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Waymo expands robotaxi coverage more than 20% — larger than Rhode Island

Waymo announced a major expansion of its autonomous robotaxi service area, growing to over 1,400 square miles across 11 US cities. That’s an estimated 27% increase from its previous coverage and more territory than the entire state of Rhode Island. The expansion starts in Miami, with Austin, Atlanta, Houston, and the San Francisco Bay Area up next for broader coverage. Growing within existing…
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DefenseNews

Blacklists, corruption and frontline needs: Ukraine tackles an arms-export puzzle

KYIV, Ukraine — The U.S. State Department and Ukraine’s ambassador in Washington have outlined a memorandum that would route Ukrainian drone technology into joint ventures on American soil in an attempt to inject Kyiv’s combat experience into the military’s equipment supply chains. The draft agreement would open a legal channel for Kyiv to sell its weapons to the U.S. for the first time…
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DefenseNews

Japan fires first-ever missiles from Philippine soil

LAOAG, Philippines — A Japanese anti-ship missile smashed into and sunk a decommissioned Philippine naval vessel afloat in the South China Sea, headlining a culminating event of Exercise Balikatan 2026. This missile firing of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Type 88…
ComputersNews

Smart TV vs. streaming box: Which is better in 2026?

Buying a new TV and a new streaming device used to be separate decisions, as televisions didn’t always come with adequate smart TV software. These days, though, it’s virtually impossible to buy a television that isn’t a smart TV, with Roku, Fire TV, or other streaming…
ComputersNews

The Alienware 15 is a fine gaming laptop priced into irrelevance

How much should a gaming laptop cost? The answer is—depressing and unhelpful as always—”it depends.” If you insist on an Alienware logo on the top and you’re looking at the Dell shop today, then the answer starts at a hefty $1,299. That gets you a relatively recent CPU… and an RTX 4050 graphics card from 2023. The Alienware 15 is ostensibly what’s replacing the Dell G series of…
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GamingNews

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Developer Teases Game's Length and Development Time

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic won’t be another bloated single-player game that takes over half a decade to develop, game director Casey Hudson has insisted. Via an interview with Bloomberg, we learned a few new details about the highly anticipated Star Wars RPG, which aims to be a spiritual successor to BioWare’s much-loved Knights of the Old Republic. Hudson talked a bit about the…
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