DefenseNews

US military needs ‘urgent revolutionary institutional change’ to prepare for modern war, Petraeus says

October 25, 2026
Unmanned systems now inflict more than 90% of Russia’s casualties on the front lines in Ukraine, yet no NATO military, including America’s, has begun the overhaul that kind of war demands, Ret. Army Gen. David Petraeus said Oct. 16, weeks after the Pentagon announced a new command for autonomous warfare. The extent of the drone war is underestimated, with Ukraine and Russia each using roughly…
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GamingNews

Franchises Like Mass Effect Are a 'Prestige Project' for EA, and BioWare's Closure Was 'Entirely Predictable,' Analysts Say

October 24, 2026
Games industry analysts told IGN that BioWare was likely doomed well before EA’s $55 billion acquisition, explaining that games like Mass Effect are now considered “prestige projects” for the company, and it’s unlikely the sci-fi franchise, nor BioWare’s other IPs, are sold off. On October 21, EA announced a major shift in strategy and a significant internal restructuring that involves…
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CryptoNews

Hacker Prints $2.7M in Crypto as Initia Blockchain Grinds to a Halt

October 24, 2026
Modular blockchain platform Initia halted its network Friday after the team confirmed “a security incident” that compromised its operations. According to Initia co-founder Ezaan Mangalji, the attacker exploited the breach to mint an estimated $2.7 million worth of tokens. Key Takeaways Initia halted its L1 blockchain and connected rollups Friday after an exploit enabled a projected $2.7…
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CryptoNews

Colombian Police Dismantle $42M Crypto Drug Laundering Ring

October 24, 2026
The operation involved movements across four different locations to capture “Gallo,” the head of an organization accused of drug trafficking and crypto laundering in Puerto Rico, and Nassim Vasquez, indicted in New York for laundering over $42 million with…
NewsSpace

'Stupendously large black holes' aren't a major component of dark matter, study finds

October 24, 2026
Black holes more massive than entire galaxies are not a major component of the mysterious dark matter that’s thought to make up most of the matter in the cosmos, a new study finds. For decades, to explain why galaxies do not spin apart at the speeds at which they whirl, scientists have suggested the existence of an unseen substance known as dark matter, whose gravitational pull helps keep…
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