters its eighth month of conflict with Iran, and Navy officials say unmanned systems are fundamentally reshaping how modern battles are fought and won.
Shifting to a story with serious public health implications, dozens of people in Russia are now in quarantine following the death of a woman who worked at a laboratory studying plague and other infectious diseases. Russian authorities say she died of pneumonia, but American officials are pressing Moscow for greater transparency, and experts like Harvard's Doctor Ashish Jha say the lack of openness raises real concerns.
And in Europe, a significant intelligence scandal is unfolding in Germany, where former spy chief August Hanning has been detained on suspicion of treason and espionage. Prosecutors allege he paid for classified documents and used them to prepare analysis for a foreign intelligence service, a development that could seriously damage trust between Berlin and its allied agencies.
Those are the stories driving the conversation tonight. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
