Israel sent the United Arab Emirates an Iron Dome air defense system with troops to operate it early in the war with Iran , two Israeli officials and one U.S. official tell Axios. Why it matters: The military, security and intelligence cooperation between Israel and the UAE has reached new heights during the war. The unprecedented deployment of the Iron Dome system during the war was not previously made public. Driving the news: Since the beginning of the war, the UAE has been targeted by Iran more than any other country in the region. - According to the Emirati ministry of defense, Iran fired around 550 ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 2,200 drones at the UAE. - Most of the missiles and drones were intercepted, but some…
Israel sent the United Arab Emirates an Iron Dome air defense system with troops to operate it early in the war with Iran , two Israeli officials and one U.S. official tell Axios. Why it matters: The military, security and intelligence cooperation between Israel and the UAE has reached new heights during the war. The unprecedented deployment of the Iron Dome system during the war was not previously made public. Driving the news: Since the beginning of the war, the UAE has been targeted by Iran more than any other country in the region. - According to the Emirati ministry of defense, Iran fired around 550 ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 2,200 drones at the UAE. - Most of the missiles and drones were intercepted, but some…Open
IT budgets are getting blown out as some companies increasingly spend more on AI than on employees' salaries. Why it matters: Maybe human labor will be more cost efficient after all. What they're saying: "For my team, the cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees," Bryan Catanzaro, vice president of applied deep learning at Nvidia, told Axios. - Uber's chief technology officer already blew through his full 2026 AI budget due to token costs, according to The Information. - Amos Bar-Joseph, CEO of Swan AI, bragged about his Anthropic bill in a viral LinkedIn post , saying "We're building the first autonomous business - scaling with intelligence, not headcount." Zoom out: Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $6.31…
IT budgets are getting blown out as some companies increasingly spend more on AI than on employees' salaries. Why it matters: Maybe human labor will be more cost efficient after all. What they're saying: "For my team, the cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees," Bryan Catanzaro, vice president of applied deep learning at Nvidia, told Axios. - Uber's chief technology officer already blew through his full 2026 AI budget due to token costs, according to The Information. - Amos Bar-Joseph, CEO of Swan AI, bragged about his Anthropic bill in a viral LinkedIn post , saying "We're building the first autonomous business - scaling with intelligence, not headcount." Zoom out: Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $6.31…Open
A national organization that advocates for families grieving the loss of a veteran to suicide are pressing Congress to establish a “green star service flag.”