DefenseNews

India races to boost conventional, nuclear submarine combat punch

NEW DELHI — India has inducted a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine and is in the final stages of sealing an $8 billion deal with Germany for six conventional submarines as it focuses on boosting its underwater capabilities with an eye on the prospect of greater presence of Chinese vessels in the Indian Ocean. The INS Aridhaman is the country’s third nuclear-powered ballistic missile…
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ComputersNews

Microsoft’s secret ‘Windows K2’ project aims to fix what users hate most

Back in March, Microsoft promised to make fundamental changes to Windows 11 to make the operating system faster and better. It was reported that, in order to regain users’ trust, the company even intended to scale back its focus on AI features. Windows Central now claims to have learned more about Microsoft’s plans from anonymous sources. There’s apparently a secret effort called “Windows…
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ComputersNews

Best external drives 2026: Fast SSDs and roomy hard drives

External USB/Thunderbolt SSDs and/or hard drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to add storage capacity to your system as well as back it up. External drives are also extremely handy for transporting data between locations and devices in…
GamingNews

Mass Effect Andromeda 'Done Dirty' by Publisher EA, Actor Says

One of the lead actors behind BioWare’s Mass Effect Andromeda has spoken out about the game’s disappointing critical and commercial response, and placed much of the blame on publisher EA. Andromeda launched back in 2017, and had the unenviable job of continuing the Mass Effect franchise following the climactic Mass Effect 3. Gone was Commander Shepard and the beloved Normandy crew, replaced by…
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CryptoNews

Solana Readies Quantum Defense With 3-Step Roadmap and Falcon Implementation

Solana’s two primary validator client developers have independently identified the same post-quantum cryptographic solution for the network, publishing working code on Github as blockchain researchers across the industry step up preparations for a future threat that remains years away. Key Takeaways: Anza and Firedancer independently selected the Falcon post-quantum signature scheme for Solana…
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