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The interim lightweight title is on the line in the UFC 324 main event on Saturday. Former interim champion Justin Gaethje faces No. 5 ranked Paddy Pimblett in the featured fight of the first UFC fight card of 2026. Former featherweight titleholder and BMF champion Max Holloway believes the interim title fight is a coin toss match with both fighters having clear paths to victory. “I think it’s going to be a fun fight. I think it’s going to be a great fight. I can see Paddy winning, but I can see Gaethje winning too,” Holloway said on his YouTube channel. “Paddy gets hit, so my…

On Saturday 20th June, the streets of Stockholm will be bathed in a golden light and inundated with partygoers marking the annual summer solstice celebration, Midsummer. Merrymakers will dance around maypoles and toast the longest day of the year with loved ones over traditional dishes of pickled herring, strawberries and new potatoes. Among them will be Annie Reid, who just hours before will have competed in the HYROX World Championships at the ripe age of 75. The mother-of-four joined her local gym, E3 Fitness, based in Lavenham, Suffolk three years ago with the intention of being fit enough to run…

feature Bernard Lambeau, a Belgium-based software developer and founder of several technology companies, created a programming language called Elo with the help of Anthropic’s Claude Code. Starting on December 25, 2025, he published a series of posts about the project. The first post names Claude as a co-author. “In roughly 24 hours of collaboration, we built a complete expression language with a parser, type system, three compilers, a standard library, a CLI tool, and a documentation website. Not bad for a day’s work,” Lambeau and Claude wrote. “Elo isn’t just a demonstration that AI can write code. It’s a demonstration…

UFC star Paddy Pimblett has explained why he believes he’s been able to get under Justin Gaethje’s skin ahead of UFC 324. Tonight at UFC 324, Paddy Pimblett will attempt to become the new UFC interim lightweight champion. It is easily the biggest fight of his mixed martial arts career thus far, and if he wins, he will set himself up for a blockbuster showdown with undisputed lightweight champion Ilia Topuria. Of course, getting to that point is going to be easier said than done. That’s because Paddy Pimblett is going up against the aforementioned Justin Gaethje, who is widely…

Raft’s AI Mission System empowers CENTCOM operators with on-demand computer vision tailored to real-world missions – broad-area satellite search, distributed maritime monitoring, and counter-UxS threat detection. MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 22, 2026 — Raft, a leading defense technology company, powering the software-driven foundation of modern warfare, has been awarded a highly competitive Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), in partnership with U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), following a five-day vendor bake-off. Hosted last fall by CENTCOM, the evaluation sought cutting-edge solutions to operationalize AI on the battlefield. Raft’s win underscores its ability to rapidly deliver…

The UFC has increased the size of its post-fight bonuses, and will also reward fighters who score finishes in their fights. Saturday night’s UFC 324 card will be the MMA promotion’s first of 2026, and its first on Paramount, its new broadcast home. Ahead of the event, there has been significant speculation about whether the bonuses it awards its fighters for their performances would increase. It turns out, they will — in a significant way. Until now, the UFC’s standard bonuses have been worth $50,000. Typically, the promotion has awarded four bonuses per card: two for each fighter involved in…

Most federal employees in the DC metro area will be granted weather and safety leave, with emergency employees, remote and telework employees expected to work. Jason Miller@jmillerWFED January 24, 2026 10:55 am 2 min read With an impending winter storm expected to dump as much as 10 inches of snow — and then freezing rain on top of that — in the Washington, D.C. metro area, the Office of Personnel Management decided late Friday night to close federal offices on Monday and institute maximum telework. OPM said in its weather status update that telework and remote workers are expected to…

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The Social Security Administration is at risk of “losing many staff in the near term” in part as a result of the decision to largely ban telework across government, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report Friday.According to GAO, telework had already been in decline at SSA when President Trump returned to the White House and issued a presidential memorandum banning telework in most instances in the federal workplace. A combination of former Commissioner Martin O’Malley’s mandate that headquarters and regional office staff telework at most once or twice a week, respectively, and the agency’s ability to recall…

GM Defense GSUP GM Defense has launched GM Defense UK, creating a dedicated presence to support the UK’s defence priorities and strengthen sovereign capability. Operating from GM’s sites in Leamington Spa and Silverstone, the new entity will lead all UK Ministry of Defence engagement and anchor GM’s wider NATO and European defence activity—boosting UK industry and export potential. The launch comes as GM Defense intensifies its delivery and support planning for Team LionStrike, ahead of bidding for the UK’s upcoming Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) programme. “Standing up GM Defense UK is a major milestone in our long‑term commitment to the…