DefenseNews

Australia whips together a hybrid air defense weapon

July 24, 2026
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Australia successfully tested a “Frankenstein” medium-range air defense system last month, harnessing existing and new capabilities in a way nobody has tried before. After dawdling over the need to improve its ground-based air defense (GBAD) capabilities, Australia — with American assistance — is prioritizing a hybrid solution that takes sensors, software and…
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ComputersNews

3 Windows settings that can make or break your PC

July 24, 2026
Windows 11 is chock full of options, many just cosmetic. But there are some settings which can significantly affect your PC’s productivity performance, so much that I specifically pay attention to them each time I boot up a brand new PC. If not properly managed, some…
ComputersNews

MSI’s RGB monitor arms are brilliant. They’re just not shiny enough

July 24, 2026
I don’t like RGB gamer lights. I find them gaudy and unnecessary, and I’ve made this point many times over my writing career. I prefer to build desktop PCs that look like tiny, classy refrigerators, not stealth fighters covered in Christmas lights. But for once, I’m actually okay with a new RGB accessory: MSI’s RGB-bedecked VESA monitor mounts. In fact, I don’t think they go far enough…
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GamingNews

Starfield Modder is Trying to Make The Game's Spaceship Take-Offs as Seamless as Possible, But Admits Landings 'Probably Won't Ever Happen'

July 23, 2026
A talented Starfield modder is working to improve one of the game’s most disappointing features — its disjointed spaceship take-off and flight sequence. While Starfield has its fans, the long-awaited Bethesda space RPG has long suffered from feeling like a game divided up by loading screens. This is particularly true when taking off from a planet and heading out of the atmosphere — and the…
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CryptoNews

Coinbase Reveals How One Configuration Error Triggered a 50-Minute Outage

July 23, 2026
Coinbase says a routine infrastructure update disabled a critical network gateway, disrupting transfers, debit card purchases, and onchain services for about 50 minutes. Its new postmortem explains the error and why the company’s normal recovery tools also failed. Key Takeaways Coinbase traced the 50-minute outage to an undetected Kubernetes resource name collision during a routine…
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