Australia vs New Zealand is the biggest international fixture in the sport and – barring an upset somewhere along the way – will likely serve as the Rugby League World Cup final in a month’s time, so it’s quite a show of confidence for Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters to rest some of his big guns…

Crystal Lake is running it back to where it all began – the titular summer camp where horror icon Jason Voorhees disappeared into the water as a young boy. Friday the 13th has spawned 11 sequels, but this eight-part series starring Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, Jason’s devoted mother and spiritual guide, is the franchise’s…

Rugby League World Cup 2026 is expected to be the most competitive edition of the tournament ever, Samoa and Tonga having each made significant inroads over recent years. As ever, however, it’s 12-time world champions Australia – this is the 17th edition of the RLWC – who enter as favourites. The absences of code-crossing superstar…

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The Pentagon is recruiting approximately 100 operators for Gauntlet III Military personnel can register for the program regardless of experience The Pentagon’s drone initiative carries a $1.1 billion funding commitment The US Army is recruiting about 100 drone operators to evaluate emerging military aircraft as the Pentagon works to strengthen domestic defenses. The recruitment effort,…

Ukrainian operators shoot down Russian drone with an unusual circular wing The KVS uses a ring-shaped wing surrounding its central fuselage The intercepted KVS uses a 10-inch frame for combat missions Ukrainian forces have destroyed an unusually shaped Russian attack drone whose circular wing initially prompted comparisons with a UFO. The aircraft was intercepted on…

Concrete thermal batteries could turn data center waste heat into usable energy Lehigh researchers develop a thermal battery with 150 kWh storage capacity The concrete battery withstands temperatures reaching 500°C during thermal storage operations Engineering researchers at Lehigh University have developed a concrete thermal battery that could help data centers reuse heat removed from computing…

iBuyPower unveils an AMD AI workstation with 128GB of memory The compact system uses AMD’s 16-core Zen 5 processor Integrated Radeon graphics deliver 40 compute units for graphics workloads iBuyPower has entered the compact AI workstation market with a $3,999 mini PC built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 processor. The Pro AMD AI…

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