Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday will be the most intense day of U.S. strikes inside Iran to date, signaling a major escalation in the ongoing military campaign (AP). The Trump administration reportedly rejected a Ukrainian offer for drone-defense technology months before significant Iranian drone strikes began, a decision officials now call a "major tactical miscalculation" that was reversed only last week (Reuters).

Apple launched the MacBook Neo, its first budget laptop at $599 targeting students and Chromebook users, though it makes significant compromises including 8GB memory and no keyboard backlighting on the base model (The Verge). Qualcomm and British startup Wayve announced a partnership to develop AI-powered self-driving systems (Reuters).