DefenseNews

The Army shut down a specialized drone unit. Legislators want to know why.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing the Army to explain why it is shuttering a specialized drone battalion less than a year after establishing it, a move that comes as conflicts across the world have become increasingly defined by unmanned aerial systems and electronic warfare. The 600-member “Unmanned Assault Battalion,” created as part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, was charged with…
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GamingNews

Exodus Romance Options Are Not Gender-Locked for Both Male and Female Leads

As you’d expect from a space opera RPG that shares many similarties with Mass Effect, the upcoming Exodus from developer Archetype Entertainment has character relationships that you can build through dialogue choices, interactions, and decisions they make. This includes romance options; while you can choose to play as a male or female version of the lead character Jun Aslan, all character…
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CryptoNews

Washington State Seeks $1.03M Fine, Ban for Crypto Kiosk Firm

Washington regulators are seeking to revoke Coinflip’s license and impose a $1.03 million fine over alleged crypto kiosk compliance failures. The charges also demand consumer refunds and industry bans for the company and its CEO. Key Takeaways Washington seeks to revoke…
CryptoNews

US and UK Form First-of-Its-Kind Alliance Against Crypto Scams

The United States and United Kingdom formed a first-of-its-kind enforcement alliance targeting overseas cryptocurrency scam centers blamed for nearly $10 billion in annual American losses. The agreement establishes parallel investigations, information sharing, jurisdictional coordination, and case prioritization. Key Takeaways U.S. and U.K. agencies will investigate common targets in…
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NewsSpace

Scientists watch a comet being born 3 billion miles away

Astronomers have witnessed a small, icy body that orbits the sun out beyond Jupiter transforming into a comet, providing a missing link between comets and inert bodies called centaurs. The object in question is called 450P/LONEOS and is named after the Lowell Observatory survey that found it back in 2004. It is a centaur, which is a breed of inactive body that orbits the sun between Jupiter and…
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