PARIS — The French Navy is toughening crew drills to better prepare sailors for the stress of coming under fire, following deployments to the Red Sea where Houthi rebels targeted Western warships and commercial traffic with drones and ballistic missiles.
The navy is experimenting with its simulator drills to put crews in “increasingly stressful situations,” said Capt. Jérôme Henry, the…
First US warship visit to Chinese-built port in Cambodia cements new drift for Phnom Penh
February 9, 2026
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — After a U.S. warship visited the Chinese-built Ream Naval Base on the south coast of Cambodia last week, analysts warn the government here should brace for a response from Beijing.
The port call by the USS Cincinnati came amid a warming of relations…
Don’t let RAM clearance wreck your PC build
February 9, 2026
Anyone planning to install a large-volume CPU cooler with a fan alongside RAM modules with heat spreaders or RGB lighting will quickly encounter a problem: lack of space. The technical term for this is “RAM clearance,” and it can make the difference between a smooth PC…
I remember the first time I bought a Razer mouse. Inside the box was a letter printed on fancy vellum paper. It opened with, “Welcome to the cult of Razer.” It appears that this isn’t just a cheeky marketing slogan, Razer means it genuinely. Because only brainwashed cult members would pay $1337 for a mouse.
Razer announced its 20th Anniversary Boomslang mouse a couple of months ago. The…
Sony Announces Horizon Hunters Gathering, Guerrilla's New Co-Op Action Game for PS5 and PC With a Completely Different Art Style
February 6, 2026
Sony has finally announced Guerrilla’s Horizon live service multiplayer game, Horizon Hunters Gathering. It’s due out for PlayStation 5 and PC.
A “small-scale” closed playtest is due at the end of February, which you can sign up for via the PlayStation Beta Program.
With Perfect Timing, the Fan-Made Van Buren Remake in Fallout: New Vegas Has a Teaser Trailer
February 6, 2026
With perfect timing, the modders behind the Van Buren remake in Fallout: New Vegas have released a new teaser trailer.
UnitedWestTeam released the teaser, which sets up Fallout: The New West, the fan-made total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas inspired by Fallout: Van…
Planet of Lana 2 Is Like a Star Wars Story Made by Studio Ghibli
February 6, 2026
I may have only played the opening couple of hours of Planet of Lana 2, but I lost count of the number of ways it reminded me of Star Wars. From just a single glance at one of its many gorgeous landscapes, you can see in the geography and architecture what look like Studio Ghibli interpretations of Ralph McQuarrie’s original sketches for Lucasfilm’s immortal sci-fi series. Peek within that…
Bitcoin and the broader crypto market now appear more violent than the 1929 U.S. stock crash, as extreme boom-and-bust cycles compress historic levels of risk into years, warns Bloomberg Intelligence strategist Mike McGlone.
Strategist Says Bitcoin and Cryptos 2026 Make 1929…
Bitcoin’s Intraday Price Low Skids to $60K, Volatility Spikes, and Traders Brace for What Comes Next
February 6, 2026
The price of bitcoin sliced through the $61,000 mark on Thursday, sliding to an intraday low of $60,000 per coin on Binance as the day’s selling pressure refused to let up. The steep pullback has rattled investors across the board, with chatter everywhere centering on…
Ripple Prime expands institutional reach into onchain derivatives by integrating Hyperliquid, allowing firms to access decentralized liquidity while managing multi-asset exposures under a single, capital-efficient prime brokerage framework.
Institutions Just Got New DeFi On-Ramp as Ripple Backs Hyperliquid Liquidity
The expansion of institutional crypto infrastructure continues as platforms…
