When America goes to war, it likes to be on the offensive. “Nobody ever defended anything successfully,” Gen. George S. Patton famously said. “There is only attack and attack and attack some more.”
But for six months after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military retreated and retreated some more. The U.S. garrison in the Philippines, under Gen. Douglas MacArthur, steadily retreated before the…
Fire extinguished aboard USS New Orleans
August 22, 2025
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U.S. and Japanese crews extinguished the fire aboard amphibious transport docking ship New Orleans off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, two defense officials told Military Times.
U.S. Navy crews, along with the Japan Coast Guard and military, put…
A pair of deployed B-1B Lancer bombers conducted a flyover of the capital city of Latvia alongside NATO allies in a show of force on Tuesday.
The B-1s flew in formation above the Monument of Freedom in Riga — for Latvians, a symbol of national unity and independence —…
Newegg has RTX 5090 cards in stock at base price right now
August 22, 2025
It’s been seven months since Nvidia launched its flagship RTX 5090 card to a hungry audience of PC gamers… and people building AI data centers… and a bunch of scalpers trying to bilk them all. In that time, I’ve yet to see one actually available to purchase at the alleged base price of two thousand dollarydoos. Until now! As of just before 11 AM Eastern US time, Newegg has one for the base…
Best 4K monitors: HDR, gaming, budget, and best overall
August 22, 2025
4K resolution is now within reach of everyday PC users, promising a massive improvement to image quality, with four times the pixels of a 1080p display. A 4K monitor is useful not only in games and movies but also when editing documents or browsing web pages. The extra…
The most exciting thing about the ROG Xbox Ally handheld, at least for me, isn’t that it’s an Xbox. Nope, it’s the fact that it isn’t an Xbox, it’s a Windows 11 PC, albeit a teeny-tiny one. And with Microsoft onboard, it’s packing a refreshed, streamlined build…
Hollow Knight: Silksong - We Played It! | gamescom 2025
August 21, 2025
I finally played Hollow Knight: Silksong. No, I don’t mean to brag, but instead find myself having to type it out just to convince my eyes that it actually happened. Yes, it may have only been for around 20 minutes, but the long-awaited sequel shows little sign of disappointing.
During my demo at gamescom 2025, I was faced with a choice of two areas to play in: Moss Grotto or Deep Docks. Of…
The Witcher series really did well to capture that sense of exploring a brutal fantasy world as a protagonist who knew how to get their hands dirty. But in the upcoming dark fantasy RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, a new game from a team of former creatives behind The Witcher 3…
Resident Evil Requiem Hands-On Preview
August 21, 2025
Since 2017’s Resident Evil 7, a regular staple of Capcom’s horror series has been the inclusion of an enemy that stalks you. Jack Baker burst through a wall and into our hearts, the world fell in love with Mr. X, and Lady Dimitrescu provoked *cough* her own kind of…
VB AI Impact Series: Can you really govern multi-agent AI?
August 21, 2025
In a Nutshell
VentureBeat’s AI Impact Series discussed deploying multi-agent AI systems with SAP and Agilent. They focus on scaling AI agents safely, integrating AI across the organization, governance frameworks, agent integration challenges, data layers importance, orchestration layer management, and privacy and security concerns in enterprise agentic activations. Monitoring and improvement…
