DefenseNews

European military-industrial output for Ukraine outpaces the US

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — European military industrial production in support of Ukraine has overtaken American output for the first time since Russia’s invasion, new numbers released Tuesday show. According to the tally by the German Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Europe allocated at least €35.1 billion ($41.1 billion) in military industrial output to Ukraine between the start of the…
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GamingNews

Into the Unwell Is Like a Chaotic 3D Cuphead in Roguelite Form

I think fans of combat-dense action-roguelites will have to splash around when they dive Into the Unwell. Its elasticky, sometimes grim slapstick humor brings a one-of-a-kind energy to a familiar-playing game, but looks aren’t the only thing that makes it stand out. Combat…
GamingNews

Stalker 2 Development Roadmap Includes Unreal Engine Upgrade, As Well as PS5 and PS5 Pro Release

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl‘s roadmap for the latter half of this year is now available, and it includes changes to both the base game and the Zone Kit Modifications Tool, as well as plans for its previously-confirmed release on PS5 and PS5 Pro. “Our main mission in the near future is upgrading the game to Unreal Engine 5.5.4,” GSC Game World explained. “This will…
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GamingNews

Drag x Drive Review

If you’re one of the Nintendo fans who worried the company lost its creative spark after playing it fairly safe with the Switch 2, let me introduce you to Drag x Drive: a wheelchair basketball-inspired sports game that’s controlled almost entirely with the Joy-Con 2’s…
ComputersNews

Microsoft connects Xbox Game Pass, Windows on Arm PCs for local gaming

Nobody really expects Windows on Arm PCs to keep up with their cousins running games locally on AMD or Intel CPUs — but until now, they had trouble simply being allowed to do so. Now, Microsoft is testing a way to enable local gaming via the Xbox app on Windows on Arm PCs. You’ve always been able to game on a PC running with Windows on Arm, with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor inside.
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AI & RoboticsNews

Ai2’s MolmoAct model ‘thinks in 3D’ to challenge Nvidia and Google in robotics AI

Physical AI, where robotics and foundation models come together, is fast becoming a growing space with companies like Nvidia, Google and Meta releasing research and experimenting in melding large language models (LLMs) with robots.  New research from the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) aims to challenge Nvidia and Google in physical AI with the release of MolmoAct 7B, a new open-source model that…
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