PARIS — China built more than twice the naval tonnage of the United States in the 2024-25 period, narrowing the gap between the two countries’ navies, according to the World Defense Shipbuilding report published by Euronaval ahead of the 2026 edition of the naval defense show.
The combined tonnage of combat ships built by China in the two years through to December 2025 amounted to 636,208…
League of Legends Virtual K-Pop Group K/DA Reemerge After 6 Years of Silence With New Single and Music Video From the Makers of Arcane
October 20, 2026
After six years of silence, Riot Games’ League of Legends-themed virtual K-pop girl group, K/DA, has returned with Firestarter, a comeback single created by the animation studio behind Arcane.
The single leads K/DA’s new EP, set to come out on October 21, which…
It Took 4 Google AI Agents Over 27 Hours to Defeat the Ender Dragon in Minecraft Without Help From Humans
October 20, 2026
Google researchers have released a paper claiming that four Google Gemini 4 Argon AI agents just beat Minecraft without any help from humans. It took them just over 27 hours to take down the Ender Dragon in what is believed to be a world first.
Of course, it’s not as…
Modder Uses AI to Put Shadow of War's Nemesis System in Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2
October 20, 2026
A modder has used AI to put Middle-earth: Shadow of War’s Nemesis System inside Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2.
The enRage mod, created by nicklovin99, tracks how individual enemies feel about you. This works largely the same way as Shadow of War’s much-loved Nemesis System, creating rivalries on the fly and disrupting the ranks of rival gangs. And, like the Nemesis System, enRage…
Bristol Crown Court sentenced three men to prison for a botched cryptocurrency robbery attempt that left the victim with severe injuries.
Key Takeaways
Bristol Crown Court sentenced three men up to six years in prison for a May 15 crypto-related home invasion.
The case…
Blackrock is seeking to launch a bitcoin ETF designed to cushion market losses while limiting potential gains. The proposed fund would use options and fixed-income investments instead of holding bitcoin directly.
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Blackrock files for the Ishares Bitcoin Managed…
Super League shareholders just cleared the way for a gaming company to become a bitcoin treasury heavyweight, courtesy of 2,100 BTC from Japan’s Metaplanet. The deal brings together two unlikely corporate survivors, one born in esports, the other in hotels.
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Super League shareholders approved Metaplanet’s proposed 2,100 BTC and $2.5 million investment.
Metaplanet will receive…
Using NASA’s SPHEREx spacecraft, astronomers have studied a host of “failed stars,” also known as brown dwarfs.
These strange cosmic bodies straddle the line between planets and stars, possessing a mass between 13 and 80 times that of Jupiter (0.013 to 0.08…
Did a giant object collide with Earth to form the moon?
October 20, 2026
For as long as humans have watched the night sky, we have wondered about the moon, pondering everything from its alien appearance to its influence over phenomena on Earth such as ocean tides, climate stability, and even the natural rhythms of many organisms.
Among the many…
Launch live streaming of Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)/H3 Launch Vehicle flight No.10(English) – YouTube
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Japan will launch an epic mission to Mars today (Oct. 19), and you can watch the action live.
The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is scheduled to lift off atop an H3 rocket from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center today at 3:41 p.m. EDT (1941 GMT; 4:41 a.m. on…
