PARIS — Ukraine says drones now account for more than 80% of enemy targets destroyed as the country’s fight against Russia’s invasion approaches the five-year mark, with most of the drones manufactured locally.
Ukrainian forces recorded 819,737 video-confirmed drone hits in 2025, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday, at an event to award the most effective drone units. Almost a third of…
Italy gets first Lynx fighting vehicles, due to reshape the army
January 29, 2026
MONTELIBRETTI, Italy — The Italian army has taken delivery of four Lynx fighting vehicles from Rheinmetall, the first batch in a massive, planned order of 1,050 vehicles.
The four tracked vehicles were unveiled at the army’s Montelibretti test range outside Rome in front…
AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9850X3D is… okay
January 29, 2026
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PCWorld reviews AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9850X3D, a $499 processor that offers modest improvements over the 9800X3D with higher boost clocks.
Gaming performance gains are minimal at 1-2% for 1080p, though content creation tasks see…
The graphics card industry—like the broader PC space, mobile, and pretty much anything that relies upon memory chips—is having a bad time. It looks like cards with high amounts of video RAM and relatively low prices are getting hard to find, though Nvidia and its partners are offering reassurances. Zotac, a Singapore-based add-in board manufacturer, is less optimistic.
On the official Zotac…
Google Chrome wants to surf the web for you
January 29, 2026
Google says that it’s bringing a major change to Chrome users today: a mainstream agentic AI that will “autobrowse” the web for you, performing tasks that you assign it. Chrome’s also getting a sidebar — and yes, with Gemini AI.
Autobrowsing capabilities will…
UK Court Rules Stealing RuneScape Gold Is Criminal Theft in Case That Could Have Wider Repercussions for the Video Game Industry
January 28, 2026
A UK court has ruled that the unauthorized stealing of in-game currency can be legally classified as criminal theft. Former Jagex developer Andrew Lakeman was charged with allegedly stealing 705 billion Gold from almost 70 RuneScape players, with a real-world value of over…
Highguard Launches to Big Steam Concurrents, but It's Getting Absolutely Destroyed in User Reviews
January 28, 2026
Highguard launched last night as planned, and met with big Steam concurrents but also a flood of negative user reviews.
The free-to-play “PvP raid shooter” was the big new game reveal at the end of last month’s The Game Awards, but developer Wildlight then went dark until the game’s January 26 release date. Highguard hit a peak of 97,249 concurrent users on Steam — a significant number…
Walmart Looks to Have Leaked Two Nintendo Switch Online GameCube Classics — and Some Fans Think It's Now Over for a Metroid Prime 2 Remake
January 28, 2026
Walmart is advertising Nintendo Switch Online with a poster that includes several GameCube classics yet to be made available via the service.
An image visible now on Walmart.com shows a library of Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack titles including the brilliant Pikmin…
Bitcoin remains locked in a tight 60-day range as pressure builds beneath the surface, with four looming macro catalysts increasing the likelihood that the market soon breaks decisively in one direction.
Bitcoin 60-Day Range: Research Outlines 4 Macro Catalysts for a…
Ripple Treasury Launches as XRP and RLUSD Step Into Real Institutional Utility at Scale
January 28, 2026
Ripple is pushing deeper into corporate finance with the official launch of Ripple Treasury, embedding XRP and RLUSD into enterprise treasury systems to streamline global liquidity, payments, and institutional capital flows at scale.
Ripple Officially Launches Treasury Platform — A Direct Move Toward Institutional Capital at Scale
Enterprise treasury is entering a new growth phase as blockchain…
