Iran has made a concerted diplomatic push with Gulf states, warning them explicitly that Tehran will hit their oil, power and water plants unless they persuade Donald Trump to end U.S. strikes on Iran and instead seek a negotiated end to the war.
The warning envisaged attacks on the energy facilities, oil fields, refineries, electricity grids, water infrastructure, transport networks and other…
Is Nintendo Losing Its Soul?
August 6, 2026
This is an IGN opinion piece from Charlie Lopresto, who has been writing online about Nintendo since building his first Pokemon fansite in 1999. He rates the DS Lite as his favorite Nintendo system and will not rest until the Koopalings are once more recognized as…
It’s 2026, and the soulslike subgenre continues to grow, with new contenders all aiming high to be the next great hit. It’s an appealing genre, to be sure, but to truly make an impact, you need not only a great hook, but also stellar combat fundamentals that run…
Nintendo Switch 2 hit Pokémon Pokopia has received its big Version 2.0.0 update, adding a bunch of free content, support for its Bubbly Basin expansion, and much more.
Today’s patch is now live on Switch 2 for all Pokémon Pokopia owners, whether you have the game’s Expansion Pass or not. As previously announced, all players will get the ability to survive and build underwater for…
Circle reported stronger second-quarter earnings as USDC circulation and transaction activity expanded. The stablecoin issuer also set a September launch date for Arc, its institutional blockchain network.
Key Takeaways
Circle posted $48M in Q2 profit as USDC transaction…
Bitcoin traders have quietly stacked more than $41 billion into futures contracts, while the options market is flashing price targets thousands of dollars above where bitcoin actually trades. At $64,711 on Aug. 5, spot bitcoin looks almost cheap compared with the bets piling…
Abu Dhabi has built one of the world’s clearest paths for crypto and blockchain companies to set up shop, and sovereign money is following close behind.
Key Takeaways
Citadel Mining holds about 6,996 BTC built through Abu Dhabi mining operations since 2022.
Mubadala raised its Blackrock IBIT stake 16% to 14.7 million shares in Q1 2026.
The FSRA’s stablecoin framework and farm-mining rules…
Astronomers witness the strange final moments of a massive star's supernova death (video)
August 6, 2026
Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual explosion that may bridge the gap between ordinary supernovas and more extreme, gamma-ray-burst-producing stellar explosions
The event began in March 2026, when…
On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
The robotic spacecraft lifted off on an Atlas V rocket from what is now Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and spent the next five years…
Planting boots on Mars is hard enough. But getting “breathing room” on the Red Planet without inhaling toxic dust is yet another issue.
Given NASA’s plans to eventually put astronauts on the Red Planet, the agency assembled a Martian Dust Limit Working Group earlier this year to review what’s known and unknown about the toxicological hazard to human crews from exposure to…
