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With so many blinking warning signs, why is the military pressing ahead on such a short timeline? The Air Force sees autonomous drones as a low-cost way to address an immediate problem: its dwindling number of fighter jets. The service now has about 5,000 aircraft — fewer than at any point in its 79-year history — many of which aren’t battle-ready. As Beijing continues to add new antiaircraft missile batteries, fighter jets and its own autonomous drones, the United States understands the need to quickly replace its vulnerable Cold War-era warplanes. If it can build a large fleet of robotic…

Troy Jackson, a logger from northern Maine who morphed from Republican to progressive Democrat across a long political career, has emerged as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine.Here are five things to know about Mr. Jackson, 58, of Allagash.1. He ran for governor this year. Mr. Jackson, a longtime state lawmaker who once was president of the Maine Senate, sought a return to state government this year, running for governor on a progressive platform that called for expanded health care and child care options for Mainers. Late in the campaign, he received…

A recent examination of hundreds of mobile apps marketed toward US military personnel found more than one in eight contained software built by companies in China, Russia, or other foreign nations, raising fresh concerns that adversary governments could harvest data revealing where service members live, work, and deploy.According to researchers at Purdue University, the US Military Academy at West Point, and Florida International University, one popular app used by service members to rate living conditions on their own bases include code from Huawei, the Chinese telecom that US regulators flagged as a national security threat in 2020. Two others were…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Coffee drinkers are buying “less but better” as prices soar, according to Italian roaster Lavazza, fuelling demand for whole beans and bean-to-cup machines.Giuseppe Lavazza, chair of the family-owned company, said a move towards whole beans was the sector’s “most important trend . . . People are looking for beans and they enjoy maybe to replicate at home the experience of the coffee shop.”“Maybe they prefer to consume a little less but better,” he told the FT.UK whole-bean coffee sales rose 20.3 per cent by volume in…

Britain has become accustomed to shuffling through prime ministers at a rapid pace and is now poised to have its seventh leader in a decade. But the transition still requires a few steps.Last month, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, amid a mutiny from within his party, announced his plans to resign. That made way for Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, who became eligible by winning a special election for a seat in Parliament.Under Britain’s parliamentary system, voters don’t elect an individual to serve as prime minister but rather cast their ballots for a party to govern. It is…

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new software supply chain attack codenamed SleeperGem targeting the Ruby ecosystem after three malicious gems were published to RubyGems with the end goal of serving additional payloads. The rogue gems are listed below – “Each malicious release is a loader,” StepSecurity said in an analysis. “It fetches a second stage from an attacker controlled Forgejo host, checks whether it is running in a build system and skips if it is, and on a developer machine it drops a native daemon and installs persistence.” One aspect of the attack that immediately stands out is that “git_credential_manager”…

Just in time for the long, hot days of midsummer, botanical gardens across the United States are extending their hours and unveiling new art installations, light shows and educational displays to help city dwellers find a little shade and get a dose of nature.Here are some of our favorite botanical gardens in six U.S. cities. Each of these gardens is largely accessible for strollers and people using wheelchairs, though steep or rocky terrain in some areas may limit access. Be sure to check ticket options carefully — many gardens offer discounts for students, seniors, locals and other categories of visitors.Portland,…

Chon Azzopardi-Brown had done everything career experts tell job seekers to do. She polished her CV, searched job boards, networked on LinkedIn, and tried to navigate a tough hiring market complete with AI screenings and applicant ghosting.  But after getting nowhere, there was one thing she hadn’t tried: witchcraft. She turned to Etsy, where access to witches is plentiful, to see what they had to offer. Turns out, there are a lot of options that promise success, with names like “Extreme Job Spell” and “Powerful Career Spell.” Like many job seekers, Azzopardi-Brown had started to feel the old advice no…

The American Institutionalists, who represent 11 percent of all voters, are the most likely to have a high income or a graduate degree. They are whiter and older; more than half were born before 1965. They tend to get their news from broadcast TV rather than social media. While they are frustrated with our political moment and 77 percent feel unfavorably toward President Trump, they maintain an abiding faith in America and its institutions, and in our ability to change — even reverse — course when Mr. Trump leaves office. In my imagination, they’ve all got a favorite biography written…

With health insurance premiums surging again, a growing chorus of economists and policymakers has settled on a cure for American health care: Cap what hospitals, drug makers and insurers can charge. The idea shows up in many forms, including Medicare drug price negotiation, proposals to limit private hospital prices to multiples of Medicare rates, and calls for public plans that pay providers at government-set rates.Their diagnosis is half right. Prices are high, opaque and frequently baffling, and they often do not reflect superior quality or convenience.But it does not follow that the government can fix the problem by replacing current…