Cleantech & EV'sNews

North America just got its first new kind of lithium refinery

Mangrove Lithium has opened what it says is North America’s first commercial electrochemical lithium refinery, a 1,000-tonne-per-year plant in Delta, British Columbia, aimed at strengthening the continent’s EV battery supply chain. The new site – known as the Single Stack Plant (SSP) – is Mangrove’s first commercial lithium-refining facility and its new headquarters. The company marked…
Read more
DefenseNews

Australia refines its defense strategy and investment plan

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Australia issued updates for two pivotal planning documents this week – its National Defence Strategy 2026 and Integrated Investment Program 2026 – while simultaneously promising a boost in defense spending. Defence Minister Richard Marles…
DefenseNews

‘Actively shrinking’: Guard generals push Congress for 100 new fighters a year

The nation’s Air National Guard adjutants general are making their most unified push yet to recapitalize the U.S. Air Force’s fighter fleet, with 22 generals signing a letter to Congress this month calling for multiyear funding to buy between 72 and 100 new fighters annually. The letter, sent April 1 to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriations committees and their…
Read more
ComputersNews

Cougar’s new PC case has a trick I want everyone to steal

Sometimes it feels like the PC case segment moves at a snail’s pace. The most exciting development I’ve seen in years is rear-mounted connections. But Cougar’s new MX600 MAX RGB case caught my eye as a PC builder focused on utility and performance. The fans are big, and the ports are bigger. The standard ATX design bucks trends with two massive 200mm fans right on the front air intake panel.
Read more
GamingNews

Pragmata PC Settings Guide

Pragmata is Capcom’s second RE Engine-based game in just a few months, and while the gameplay feels like it was ripped straight out of the Xbox 360 era, the game looks much better. And, because it’s a relatively small game built on the engine Capcom built for Resident…
GamingNews

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Nintendo HQ Recreation

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream releases today on the Nintendo Switch, and as an example of the scope and depth of what players can make in the latest installment of Nintendo’s life sim, the devs recreated Nintendo’s Kyoto HQ in-game for their Mii avatars. Nintendo’s…
GamingNews

Ashes of Creation Director Responds

Ashes of Creation director Steven Sharif has hit out at alleged “coordinated attacks” against him and his studio, Intrepid Studios, insisting recent claims about the company’s finances were “completely false and already faltering under judicial review,” and calling the drama “one of the craziest stories gaming has ever seen.” Earlier this week, the public…
Read more