DefenseNews

US leaders send mixed messages to Indo-Pacific nations

October 3, 2026
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Army officials from 25 different Indo-Pacific nations recently met in New Zealand to hammer out cooperative defense strategies. Simultaneously, the top political leaders in the United States were sending conflicting messages about its partnerships in the region. The 50th Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar (IPAMS) was held in Auckland in late September, and it…
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GamingNews

Gears of War: E-Day Review

October 2, 2026
Editor’s Note: This review currently only covers Gears of War: E-Day’s story campaign, as that’s all reviewers were given access to ahead of release. It will be updated with a finalized score and multiplayer impressions once we spend some time with the Versus and Horde Siege modes. To the casual observer, Gears of War has always been a heavy-metal third-person cover shooter about a…
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CryptoNews

SEC Proposes Letting Advisers and Funds Self-Custody Crypto Assets

October 2, 2026
Investors could gain access to a wider range of crypto strategies under an SEC proposal. The plan would update longstanding safekeeping requirements for investment advisers and regulated funds under federal securities laws. Key Takeaways Self-custody would require an unavailable permitted custodian. State trust companies could hold customer crypto subject to safeguards. A 60-day comment period…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents.

October 2, 2026
The AI startup Photon is so sure that agents will eventually come to replace mobile apps that it held a funeral for the latter – yes, a real funeral in a church, with speeches and everything. Photon, which helps developers build agents that work over iMessage and WhatsApp, now has $4.5 million in seed funding to develop its products. The raise comes after the company signed up over 40,000…
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