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Defense tech startups had their best funding year ever in 2025

January 21, 2026

PARIS — Defense-technology startups had their best funding year ever in 2025, with investors keen to finance autonomous systems and artificial intelligence for the battlefield, according to data from business-intelligence providers that track venture capital funding. The value of venture capital deals in defense technology jumped to a record $49.1 billion last year from $27.2 billion a year…

This fake ad blocker malware impersonated uBlock Origin’s developer

January 21, 2026

I block ads (despite the hypocrisy) and you probably do too if you’re tech-literate enough to read PCWorld on the regular. So maybe you’re familiar with the minor drama between Google Chrome and the incredibly popular uBlock Origin, which is also a solo developer’s…

Pokémon TCG: This Mega Charizard X Ultra-Premium Collection Just Scored a Major Price Drop at Amazon

January 20, 2026

Amazon is continuing its hot streak of tidy TCG deals, and this week has blessed us with a fairly outstanding $100 discount on the Pokémon TCG: Mega Charizard X ex Ultra Premium Collection that launched alongside Phantasmal Flames at the end of last year. You can pick it up…

'Custodes Are Not Space Marines' — Games Workshop Addresses 'The Telemon in the Room' and Explains Warhammer Lore Behind New Female Miniatures

January 20, 2026

Games Workshop has published a Warhammer lore explanation for the existence of female Custodes following a new miniature range announcement on Friday. During a preview livestream, the British company behind tabletop wargames Horus Heresy and Warhammer 40,000 revealed new models for the Adeptus Custodes, a faction made up of genetically-engineered, functionally immortal transhumans who work as the…

Ex-Assassin's Creed Boss Suing Ubisoft for CAD $1.3 Million, Alleges His 'Disguised Dismissal' Was to Avoid Severance Pay

January 20, 2026

Ex-Assassin’s Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté is suing Ubisoft for CAD $1.3 million ($937k) in lost severance pay and damages following his shock exit from the company last year. Radio Canada broke word of the lawsuit, which Coté has filed against his former employer due…

Peter Schiff Sees Bitcoin Setting up for Major Crash as Dollar Collapse Looms

January 20, 2026

Mounting global bond stress and soaring precious metals signal a weakening dollar and looming stagflation, while bitcoin faces a sharp reckoning as its digital gold narrative falters, economist Peter Schiff warned. Peter Schiff: A Dollar Collapse Is Unfolding — and Bitcoin…

2026 Won’t Be About Cycles — Research Shows What Will Actually Drive Crypto Prices

January 20, 2026

Crypto markets are shedding their four-year cycle as ETFs, concentrated liquidity and investor attention reshape price discovery, with Wintermute research pointing to 2026 as the moment digital assets begin trading like global financial instruments. The Four-Year Cycle Is Gone, and 2026 Is Where Crypto Starts Pricing Like a Global Asset, Research Shows Structural forces are emerging as the…

US Lawmakers Say Crypto Market Structure Bill Is ‘Closer Than Ever’ as Bipartisan Negotiations Continue

January 20, 2026

U.S. lawmakers and the White House crypto czar signaled growing unity behind crypto market structure legislation, with negotiations nearing consensus and bipartisan confidence rising that clearer rules for the digital asset industry are within reach. Lawmakers, White House…

This is the sharpest view ever seen of a black hole's dusty disk

January 20, 2026

The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered its clearest view yet of a supermassive black hole’s immediate surroundings, NASA announced Tuesday (Jan. 13). The snapshots show that the intense infrared glow in active galaxies comes not from powerful outflows, as long…

Sun unleashes powerful X-flare, CME hits Earth sparking severe geomagnetic storm

January 20, 2026

Full-halo CME from the X1.9 flare. The three bright specks of light (left to right) are Venus, Mercury and Mars. (Image credit: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center) The sun sure has woken up this week, unleashing a powerful X-class solar flare on Jan. 18 that hurled a colossal, fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME) directly toward Earth. That CME has now arrived, triggering severe (G4)…