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Russia has deployed a new generation of three-D printed cruise missiles in Ukraine, and the details are striking. Known as Filin, these weapons can reach speeds of five hundred miles per hour with a range of over seven hundred miles, and they're built partly with American electronics, raising serious questions about supply chain enforcement and export controls.
Shifting to the platform economy, Meta is pulling back on a controversial update to its business terms that would have allowed the company to scrape content from business accounts to train its artificial intelligence systems. The backlash was swift, and the delay signals that even the largest platforms are feeling pressure to slow down and justify how they harvest data.
And on the developer side, a project called Sanctum is drawing quiet attention in open source circles. It's a Linux desktop environment built with Rust and a framework called Freya, representing a fresh attempt to rethink how Linux desktops are constructed from the ground up, prioritizing performance and modern tooling over legacy compatibility.
Three very different stories, one common thread: the tension between moving fast and thinking through the consequences. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
