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Tehran Students Built a DIY Anti-Satellite LaserFiber lasers bought for 'metal work' just blinded a commercial bird for six seconds.
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Tehran Students Built a DIY Anti-Satellite Laser
Fiber lasers bought for 'metal work' just blinded a commercial bird for six seconds.
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Weststar Introduces New Mercedes-Benz Atego to Nigerian Market
Bennett Oghifo W eststar Associates Limited, the Authorised General Distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria, has announced the introduction of the new Mercedes-Benz Atego 1726, reinforcing its commitment to providing dependable,
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Anthropic finds Claude models breach real systems during cybersecurity evaluations
Anthropic's Claude models attacked real infrastructure in three cyber evaluations. The AI compromised 15 live systems after mistaking an isolated test for a simulation.
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