President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month at the direction of the Secret Service, but that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One.
Following a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump was transferred from Air Force One to a military plane via a catering truck in an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination…
Star Wars Zero Company Is a Turn-Based Tactics Adventure That’s Not Just for XCOM Experts | IGN Preview
August 12, 2026
As a kid, one of my favourite moments in The Empire Strikes Back was when Han Solo and Chewbacca got the drop on an Imperial probe droid on Hoth by flanking it on either side and blasting it to bits, so you can imagine I was pretty stoked when Star Wars Zero Company allowed…
Beef between two high-profile video game industry CEOs has bubbled over into the public domain, via a trailer for new taxi simulation game Rideshare Stimulator.
Footage of the game includes several references to Borderlands boss Randy Pitchford, head of Gearbox Studios, and…
With Gears of War: E-Day in the middle of its open beta, players are getting stuck into its PvP, gnashing their way through hordes of enemies while darting about from cover to cover — just as they did in Gears of War back in the day.
And 20 year-old arguments first had on the Xbox 360 are flaring up again on the current generation of consoles, as some Gears fans bemoan sweaty movement all over…
Australia’s financial crime regulator has forced 96 Cryptolink crypto ATMs offline for three months after identifying renewed compliance failures. The suspension follows earlier enforcement over transaction reporting and anti-money laundering controls.
Key…
SEC, CFTC Target Goliath Ventures Over $400M Crypto Ponzi
August 12, 2026
Federal regulators have targeted Goliath Ventures over an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme involving more than $400 million. The CFTC cites 1,600 customers, while the SEC alleges at least $425 million was raised from over 1,300 investors.
Key Takeaways
About 1,600 customers…
What Is FINMA? Why Crypto Firms Keep Flocking to Switzerland
August 12, 2026
Switzerland has turned financial regulation into a competitive machine, pairing the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, better known as FINMA, with specialized regulatory pathways that have helped make the country one of the world’s premier destinations for finance, fintech, cryptocurrency, and blockchain businesses.
Key Takeaways
FINMA oversees a Swiss financial sector that generated…
On Aug. 11, 1960, part of the Discoverer 13 satellite became the first human-made object to be recovered from Earth’s orbit.
The United States Department of Defense launched the mission as part of the C.I.A.’s Corona spy satellite program. They wanted to see if…
SpaceX wants to put 1 million AI satellites in orbit. What would that do to Earth's climate?
August 12, 2026
Concentrations of dangerous pollutants from rocket launches and satellite reentries in Earth’s upper atmosphere might reach treacherous tipping points if constellations of hundreds of thousands of orbiting data centers get deployed in the next decade, experts…
A spectacular total solar eclipse will coincide with the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 12-13. But will you be able to spot shooting stars in the false twilight of totality?
Perseids appear as Earth plows through the stream of debris shed by comet Swift-Tuttle. Up to 100 shooting stars may be seen each hour around its peak under ideal dark skies, as particles from the ancient comet…
