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The US Army hopes to devastate enemies at great distances with a new rocket-assisted artillery round

The US Army wants the ability to rain down destruction at great distances, and the key to achieving the ranges the service wants is a new rocket-assisted artillery round.

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Powerful Facebook investors just co-filed a proposal to take down Mark Zuckerberg as chairman

BI PRIME: Four powerful institutional Facebook investors have co-filed a shareholder proposal calling for Mark Zuckerberg's dual role as CEO and chairman to be split. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella are among those lending their support.

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Air Force Thunderbirds pilot pulled nearly 9 Gs before blacking out in fatal crash

Maj. Stephen Del Bagno, an Air Force pilot with the Thunderbirds, blacked out for five seconds after pulling 8.56 Gs. Despite regaining his bearings one second before impact, he was not able to pull the plane out of its dive. His F-16CM went down near Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.

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US Special Operations Command wants 'reverse engineered' foreign weapons, and it's raising a stink in Russia

Russian weapons makers say that if the US government starts making knockoffs of their weapons it could be a violation of intellectual-property laws, but their case may be a flimsy one.

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Tesla cars will be getting a new self-driving, Autopilot chip next year

Tesla chief executive officer Elon Musk took to Twitter Tuesday to announce that owners will get a new Autopilot chip in about six months that will be much more powerful and enable the company's long-awaited Full-Self Driving Mode.

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NATO snipers have been performing high-angle shooting way up in the Austrian Alps — and the images are stunning

“High-angle shooting is when you shoot further than 300 meters at angles greater than 15 degrees,” Lt. Alexander Rishovd, a sniper instructor assigned to the Norwegian Army Land Warfare Centre, said.

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It’s time for tech giants to retire the ‘keynote’ — Apple, Google, and others are all making the same mistake with their product launches

Opinion: Steve Jobs' keynote presentations for Apple have inspired countless copies, where a rotating carousel of company executives stand on a stage to debut new gadgets and services. But the act is getting old.

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Apple stores are now selling a $2,000 'self-flying' drone you can control from an Apple Watch

The highest-end drone that Apple sells at select locations is the Skydio R1, which costs $1,999, and is designed by a company founded by former MIT students and Google employees.

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