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Anduril Takes Over $22B IVAS Combat VR Headset Project for US Army

May 14, 2026February 13, 2025 by Mike Kalil
Palmer Luckey's Sweet Revenge: $22 Billion IVAS Project

The startup is taking over the US Army’s $22 billion production contract for its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) for Microsoft.

Figure Splits Up with OpenAI, Claims AI Breakthrough

May 14, 2026February 5, 2025 by Mike Kalil
Figure AI and OpenAI Break Up

Figure and OpenAI are breaking up. The move comes as Figure plans to aggressively scale production of its AI-powered humanoid robots while OpenAI ventures into hardware.

Trump 2.0: Winners and Losers Amid DoD Transformation

May 14, 2026January 26, 2025 by Mike Kalil
Trump 2.0 Disrupts the Defense Sector Illustration

Trump, Part Deux started off with a bang. After a head-spinning first week in office, President Trump shows no signs of slowing down.

Future of War: The 2005 Box Office Bomb That Inspired Anduril’s Palmer Luckey

November 4, 2025November 28, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Illustration of Fictional Palmer Luckey Watching TV in 2005

Stealth revolves around a top-secret U.S. Navy program to develop an AI-powered autonomous fighter jet called EDI (Extreme Deep Invader). When the jet becomes sentient, a team of elite pilots must confront it.

From Oculus VR to War: Palmer Luckey Back in VR Space with Combat Goggles

May 4, 2026September 19, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Combat AR headset concept illustration

The founder of Oculus has returned to the virtual reality space, now bringing his expertise to the battlefield.

Low-Code Platforms: Past, Present and Future

May 3, 2026August 12, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Low-code developer

As low code becomes the norm for increasingly complex applications, let’s look at its origin, its evolution, and where the technology is headed.

Digital Twin 100-Year Timeline: From Early Simulations to Synthetic Human Integrations

May 3, 2026June 10, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Illustration: Digital Twin Evolution

The virtual replicas of physical entities are revolutionizing industries from manufacturing to healthcare to urban planning with their advanced simulation capabilities.

Siemens and Microsoft Announce Universal Digital Twin Framework

November 1, 2025April 16, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Microsoft and Siemens Digital Twin Framework

Siemens and Microsoft are combining their digital twin languages.  So what does that mean?

Manufacturers Flock to the Industrial Metaverse

May 3, 2026March 23, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Illustration: The Industrial Metaverse

Surging in parallel is digital twin technology, a core component of the industrial metaverse. The global market for digital twins is projected to reach 183 billion by 2031.

Remembering Smarterchild, the Pioneering AI Chatbot of the Early 2000s

November 1, 2025February 18, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Smarterchild AIM Conversational AI Chatbot

If you were active on AOL Instant Messenger in the early 2000s, there’s a good chance you had this early form of conversational AI in your buddy list.

Ignore Microsoft Advertising for B2B Demand Gen at Your Own Peril

May 3, 2026January 23, 2023 by Mike Kalil
Warning signs

Since launching in 2009, Bing has been treated like an afterthought. Microsoft’s search engine only accounts for a fraction of …

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