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Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s dominance over the 135-pound division came to a crashing halt at UFC 193. She held the championship for more than three years before a head kick from Holly Holm left her unconscious on the canvas in Melbourne, Australia.On February 17, 2026, it was announced that Rousey would make her return to MMA against Gina Carano on May 16, 2026, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Rousey, 39, last fought in December 2016. Carano, 43, hasn’t fought since August 2009. Holm was asked about the matchup and gave her analysis but did not ultimately pick a winner. “I…

Picture this for a moment. It’s the middle of the night, somewhere hundreds of kilometers behind the front line. Suddenly a faint buzzing sound grows louder, almost like a lawn mower in the distance. Radar operators see a tiny dot creeping across the screen. It isn’t a fighter jet. It isn’t a missile either. It’s […]

Capcom recently released their Q&A summary for their third quarter consolidated financial results conference call for this latest fiscal year. We’ve already highlighted how Capcom intends to align Street Fighter game marketing initiatives with the movie’s release. As outlined within the PDF, Capcom was also briefly asked about the next fiscal year. For now, Capcom is focused on their next set of new releases consisting of Pragmata and Onimusha: Way of the Sword (which were highlighted in the…

The Defense Department is reupping its request for civilian employees to deploy to the southwest border to assist with immigration enforcement operations, with supervisors now facing a stronger push to solicit their staff to sign up for the details. The Pentagon first requested its civilian workers consider voluntarily accepting assignments to the Homeland Security Department last year to assist in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubled down on that request in a message delivered to employees on Monday, adding new urgency to the appeal. “I expect every supervisor to encourage their civilian employees to volunteer,” Hegseth said.…

Blog March 10, 2026 As embedded systems continue to demand higher performance for data-intensive workloads, system designers are under increasing pressure to add compute capability without redesigning the entire platform. Many deployed mission systems were designed at a time when deterministic signal processing and traditional image fusion dominated requirements. While those architectures continue to perform well for legacy workloads, they struggle to support today’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven classification, perception, and decision-support algorithms at operational tempo. XMC [switched mezzanine card] modules can offer a proven, modular approach for scaling compute performance while preserving system flexibility, size, and life cycle stability. XMC…

Multiple U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers have arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, as American forces intensify strike operations against Iran under Operation Epic Fury. The U.K. Ministry of Defence confirmed Saturday that U.S. forces had begun using the British base for “specific defensive operations to prevent Iran firing missiles into the region.” The BBC reported at least three B-1B Lancers at the base, with the first aircraft arriving the evening of March 6 and two more on March 7. Aviation tracking outlet The Aviationist reported four arrivals in the initial deployment, followed by a second flight…

A Russian-speaking cyber criminal is targeting corporate HR teams with fake CVs that quietly install malware which can disable security tools before stealing data from infected machines. The operation, detailed in a threat report from networking and security outfit Aryaka, exploits one of the most mundane workflows within an organization: hiring. Researchers say the bait arrives as what looks like a perfectly normal job application sitting on a well-known cloud storage service. To the recruiter skimming through a stack of candidates, it appears to be just another CV, but opening it quietly kicks off a series of background actions that…

Direct Action introduces the Core Assaulter Setup – a reference configuration designed for frontline operators without a dedicated specialist role, operating in full kit under changing operational tempo. This setup is not a universal solution or the only correct configuration. It’s a reference built to demonstrate system logic, capability, and versatility: load carriage, access, control, and speed. The setup can be stripped down for low-profile operations, expanded for longer missions, or adapted to unit SOPs and team standards. One principle remains constant: the gear works for the operator, not the other way around. Built for Operational Tempo The Core Assaulter…

There is good news for the UFC heavyweight division and fans. Champion Tom Aspinall is getting ready to return to the octagon later this year. Last year, after Jon Jones vacated his title and retired, Aspinall was elevated from interim to undisputed champion. However, his first title defense against Ciryl Gane ended in a disaster as he was double eye-poked in Round 1 at UFC 321 and could not continue. Aspinall suffered serious injuries during his fight with Gane, and last month, he had surgery on both eyes. Due to complications following surgery, Aspinall was not cleared to even train.…

The war with Iran has prompted many questions about what comes next. Will the Islamic Republic regime survive? What could replace it? Will Iran dissolve into chaos? What does this all mean for the Arab Gulf states, Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, and the rest of the region? What are the near-term, medium-term, and long-term risks and opportunities?The White House has said that the war will last four to six weeks, but what if it goes well beyond that? What if the United States and Israel have unleashed a chain of events that is beyond their control? A worst-case scenario is that…