Operation Epic Fury may have strengthened the case for directed energy weapons, but the U.S. Navy’s dream of putting “a laser on every ship” may take significantly longer than expected to realize.
In a posture statement delivered to the House Armed Services Committee on May 14, Chief of Naval Operations (and noted directed energy champion) Adm. Daryl Caudle delivered a forceful argument for…
The remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper was the workhorse in the U.S. air campaign against Iran, Air Force leaders told Congress on May 20, even as the service’s fiscal 2027 budget request still pours the bulk of aircraft dollars into crewed fighters.
Having repeatedly proven…
With the big AI providers cracking down on usage limits for their most powerful agentic features, it’s tempting to kiss our ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini subscriptions goodbye and go all-in with local AI–and it’s certainly doable, if you’re willing to pay for it.
AMD…
Subnautica 2 Early Access Hotfix 1 Released, 'Adjustments' to Controversial Terms of Service Promised
May 21, 2026
Subnautica 2 has its first early access hotfix, which makes a small number of changes to the game. But the big news is the promise of changes to its controversial Terms of Service amid a backlash to the End User License Agreement (EULA).
Fans have universally criticised Subnautica 2’s EULA, with many calling it a significant overreach. Players picked up on weird stipulations, such as publisher…
Sony Confirms State of Play June Date, Teases Fresh Look at Wolverine and More Games for PS5
May 21, 2026
Sony has confirmed a State of Play showcase for June 2 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm UK time / 11pm CEST.
In a post on PlayStation Blog, Sony said it will last for over 60 minutes, and include a new look at Insomniac’s Wolverine game, as well as news and announcements for…
A replica Big Daddy towers over Ken Levine’s living room – an artefact of the universe he walked away from. “I didn’t have a lot else to say in that world,” he tells IGN in a new interview. “A franchise is an interesting thing, because it can come to own you if…
A three-week campaign is giving XRP holders a new way to put idle tokens to work while retaining cold-wallet security. The initiative removes the need to purchase separate gas tokens during deposits and includes a $40,000 reward pool tied to XRP and FLR incentives.
Key Takeaways
The campaign targets idle XRP holdings by giving users a direct way to move stored tokens into a yield vault.
Users can…
Italian investigators traced €1 million in undeclared crypto gains through a Bitcoin Ordinals trading operation after analyzing activity tied to a seized Ledger wallet. Chainalysis detailed how blockchain records and exchange data helped reconstruct the alleged trading…
Kalshi has launched a demo environment for leveraged trading via a margin trading API that appears to be hidden from public navigation, as first reported by Ingame, but the demo only covers crypto perpetual futures and not the event contracts that built the platform. With…
Watch live! SpaceX launches Starship V3 megarocket for first time – YouTube
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SpaceX’s new “V3” Starship megarocket will fly for the first time ever on Thursday (May 21), and you can watch the highly anticipated action live.
Starship Version 3 — the biggest and most powerful iteration of the vehicle yet — is scheduled to debut Thursday with a suborbital test flight that…
