DefenseNews

Ukraine is launching strike-drones from everything – including Black Sea robo-boats

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine has turned its signature naval drone – the little boat that drove Russia’s fleet out of the western Black Sea – into a launch platform for first-person-view attack drones, putting Kyiv’s strike reach beyond the coast. The Sea Baby, a strike boat built and operated by Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, can now carry six to eight FPV drones in side compartments…
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ComputersNews

I love the PC, but I’m no longer a fan of Windows

Anyone installing Windows 11 from scratch today will quickly realize that the operating system no longer wants to be just an operating system. Even during setup, you have to click your way through numerous prompts. Microsoft account, OneDrive, Microsoft 365, location…
ComputersNews

I tested the Ryzen AI 400 for battery life. AMD, we have a problem

AMD’s Ryzen mobile processors appear in about a third of all productivity laptops sold today. So, how does the Ryzen AI 400, AMD’s latest mobile processor, actually hold up in real-world battery tests? Well, the results aren’t encouraging. If you’ve followed my earlier tests, you know that our traditional metric—looping a recorded video over and over until it runs out of battery—is a…
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GamingNews

The Co-Lead Designer of Baldur's Gate 2 Turned Baldur's Gate 4 Down and I Don't Blame Him — Baldur's Gate 3 Is Pretty Much Impossible to Follow

After Baldur’s Gate 3’s enormous success, Baldur’s Gate 4 feels like an inevitability. That’s how the entertainment industry normally works: if a product everyone loves makes hundreds of millions of dollars, it’s guaranteed a sequel. But I’m not sure that established thinking works when it comes to Baldur’s Gate 4. First off, Larian itself moved on from Dungeons & Dragons to make…
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GamingNews

Splatoon Raiders Preview: Turns Out It’s Kind of a Roguelite

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a multiplayer game in possession of a passionate fanbase must be in want of a single-player game. So it is, and so it was, and so, I think, it ever will be. Enter Splatoon Raiders, a single-player (well, mostly…we’ll get there)…
CryptoNews

Strategy’s Bitcoin Sale Authorization Reduces Risk of Forced BTC Selling, Analysts Say

Strategy’s authorization to sell up to $1.25 billion in bitcoin to support its dollar reserve reduces the risk of forced BTC selling and signals a shift toward more active treasury management, analysts say. Key Takeaways Strategy is authorized to sell up to $1.25 billion in bitcoin for its dollar reserve. Analysts said the move reduces liquidity concerns tied to about $1.76 billion in annual…
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