PARIS — Wildfires raging west of the French city of Bordeaux are threatening a number of France’s key defense-industrial sites, including an ArianeGroup facility that produces propulsion components for the M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile, Dassault Aviation’s final assembly line for the Rafale fighter jet, and one of Roxel’s main manufacturing sites for solid rocket motors used in…
Back-to-school shopping for college students means more than just bundling them off with a backpack and a reminder to not mix white clothes with colors. Today, it’s all about tech.
My son heads off to college in roughly six weeks. But as a techie dad, I’ve already…
Perfect Backup review: Perfection? Close to it
July 29, 2026
Though Windows provides its own file backup facilities in Windows File History, the OS has continually made them less obvious and less intuitive to use. Why, is anyone’s guess. There are plenty of alternatives, but they can be hard to find and/or just as difficult to use.
You thought a Sophie’s Choice between ruinously expensive or embarrassingly underpowered laptops was as bad as the RAM crunch would get? Nope. It looks like we’re about to go backwards for graphics cards, too. A brand new AMD Radeon card has just been announced and… oof. Some variants appearing in pre-built PCs will start with just 4GB of GDDR6 memory.
AMD has officially announced the…
Pokémon card scalping has led to the introduction of a mandatory facial recognition system at some stores in Japan, for all adult customers and children at elementary school age or older.
The Pokémon Company announced the drastic measure in an update on its official…
Backers of physical media have called on gamers to boycott PlayStation for a week in August to send a message to Sony that its decision to kill discs from 2028 is unacceptable.
The Does it play? X / Twitter account, which is a fierce critic of Sony’s plan to do away with…
Baldur's Gate 3 True Third-Person Camera Mod Goes Viral, Sparks Debate About Whether It Erases the Game's Identity
July 28, 2026
Baldur’s Gate 3 might be three years old, but it’s still the subject of much debate — and many new mods. One mod in particular has gone viral, leading some fans to say developer Larian should keep it in mind for its future games. Others, though, believe using it to play Baldur’s Gate 3 essentially amounts to heresy.
The mod in question is Relysia’s True Third-Person Camera, which was…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says artificial intelligence will strengthen crypto’s role rather than replace it. He expects autonomous agents to rely on stablecoins and blockchain networks for payments, trading and financial services.
Key Takeaways
Coinbase’s Brian…
A growing number of digital-asset treasury companies are pivoting toward artificial intelligence after crypto losses crushed their share prices. The strategy has yet to revive investor confidence, while former bitcoin miners have found more success repurposing infrastructure…
The CLARITY Act Is at the One-Yard Line: Coinbase Says ‘It’s Time to Get It Over the Finish Line’
July 28, 2026
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong intensified pressure for a Senate vote, portraying the CLARITY Act as a bipartisan breakthrough that could strengthen consumer protections, law enforcement authority, and American leadership in digital assets.
Key Takeaways
Brian Armstrong urged lawmakers to hold a Senate vote on the CLARITY Act.
The Coinbase CEO argued the legislation would expand consumer…
