The Tezeus C8 is one of those e-bikes that hides several interesting, higher-end features/components behind an unassuming design, giving you more than you bargained for without attracting too much unwanted attention. And while it’s a pricier model than the usual budget suspects, the added features may be enough to warrant a deeper look.
Tezeus’ carbon bikes are popular in Europe, though are…
Solar and storage made up a huge 91% of all new power capacity added to the US grid in Q1 2026, according to a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.
The US added 7.8 gigawatts of new solar capacity in Q1 alone, pushing the…
The U.S. Army is launching into space — once again — by way of Col. Frank Rubio, who will be part of the 2027 Artemis III mission, NASA announced Tuesday.
The astronaut will be part of a four-man crew that will tackle a host of difficult tests within Earth’s orbit in…
Trump vows to seize Iran’s Kharg Island
June 12, 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to seize Kharg Island — the linchpin of Iran’s oil industry — as he escalated pressure on Tehran amid a fraying ceasefire.
In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote the United States would be hitting Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT,” adding that “at some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil…
ROME — British Defense Secretary John Healey resigned on Thursday, accusing U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer of skimping on defense spending at a time of “rising threats.”
Healey took aim at the U.K. government’s long-delayed Defence Investment Plan (DIP), designed…
For the first time in decades, I wasn’t excited to review a Surface device. Now that I’m finished, I’m still not.
The Surface Laptop 8th Edition (or Surface Laptop 8) for Business has two things going for it: an upgrade to Intel’s excellent Core Ultra 300 series…
Freshly installed and straight into browsing — that’s how most users start their browser. Consequently, Chrome, Edge, and Firefox remain set to their default settings, which prioritize convenience and data collection over privacy or efficiency.
Browsers regularly prompt you to allow notifications, store large amounts of data in the cloud, and sometimes remain active even after the window has…
Mullvad VPN review: The ultimate privacy-first VPN
June 12, 2026
Sweden-based Mullvad has long been the privacy purist’s VPN. It collects remarkably little information about its users and continues to prioritize anonymity over the convenience features favored by most competitors.
When I say that Mullvad takes your privacy seriously, I…
‘We Wanted To Match the Original and Go Beyond’ - Alien: Isolation 2’s Director on Improving a Survivor Horror Icon
June 11, 2026
If you read any account of the original Alien: Isolation’s development process, at some point there’s always mention of how Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece was playing on a constant loop in Creative Assembly’s offices. When I stepped into those same offices a couple…
Earlier in 2026, Sony shut down Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the fantastic Demon’s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus remakes. In an interview with IGN, Fumito Ueda, the original creator of Shadow of the Colossus, expressed his sadness at Bluepoint’s demise, saying he’d hoped to work with the developer at least once more.
Ueda had collaborated with Bluepoint a number of times, including…
