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BYD's cheapest EV spotted with an upgraded interior and a single large display screen

August 19, 2026
BYD’s low-cost Seagull EV, sold as the Dolphin Surf in Europe and Dolphin Mini in other overseas markets, is due for an upgrade. Here’s a sneak peek. BYD prepares to launch the new Seagull EV The current 2026 Seagull starts at just 69,900 yuan in China, or about $10,000, making it BYD’s most affordable pure electric vehicle. It’s also among BYD’s most popular models. According to data…
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DefenseNews

DARPA came close to finding a drone that can lift four times its own weight

August 19, 2026
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) concluded its Lift Challenge last week, and although none of the participants achieved the desired goal of building a drone capable of lifting four times its weight, they came close. The agency announced that the company AVIDrone pushed the limits with its electric helicopter design that lifted an unprecedented payload-to-weight ratio of 3.84…
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DefenseNews

How US military funding propelled China’s robot dogs

August 19, 2026
China’s Unitree Robotics — among the world’s biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots — based designs for its most successful robot dogs on innovations funded by the U.S. military, according to a former U.S. defense technology official and three top…
GamingNews

Mortal Shell 2 Review

August 18, 2026
As a fan of Mortal Shell’s scaled-down approach to the soulslike back in 2020, I was very skeptical of Mortal Shell 2’s enthusiasm for making everything about it way larger, because bigger is not always better. If you felt the same, then allow me to assuage those fears from the top here: besides being bigger, Mortal Shell 2 is also better in almost every way. It still has its rough edges…
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CryptoNews

Binance Shared Customer Data With Russia After Leaving Market

August 18, 2026
Binance provided Russian law enforcement with customer identification documents and transaction records connected to donations supporting Ukrainian military causes. The disclosures helped authorities build a terrorism case against a Russian information technology…
CryptoNews

Trump Takes ‘Major Step’ Toward Shutting Down Crypto Scammers

August 18, 2026
The FBI received reports of $20.877 billion in internet-crime losses during 2025, while complaints involving cryptocurrency accounted for $11.37 billion. Trump’s memorandum directs the creation of a federally supervised program that would let vetted U.S. companies disrupt foreign criminal networks. Key Takeaways Vetted U.S. companies could execute federally supervised cyber…
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