DefenseNews

Australia’s fresh HIMARS hankering may signal ship-killer role

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Australian Army’s appetite for the M142 HIMARS is proving voracious. With the first two of 42 units arriving in Australia only in March, the country is already eyeing another 48 of these U.S.-built rocket launchers. This ambition was revealed in a notification issued by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency – or DSCA – published on Sep. 30. The DSCA stated…
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ComputersNews

Microsoft slaps Game Pass Ultimate with a staggering 50% price hike

I’ve often considered that Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is the best deal in gaming, if you’re looking to get a huge amount of variety and access for a small monthly fee. I might have to recalculate after the latest price hike. This morning Microsoft announced prices going up in the U.S. by quite a lot, rising from $19.99 to $29.99 USD for the all-you-can-play Ultimate package. That still…
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GamingNews

Jurassic World Evolution 3: The Final Preview

While I’ve spent dozens of hours building my perfect dino park in Jurassic World Evolution 2, Frontier’s prehistoric series always felt like it was sort of a younger sibling to their other park-builders, Planet Zoo and Planet Coaster. There are a lot of features…
GamingNews

Activision Knows Call of Duty Cheaters 'Will Try to Test the Limits' During the Black Ops 7 Beta, Says 'That's Exactly What We Want'

Activision has warned PC gamers that they will not be able to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 during the beta and at launch if they do not enable TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot. Like rival shooter Battlefield 6, TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are required for Black Ops 7 to run on PC as part of strict anti-cheat measures. These features block modified hardware and unauthorized software, with the goal of creating…
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NewsSpace

Tumbleweed-inspired Mars rovers could be blown across the Red Planet

Wind speeds on Mars are high enough to blow fleets of large spherical rovers that resemble tumbleweed across the Red Planet’s surface, according to new wind-tunnel tests of small prototypes conducted by an international consortium of young scientists. “We now have experimental validation that tumbleweed rovers could indeed operate and collect scientific data on Mars,” James…
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