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Ukraine’s drones lose their Starlink link above 100 mph. Musk, Rubio and Trump all say it wasn’t them Space Debris

Ukraine’s drones lose their Starlink link above 100 mph. Musk, Rubio and Trump all say it wasn’t them

Speed of communication has been essential on the battlefield for as long as humans have waged war. From the legendary roughly 25-mile messenger’s run to announce an Athenian victory at Marathon, to war drums and carrier pigeons, to the telegraph, and right up to today’s militaries’ reliance on high-speed digital…
bubmag
October 19, 2026
GAO Audit Finds Federal Office Data Omitted 20 Million Sq Ft of Vacant Space Space Debris

GAO Audit Finds Federal Office Data Omitted 20 Million Sq Ft of Vacant Space

As federal agencies begin deciding which offices to consolidate or shed, the government’s first reporting of office utilization omitted more than 20 million sq ft of vacant space, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported Oct. 15. The 20.2 million usable sq ft of General Services Administration-controlled space includes about 15…
bubmag
October 19, 2026
France imposes curfews after violent protests lead to thousands of arrests Paris

France imposes curfews after violent protests lead to thousands of arrests

By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - French authorities set curfews in parts of several cities on Monday, including Paris, Lille and Nice, as they faced pressure over security failings after a weekend of riots and looting stemming from nationwide anti-government protests. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu…
bubmag
October 19, 2026
Nvidia and Jülich simulate a 50-qubit quantum computer on classical hardware Putin

Nvidia and Jülich simulate a 50-qubit quantum computer on classical hardware

The record run on Europe's JUPITER exascale supercomputer gives researchers a noise-free sandbox for testing quantum algorithms and error correction Nvidia and researchers at Germany’s Jülich Supercomputing Centre have fully simulated a 50-qubit universal quantum computer on classical hardware. The partners describe it as the first achievement of its kind.…
bubmag
October 19, 2026
Elon Musk Looking at Giving About $6 Billion to 40 Million American Kids Censored Internet

Elon Musk Looking at Giving About $6 Billion to 40 Million American Kids

There are roughly 60–70 million U.S. children in the 2016–2024 birth cohorts in the Trump accounts. Michael Dell gave $250 targeted about 25 million of them—primarily those in lower- and middle-income ZIP codes—which the Dells described as covering the large majority of children in that age group. If Elon gave…
bubmag
October 19, 2026
Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Stock: Climbs 5% as New Partnership Strengthens U.S. Defense Technology  Palantir

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Stock: Climbs 5% as New Partnership Strengthens U.S. Defense Technology 

TLDR PLTR stock jumps 5.01% to $195.35 as Palantir unveils Knox Systems alliance. Palantir and Knox target faster software rollouts for U.S. defense agencies. Knox says its accelerated FedRAMP authorization process can take 90 days or less. New Palantir-Knox deal targets secure cloud deployments across FedRAMP and IL5. Palantir and…
bubmag
October 19, 2026
Sophia Stel, Worldpeace DMT, Weed420, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Peace

Sophia Stel, Worldpeace DMT, Weed420, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects…
bubmag
October 19, 2026