PARIS — Western navies are betting on modularity to keep their fleets relevant in the face of fast-changing technology, according to naval commanders gathered in Paris last week, with an ability to switch out equipment that the Dutch navy chief likened to clipping Lego bricks onto vessels.
New naval designs increasingly incorporate containerized payloads, and the commanders of the United States…
There wasn’t much in the way of GPU announcements at (or around) CES earlier this year, with the integrated graphics in Panther Lake laptops the only real shocker. But MSI resurrected its top-shelf Lightning brand for the RTX 5090, announcing a bombastic card with water…
5 crucial Windows 11 settings I always change ASAP
February 10, 2026
While Windows 11 provides a good enough out of the box experience—atrocious new taskbar aside—it handles so much better after tweaking just a handful of settings to make it feel more like the Windows of yesteryear.
No, I’m not talking about making Windows 11 look like…
Isabela Merced to Star in The House of the Dead Movie
February 9, 2026
Video game adaptations are all the rage these days — so why not add another cool one to the list? The Last of Us and Alien: Romulus star Isabela Merced is set to star in an upcoming film adaptation of the hit Sega franchise The House of the Dead.
The adaptation was previously announced with Paul W.S. Anderson at the helm, which is definitely a good sign for any video game adaptation. Anderson…
'Some Kind of Fancy Lawyer Lingo?' — Marvel's Wolverine Developer Just Dropped a Big Tease for Another Hero, Fans Believe
February 9, 2026
Insomniac Games, the developer behind PlayStation’s beloved Spider-Man games and the upcoming Wolverine, just dropped a teasing hint at another Marvel hero who fans now think is likely to appear.
In a post on Twitter/X, Insomniac Games shared an image of Wolverine…
Mewgenics Is a Wild, Deep Roguelike You Can’t Put Down
February 9, 2026
There aren’t a ton of games that I’ve happily put more than 100 hours into as quickly as I have with Mewgenics. This feline-flavored, turn-based, roguelike tactical RPG takes place on a 10×10 grid, with mostly traditional classes like Fighter, Mage, Hunter…
Institutional demand for onchain yield is accelerating as Evernorth moves to tap native XRP credit markets, signaling a potential evolution in how large holders deploy liquidity, earn yield, and reshape XRP Ledger finance.
XRP Native Credit Markets Gain Momentum With Evernorth Driving Institutional Adoption
A shift toward institutional onchain yield is taking shape as digital asset firms explore…
Quantum Computing Isn’t a Crisis as Bitcoin Holds Long-Term Security, Coinshares Says
February 9, 2026
Bitcoin’s core security remains intact despite quantum computing advances, with risks limited to legacy coins, timelines stretching decades, and clear paths for non-disruptive upgrades that preserve market stability and decentralization.
Coinshares Finds Quantum Computing…
The crypto market has been locked in a deep, prolonged winter since early 2025, but signs suggest the downturn may be closer to its end as institutional flows mask pain, retail capitulates and sentiment reaches classic late-stage extremes.
Bitwise Predicts Crypto Winter…
The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a pricey but pretty e-ink color tablet with AI features
February 9, 2026
If you primarily want a tablet device to mark up, highlight, and annotate your e-books and documents, and perhaps sometimes scribble some notes, Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft could be worth the hefty investment. For everyone else, it’s probably going to be hard to justify the cost of the 11-inch, $630+ e-ink tablet with a writeable color display.
However, if you were already…
