2025 in review: tech

How the Army’s most tech-forward units are practicing for war
A two-week exercise simulated island battles—and put some 75 new technologies to the test.
November 23, 2025 | Jennifer Hlad

Army wants to break ground for a microreactor on a US base by 2027
The service is pushing to make bases energy-independent, but safety and fuel-supply concerns persist.
October 14, 2025 | Thomas Novelly

When China plays orbital hide-and-seek, Maui’s telescopes give the US an edge
In an interview, Space Force’s Saltzman reveals what’s next for the key sensor site.
September 19, 2025 | Jennifer Hlad

Ukraine’s milestone shows drones prevent defeat, but don’t secure victory
Drone innovation is speeding up, but war has not followed. Is this the future?
September 3, 2025 | Patrick Tucker

In the Pacific, Army leaders expect today’s fiction to be near-term reality
Service secretary envisions drone-and-soldier teams within just a few years.
July 25, 2025 | Jennifer Hlad

The Pentagon will host a ‘Top Gun’ school for Ukraine-style attack drones
The Defense Department is hoping for “American drone dominance”—but that’s easier said than done.
July 18, 2025 | Patrick Tucker

Army experiments with integrating attack drones into artillery formations
New division formation design includes HIMARS, howitzers, and one-way UAVs.
July 2, 2025 | Meghann Myers

For DOD, the future of large language models is smaller
Everyone loves big AI, but “maybe there is a smaller-parameter model that could run on a laptop.”
May 22, 2025 | Patrick Tucker

Wanted: counter-drone defenses that don’t hurt surrounding neighborhoods
Base defenders need to collect and analyze much more data from many more sources, DIU director says.
May 5, 2025 | Patrick Tucker

Marines say they’re ‘leading the way’ in battlefield autonomy
But unique technical challenges and tech wariness keep robot trucks on a short leash.
May 3, 2025 | Lauren C. Williams

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December 26, 2025
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Spotify cracks down on unlawful scraping of 86 million songs

Spotify shut down accounts after Anna’s Archive scraped and published data on 86 million songs, confirming action against unlawful scraping. Spotify disabled user accounts after an open-source group published files containing 86 million songs scraped from the platform. The group, Anna’s Archive, said it found a method to extract Spotify files and released a database […]

December 26, 2025
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Active Conflicts & News Megathread December 26, 2025

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December 26, 2025
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