An Xbox controller may be a key part of an unlikely answer to the U.S. military’s struggle with counter-drone defense. As cheap drones proliferate, shooting them down can mean firing multimillion-dollar missiles to destroy aircraft worth just a fraction of that price.
The gaming accessory is part of KBR’s Firefly, a mobile high-energy laser weapon system developed by Kord Technologies.
Nearly 250 years after 30-year-old Tadeusz Kościuszko established himself as one of the Continental Army’s most brilliant — and much-needed — combat engineers, West Point and three members of Poland’s Foundation for the Virtualization of National Cultural Heritage…
WASHINGTON — The Association of the United States Army showcased its annual conference from Oct. 12-14 in Washington, assembling defense industry officials, lawmakers and military personnel from around the globe to assess the future force and evolving threats.
Dominating…
The Live-Action Cyberpunk 2077 Movie Won't Retrace the Game's Steps, CD Projekt Confirms
October 17, 2026
CD Projekt Red has finally spoken up about the live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie. The company said it doesn’t want to do a 1:1 adaptation of the game, instead telling a new story within the same universe.
“At this point, we can only say that we definitely don’t want to make a film adaptation of the game,” co-CEO Michał Nowakowski told Polish outlet PAP Biznes, via GamesRadar.
MTG's New Foundations Commander Decks Return to Online Retailers After Stock Shortages
October 17, 2026
Magic: The Gathering’s new Foundations Commander decks are back in stock at major online retailers, including Amazon, after shortages since their arrival alongside Reality Fracture.
The five decks arrived on October 2, 2026, giving players an accessible way to get…
Rockstar Mods Real Life Vehicles to Look Like GTA 6 Cars Before Driving Them Through Miami
October 17, 2026
Rockstar’s wild marketing push for GTA 6 is well underway, with the latest seeing modded cars cruising around Miami. The GTA 6 developer pimped out some real-world vehicles to look like their in-game counterparts and showed them off around The Magic City.
The cars rocked…
Claude AI Cracks the NSA’s 25-Year Cryptography Seed Mystery
October 17, 2026
For 25 years, cryptographers suspected the NSA’s mysterious encryption seeds might conceal a backdoor. Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) cracked the puzzle in under 30 minutes, uncovering a surprisingly ordinary explanation.
Key Takeaways
Anthropic says Claude solved a 25-year NSA encryption mystery in under 30 minutes.
NIST’s five prime-field curve seeds trace to a Unix-era…
Solana generated $193.1 million in application revenue over the past 30 days, nearly twice Hyperliquid’s total, according to Castle Labs research. More importantly, the network’s growth is spreading beyond meme coins, with real-world assets surging from $700 million to…
A new coalition of nine blockchain organizations is tackling a problem that could eventually put roughly 6.4 million bitcoin at risk, including an estimated 1.1 million BTC associated with Satoshi Nakamoto. Launched this week, the Quantum Alliance wants to establish common…
'We are getting a lot of pressure from the administrator himself': How NASA is racing to obey Trump's 'Super Intelligence' order
October 17, 2026
NASA has begun replacing references to artificial intelligence with “super intelligence” following an executive order from President Donald Trump, which directs government agencies not to acknowledge the terminology change in their external communications.
An internal NASA document obtained by Space.com lays out plans to update the agency’s websites, publications, organizational…
