WARSAW, Poland — Swedish company Swebal is building the first trinitrotoluene (TNT) factory to be opened in Sweden since the end of the Cold War, aiming to expand the European-made supply of a key explosive input used to make ammunition.
Meanwhile, the continent’s only major TNT plant in Poland is investing to boost its production capacity.
With Russia’s manufacturing capabilities dwarfing…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Australian army has test-fired its first-ever locally assembled Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, a key step toward eventually producing long-range strike weapons locally rather than importing them.
The milestone occurred at…
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Microsoft officially ended telephone activation for Windows on December 3, 2025, requiring users to activate through an online portal instead.
PCWorld notes discrepancies between Microsoft’s actions and some support…
RAM and storage are expensive now. You know that. They’ve been going crazy for months, and though some data points indicate that the prices may have peaked, others show just the opposite. But the woes are spreading beyond computers, game consoles, phones, and any other finished product with chips inside. Now even basic USB flash drives and storage cards are shooting up.
About five months ago…
Google literally built its business around search. Gmail became popular because you could quickly find and resurface old emails. But I’ve tried Google’s new Google app for Windows… and I’m not convinced.
Google’s new freely downloadable Google app for desktop…
Rumours Suggest GTA 6 Could Lean Heavily Into User-Generated Content, But That’s Not What I Want from GTA Online
April 14, 2026
If recent rumours are to be believed, GTA 6 will lean hard into user-generated content. In a conversation with PC Gamer, HipHopGamer said that “we’re living in a time where UGC is a major thing”, and that the latest Grand Theft Auto could reportedly…
The closure of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us multiplayer game sent shockwaves throughout the video game industry, and surprised even the developers who were making it. But for one former Xbox veteran, it was the right call — despite how painful it was.
Naughty Dog stopped development on The Last of Us Online in December 2023, saying it would have needed to put all its resources into post-launch…
Marathon Players Are Coming Up With Ideas for How to Get More People Into Its Ultra Hardcore Raid
April 14, 2026
Marathon fans are debating the best way to get more people into the brutally difficult and complex endgame raid, Cryo Archive, suggesting ways to help more casual players learn the high-stakes map.
Across the board, if you fail to exfil at the end of a Marathon game, you…
Bitcoin Price Climbs Toward $75,000 as US-Iran Strait of Hormuz Tensions Trigger Short Squeeze
April 14, 2026
Bitcoin pushed toward the $75,000 level on Monday, April 13, 2026, as traders covered short positions following President Trump’s order to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, sending the price from a morning low of $70,741 to intraday highs above $74,900.
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South Korea is pushing crypto exchanges to adopt circuit breakers and stronger safeguards after internal control failures exposed vulnerabilities that can trigger sharp market disruptions. The Bank of Korea (BOK) warned current systems fall short of traditional financial standards.
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BOK urged crypto exchanges to adopt circuit breakers to curb extreme volatility.
Central bank said…
