The Pentagon signed two framework agreements Friday with Boeing and RTX to expand production of critical components for the Standard Missile-3, the Navy’s primary ship-launched interceptor against ballistic missiles.
The deals cover avionics and ejector assemblies Boeing supplies to prime contractor Raytheon, an RTX business, for both the SM-3 Block IB and the newer Block IIA. Both variants…
Patriot makers hedge on Ukraine production deal as officials question cause of hold-up
August 17, 2026
KYIV, Ukraine — Though U.S. President Donald Trump promised Kyiv a license to build Patriot missile interceptors last month, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have begun putting the brakes on a joint-production deal as executives weigh what is “feasible” and the licensing…
USB connector types: The tier list
August 17, 2026
Adam and Alex let loose some magma-hot takes on the little metal bits that connect and power all our gadgets.
Credit: Foundry
I have a visceral hatred of MicroUSB. Back when I was writing about Android phones, there was a needlessly long transition from…
Why the X-Men Don't Exist in Marvel's Wolverine
August 14, 2026
While there are many mutants famous for being members of the X-Men in Marvel’s Wolverine, in the video game’s story the X-Men do not exist. Rather, Logan is a former member of Team X, the mutant black ops unit that includes the likes of Sabretooth and Mystique. Yes, Jean Grey is in the game, but she is not part of any group called the X-Men because it hasn’t been formed yet. Put simply…
Everything New We Learned About Marvel's Wolverine From Our Big Interview With Insomniac
August 14, 2026
We recently got the chance to sit down with developers from Insomniac to talk about PlayStation 5 exclusive Marvel’s Wolverine, and learned a whole lot about the studio’s approach to making the game, what fans can expect, and what is — and isn’t — included. Our…
Marvel's Wolverine: The Final Preview
August 14, 2026
Key Preview Takeaways:
Combat is as violent as you’d want from Wolverine, with a cleverly implemented Rage Meter, but it doesn’t have the same ability to personalize your attacks as Spider-Man.
The story is intriguing, offering up a pre-X-Men Logan working…
Michael Saylor Maps Bitcoin Into 4-Part Digital Money Stack
August 14, 2026
Michael Saylor’s framework assigns separate roles to bitcoin, Strategy’s STRC preferred stock, Solstice Finance’s yield-bearing SR-strcUSX token, and USDT. The model shows how financial companies could convert volatile bitcoin capital into credit, savings products, and payment assets.
Key Takeaways
Saylor assigns separate purposes to bitcoin, credit, and payments.
STRC supplies the existing…
XRP closed near $1 on Aug. 13, about 69% below its January 2025 peak. Daily active addresses rose roughly one-third in August, while new-address creation remained virtually unchanged from July.
Key Takeaways
XRP recorded its lowest daily close since November 2024.
Active…
Bank of Montreal’s $303.65 billion consolidated securities filing reports $2,970 of XRP fund shares, split between two exchange-traded products. The disclosure traces both positions to a controlled investment adviser without identifying their beneficial owner.
Key…
The Perseid meteor shower peaked last night in spectacular fashion, dazzling stargazers as countless shooting stars blazed overhead mere hours after a total solar eclipse saw the lunar disk hide the sun over Greenland, Iceland and Spain.
Perseid shooting stars appear as Earth enters the debris trail cast off by the icy comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Each year, countless shards of this ancient comet…
