Are the United States really planning to deploy weapons in orbit around Earth? What does the future hold? Let’s take a closer look. Satellites, anti-satellite systems, lasers, electronic warfare, and modern militaries’ dependence on orbital infrastructure. This is how the Pentagon sees the future of warfare. Space is no longer a neutral backdrop to wars on […]

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The NBMR-3 requirements and the P.1154 project nearly put an end to the subsonic P.1127 – it clearly failed to meet NATO’s requirements. Military attention was focused entirely on the heavier supersonic V/STOL aircraft. But once again, MWDP (Mutual Weapons Development Program) chief Chapman came to the rescue. Read also: The Birth of the “Harrier,” […]

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The growing threat posed by jet-powered drones – which, strictly speaking, are better described as cruise missiles, perhaps with the qualifier “light” – is driving the search for new air-defense solutions that are cheap enough to deal with mass attacks while remaining effective against targets significantly faster than conventional “Shaheds.” The latter have been effectively countered […]

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É, meus amigos… A crise causada pelo aumento dos custos de chips de memória e armazenamento atingiu o produto mais consolidado da Apple, o iPhone.

A empresa atualizou, há pouco, a Apple Store Online com os novos valores praticados para os smartphones que já estavam em linha antes da chegada dos iPhones 18 Pro/18 Pro Max e Duo. E sim, nem o 17e escapou!

Como já era de se esperar, esses aumentos se refletiram em vários outros países onde a Apple atua, como o Brasil.

Confira as tabelas com os preços antigos e os novos! 🤑

Nos EUA

iPhone 16 e 16 Plus

Modelo	Preço anterior	Preço novo	Variação
16 de 128GB	US$700	US$800	+14,3%
16 Plus de 128GB	US$800	—	—
16 Plus de 256GB	US$900	—	—

Como podemos observar, apenas uma configuração do iPhone 16 está disponível. O 16 Plus foi descontinuado.

iPhone 17e

Modelo	Preço anterior	Preço novo	Variação
256GB	US$600	US$700	+16,7%
512GB	US$800	US$900	+12,5%

iPhone 17

Modelo	Preço anterior	Preço novo	Variação
256GB	US$800	US$900	+12,5%
512GB	US$1.000	US$1.100	+10%

iPhone Air

Modelo	Preço anterior	Preço novo	Variação
256GB	US$1.000	US$1.100	+10%
512GB	US$1.200	US$1.300	+8,3%
1TB	US$1.400	US$1.700	+21,4%

iPhones 17 Pro/17 Pro Max vs. iPhones 18 Pro/18 Pro Max

Modelo	Preço	Modelo	Preço	Variação
17 Pro de 256GB	US$1.100	18 Pro de 256GB	US$1.200	+9%
17 Pro de 512GB	US$1.300	18 Pro de 512GB	US$1.400	+7,6%
17 Pro de 1TB	US$1.500	18 Pro de 1TB	US$1.800	+20%
—	—	18 Pro de 2TB	US$2.400	—
17 Pro Max de 256GB	US$1.200	18 Pro Max de 256GB	US$1.300	+8,3%
17 Pro Max de 512GB	US$1.400	18 Pro Max de 512GB	US$1.500	+7,1%
17 Pro Max de 1TB	US$1.600	18 Pro Max de 1TB	US$1.900	+18,8%
17 Pro Max de 2TB	US$2.000	18 Pro Max de 2TB	US$2.500	+25%

Apple Watches

Curiosamente, a Apple mexeu apenas nas versões com as caixas maiores do Apple Watch Series 12 — ou seja, os modelos de 42mm seguem os mesmos preços. O SE 3 e o Ultra 4 seguem intactos.

Modelo	Preço	Modelo	Preço	Variação
Series 11 (GPS, alumínio de 46mm)	US$430	Series 12 (alumínio de 46mm)	US$450	+4,6%
Series 11 (GPS + Cellular, alumínio de 46mm)	US$530	Series 12 (GPS + Cellular, alumínio de 46mm)	US$550	+3,8%

No Brasil

iPhone 16 e 16 Plus

Modelo	Preço anterior	Preço novo	Variação
16 de 128GB	R$6.800	R$7.000	+2,9%
16 Plus de 128GB	R$8.500	—	—
16 Plus de 256GB	R$9.300	—	—

iPhone 17e

Modelo	Preço anterior	Preço novo	Variação
256GB	R$5.800	R$6.000	+3,4%
512GB	R$7.300	R$7.500	+2,7%

iPhone 17

Modelo	Preço anterior	Preço novo	Variação
256GB	R$8.000	R$8.300	+3,7%
512GB	R$9.500	R$9.800	+3,1%

iPhone Air

Modelo	Preço anterior	Preço novo	Variação
256GB	R$10.500	R$11.000	+4,7%
512GB	R$12.000	R$12.500	+4,1%
1TB	R$13.500	R$15.500	+14,8%

iPhones 17 Pro/17 Pro Max vs. iPhones 18 Pro/18 Pro Max

Modelo	Preço	Modelo	Preço	Variação
17 Pro de 256GB	R$11.500	18 Pro de 256GB	R$12.000	+4,3%
17 Pro de 512GB	R$13.000	18 Pro de 512GB	R$13.500	+3,8%
17 Pro de 1TB	R$14.500	18 Pro de 1TB	R$16.500	+13,7%
—	—	18 Pro de 2TB	R$21.000	—
17 Pro Max de 256GB	R$12.500	18 Pro Max de 256GB	R$13.000	+4%
17 Pro Max de 512GB	R$14.000	18 Pro Max de 512GB	R$14.500	+3,5%
17 Pro Max de 1TB	R$15.500	18 Pro Max de 1TB	R$17.500	+12,9%
17 Pro Max de 2TB	R$18.500	18 Pro Max de 2TB	R$22.000	+18,9%

Apple Watches

Modelo	Preço	Modelo	Preço	Variação
Series 11 (GPS, alumínio de 46mm)	R$5.899	Series 12 (GPS, alumínio de 46mm)	R$6.099	+3,4%
Series 11 (GPS + Cellular, alumínio de 46mm)	R$6.799	Series 12 (GPS + Cellular, alumínio de 46mm)	R$7.399	+8,8%

Não está nada fácil, infelizmente… 😭

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A drinking fountain marked “colored,” a segregated waiting room, or a sign separating public spaces by race could tell the story of an entire social system. During the Jim Crow era, these ordinary sights became symbols of a country where racial separation was woven into everyday routines, shaping where people could go, what services they […]

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans' financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people over who are not suspected of any specific crime, but which the government thinks may be worth searching, 404 Media has found. The units, the name of which 404 Media is revealing here for the first time, are called Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams (PITT). In one case, a PITT analyzed the financial activity of a man who was driving across Montana, and local authorities stopped him under the pretense of an obstructed license plate and charged him with a DUI. 404 Media identified one PITT in the Spokane Sector, Washington, which polices the U.S. border with Canada, and another in the Laredo Sector, Texas, which polices the border with Mexico. The findings add to an Associated Press investigation from last year which found Border Patrol was using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) as part of the same wide-spanning predictive policing program. "The bottom line is genuine probable cause cannot be synthetically generated," Jake Laperruque, deputy director of the Security and Surveillance Project at the Center For Democracy & Technology, told 404 Media in an email. Here Border Patrol seems to be "using parallel construction to cloak the reason behind its car stops in secrecy. If we can't meaningfully review and evaluate these systems, we can't trust them," he added. [...] The DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows that Border Patrol is analyzing the financial activity of Americans to find people to pull over. The Associated Press's investigation found the predictive policing program is also heavily using ALPRs to track potential targets' movements. It is not clear how exactly Border Patrol is monitoring Americans' financial activity. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) declined to answer what financial activity the agency was monitoring, and whether it obtained a warrant or not. A CBP spokesperson told 404 Media in an email: "U.S. Border Patrol uses intelligence-informed analysis and planning to support national security operations, allocate resources, and help identify potential threats and bad actors to public safety. These efforts are conducted consistent with applicable law, policy, privacy protections, and oversight requirements." The statement continued: "For operational security reasons, we do not discuss specific analytical methods, data sources, targeting criteria, investigative techniques, system capabilities, or deployment details. Public disclosure of such information could compromise law enforcement operations and investigations as well as creating safety risks for agents and the public." Rob Frommer, senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, told 404 Media: "The government's increasing use of mass surveillance -- whether that surveillance comes via ALPRs, financial records, or the like -- coupled with predictive policing is a recipe for tyranny. We fought a revolution for the idea that we are citizens, not subjects. Yet schemes like CBP's Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team treat all Americans as if they are potential suspects. This is not just wrong, it's unconstitutional, and IJ will keep pushing courts and Congress to end this attack on Americans' security."

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On September 12, 1961, a landmark event took place in the history of the R.1127: the second prototype (XP836) completed a flight through the full profile – vertical takeoff, transition to horizontal flight, transition to hover, and vertical landing. This confirmed in practice the viability of the VTOL concept with thrust-vector control incorporated into the R.1127’s design. […]

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Uma novo estudo da CashNetUSA revelou que a Apple é a segunda Big Tech estadunidense com mais vagas de emprego de nível inicial abertas no LinkedIn, ficando atrás apenas da Tesla.

Mais precisamente, 57,4% das vagas publicadas pela gigante de Cupertino são de baixa senioridade — um ponto percentual a menos que a montadora do bilionário Elon Musk. Fecham o Top 5 a IBM (32,4%), a Intel (20,9%) e a NVIDIA, que aparece com 5,3% — o mesmo número da Uber, com a qual divide a quinta posição.

Isso, no entanto, não quer dizer que entrar para o quadro de funcionários da Apple é fácil — já que, apesar da abundância de vagas de nível inicial (54, para ser mais preciso), ela ainda tem uma relação candidato-vaga de 55:1. Em primeiro lugar no ranking supracitado, a Tesla conta com uma proporção de “apenas” 23,5:1 — a menor entre as Big Techs analisadas no estudo.

Quando consideramos todo o mercado (e não apenas empresas de tecnologia), a Maçã fica na quinta posição entre as empresas mais competitivas dos EUA. Na frente dela, temos a NVIDIA (68,4:1), a IBM (88,4:1), a The Walt Disney Company (164,8:1) e o Morgan Stanley (180,9:1).

Para montar seu estudo, a CashNetUSA analisou, como dito, dados de vagas do LinkedIn referentes a “13 grandes empresas de tecnologia dos EUA reconhecidas mundialmente”. A firma de pesquisa também classificou cada empresa com base no número de candidatos que se inscreveram para cada vaga disponível.

O estudo completo pode ser conferido nessa página.

The United States recently held Game of Drones, bringing together small drone manufacturers at Edwards Air Force Base for an event focused on the design, assembly, and flight testing of unmanned aircraft. The event was jointly organized by the Experimental Test Force at Edwards, part of the 412th Test Wing, and US-X, a recently established […]

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Three years ago environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside California's Chiquita Canyon Landfill, reports the Los Angeles Times. [Alternate URL here.] "Few imagined the calamity that would follow. "Somehow the landfill's pollution control system introduced oxygen below, causing decades-old waste to rapidly decompose, generating intense heat and eventually widespread smoldering, federal and state environmental agencies say." The broiling temperatures released toxic gases and hazardous liquid waste that bubbled up to the surface. Residents living in the nearby communities of Val Verde and Castaic have phoned in thousands of complaints about stench and lived with nausea, dizziness and trouble breathing. The underground fire has tripled in size since first confirmed in 2023. Recently a towering mound of landfill garbage perched on the hillside has warped and threatens to trigger an avalanche of garbage and chemical-filled liquid, or leachate, according to the California water board... At first, local officials described the problem in Los Angeles County at Chiquita Canyon landfill as a rare, even unprecedented disaster. But since then, California regulators have learned that at least two other landfills are wrestling with high temperatures and similar conditions. Scorching temperatures have overtaken at least 30 acres of El Sobrante landfill near Corona in Riverside County. Excessive heat and emissions have also been detected at Avenal landfill in the San Joaquin Valley. The discoveries raise an unsettling question: How many landfills are dealing with these disasters? Are they a broader problem in California...? Chiquita Canyon closed at the end of the 2024 and stopped accepting new garbage. But the fire is expected to last for years as it continues to consume decades-old trash. "Underground landfill fires are complex, nearly impossible to extinguish once they break out," according to the article. "As regulators search for a solution, residents find themselves struggling with the wait." Some residents have worn gas masks — or sold their homes.

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Bell Textron has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of the Navy with an estimated value of approximately $300 million. The agreement was signed in August 2026 at Bell’s manufacturing facility in Amarillo, Texas. The contract combines fixed-price, fixed-price incentive, and cost-reimbursement elements with fixed-fee provisions. The base contract, with options for extension […]

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Ukrainian drone operators have already destroyed a substantial number of Russian armored vehicles and even aerial targets using low-cost Shrike drones priced at approximately $400. Thousands of these platforms are now undergoing a major upgrade with an AI-enabled autonomy system that allows them to independently track and engage moving targets. In mid-July 2026, the Ukrainian […]

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Ukrainian manufacturer F-Drones has delivered its first batch of F10 FPV drones to the U.S. military under the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program. The initial shipment consists of 2,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, making the F10 the first Ukrainian drone authorized for export to the United States as part of the initiative. According to Militarnyi, the first […]

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This week, U.S. forces in the Middle East intercepted and destroyed an Iranian Shahed-series drone using an interceptor drone that had previously been combat-tested in Ukraine, according to a U.S. official cited by Business Insider. The engagement marked the first operational use by the U.S. military of the American-developed Merops system to destroy a hostile […]

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The U.S. Space Force has begun deploying the Meadowlands system developed by L3Harris. The new electronic warfare capability is designed to disrupt adversary satellites by transmitting high-power electromagnetic signals. The U.S. Space Force has opened a new chapter in the contest for control of orbit – not with missiles or lasers, but with a trailer-mounted antenna. Recently […]

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The U.S. Air Force has successfully carried out the first-ever missile launch from an uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft developed under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. The test was conducted in partnership with defense company Anduril Industries, with the YFQ-44A unmanned aircraft serving as the test platform. During the exercise, the aircraft launched an AIM-120 […]

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For over two centuries, enslaved people across North America risked everything to escape bondage, and slaveholders had a ready tool to try to stop them: the local newspaper. As print publications spread through American towns and cities in the 18th and 19th centuries, enslavers turned to their pages to post detailed notices seeking the capture […]

The 1930s brought the worst economic collapse in American history. Banks failed, unemployment soared past 20 percent, and most households operated on tight, uncertain budgets. Yet wedding photographs from this decade tell an unexpected story. Brides and grooms frequently appeared in attire of striking sophistication, sculpted gowns, tailored suits, and carefully chosen accessories that seem […]

In the early 1970s, the Ohio River was both a vital economic artery and a stark reminder of the environmental costs of industrial growth. Barges carried coal, steel, chemicals, and other goods through the heart of the Midwest, while millions of people depended on the river for drinking water, recreation, and livelihoods. At the same […]

Walking into a school cafeteria in the 1970s meant more than just finding a seat. The moment you set your lunchbox down on that long, noisy table, every kid around you took notice. Before you even opened it, a silent verdict had already been passed. That small rectangular box, usually dented, always loud when it […]