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Xpeng is actually building this electric flying car — I visited the factory

Xpeng’s flying car division Aridge invited media to tour its massive new factory in Guangzhou, and it’s clear the Chinese automaker is pouring serious resources into making manned electric aircraft a commercial reality. I saw about 20 aircraft at various stages of production inside the plant — from bare carbon fiber bodies to completed units in quality checks — as Aridge validates its…
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DefenseNews

US Marine Corps, Navy join forces to combat insufficient amphibious fleet size

The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy are collaborating to boost the nation’s current inadequate amphibious fleet size, according to the top-ranked U.S. Marine Corps officer. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said at the 2026 Sea-Air-Space Conference during a Tuesday keynote that the two services are working together with a “unified sense of purpose” to increase the size and availability of…
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ComputersNews

Seagate Firecuda X Vault review: The cheap answer to rising SSD prices

If you’ve been shopping SSD prices recently, you may be suffering a severe case of sticker shock. 1TB external SSDs are around $200 — more than twice what they cost just six months ago. And forget 8TB SSDs — $1,300 and climbing. What if I told you you could get 8TB of storage for only $270? Alas, it’s not going to be nearly as fast as it is vast, but Seagate’s X Vault external 3.5-inch…
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ComputersNews

The antivirus feature I skip on every SSD-powered PC

Antivirus software is so much more than it used to be. In addition to blocking viruses, malware, and nasty tricks like phishing, today’s security suites also include tools that don’t just protect your local files, but can tune up your PC, too. But there’s one of these…
GamingNews

Marathon Changes Announced

Marathon has doubled the amount of Depleted Patch Kits (meds) and Depleted Shield Charges (armor) consumables players can carry in a single inventory slot as Bungie fights to make its extraction shooter less punishing for newbies. Update 1.0.6.1, which is now live, addresses…
GamingNews

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book Preview: It’s More for Kids Than for You and That’s OK

Let’s get this out of the way: If it wasn’t already painfully obvious from the trailers thus far, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is not the next ultra-ambitious first-party Nintendo game meant to capture any and all demographics, from grade-schoolers to grandmas in the way, say, Donkey Kong Bananza is. It is the most E-rated of Nintendo’s most recent slate of E-rated games. Putting it…
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