As was feared after rumors of massive layoffs at Xbox started circulating shortly after this year’s Xbox Showcase, the axe has finally fallen at Team Green. While it is the latest in a series of devastating impact waves that have been hitting Xbox ever since its record $69 billion acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King became official, it is at least a relief to know that the four studios whose…
The creative team behind LA Noire considered Mad Men star Jon Hamm for the role of Cole Phelps.
I recently interviewed Daniel McMahon, a writer who worked on the Rockstar-published LA Noire, for a YouTube video about the 2011 detective game and its cancelled successor, Whore…
U.S. President Donald Trump declared a June ceasefire with Iran “over” this week after U.S. Central Command carried out fresh strikes on Iranian military targets, reigniting a conflict that had appeared to cool weeks earlier.
Key Takeaways
CENTCOM has struck over 170…
Fidelity, BNY, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Citi Lead Strategy’s Bitcoin Banking Adoption
July 14, 2026
Fidelity, BNY, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup topped the newly launched Strategy Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index, which assessed 25 major global institutions across trading, custody, digital-asset products, financing, and corporate participation.
Key Takeaways
Fidelity led with 71%, followed by BNY at 46% and Goldman Sachs at 45% in Strategy’s new Bitcoin Banking Adoption…
Bolivia Evaluates Integrating USDT Into Its National Financial System Following Crypto Ban Reversal
July 14, 2026
During a press conference, Jose Gabriel Espinoza, the Minister of Economy and Public Finance of Bolivia, stressed that the government was evaluating the inclusion and circulation of the USDT stablecoin in the national payment system, allowing its use to pay debts.
Key…
Getting Vikram-1 to orbit: Inside Skyroot Aerospace's coming bid to make spaceflight history
July 14, 2026
HYDERABAD, India — When Space.com visited Skyroot Aerospace’s Max-Q campus here in February, the company’s first orbital rocket, Vikram-1, was still coming together.
Inside the company’s 55,000-square-foot (5,110 square meters) rocket factory, engineers sat before…
Space junk debris cloud discovered in high-traffic orbit 'is a potential minefield' for the costliest satellites
July 14, 2026
Tiny pieces of space junk only 2 inches (5 centimeters) in size are cluttering a valuable orbital region where some of the costliest satellites reside, a new study has found.
Researchers from the University of Warwick in the U.K. found that the geostationary orbit — a region of space at the altitude of 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) — is full of dangerous, previously unseen bits of space…
The first of perhaps tens of thousands of sunlight-directing space mirrors just got cleared for liftoff.
California-based startup Reflect Orbital just got a license from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch and operate its first demonstration…
Tecno Camon 50 Ultra 5G India launch is scheduled for July 17 and the brand has officially confirmed some of the details of the device as well as the colour options it will be available in. The Camon 50 Ultra 5G debuted globally back in March this year and here’s…
The mid-range smartphone segment has become noticeably more expensive in recent months, with brands citing rising memory costs as one of the key reasons behind the price hikes. As prices continue to climb, choosing a phone that delivers the best value for money has become more important than ever. In this comparison, we pit the Samsung Galaxy M56 5G against the Nothing Phone (4b). While the Galaxy…
