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Dakota Ditcheva remains undefeated, but some of the luster may have fallen off her.On Saturday night, Ditcheva returned to the cage for the first time in over a year, taking on Denise Kielholtz in the co-main event of PFL New York at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York. Considered one of the faces of the PFL, Ditcheva was a massive betting favorite over Kielholtz and expected to put on a statement performance. But while Ditcheva was dominant, “Dangerous” didn’t dazzle in her return to the cage.Things got off to a slow start between the two strikers, as Ditcheva struggled…

Shield AI and Thunder Tiger Corp. announced the successful completion of Hivemind’s first multi-asset autonomous teaming demonstration on water, validating Shield AI’s Hivemind AI pilot aboard Thunder Tiger SeaShark unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in a coordinated mission. Shield AI press release During the demonstration in Pingtung, Taiwan, Thunder Tiger’s SeaShark 600 and SeaShark 800 USVs equipped with Hivemind autonomously executed a coordinated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission using maritime radar, imagery, and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data. Hivemind autonomously planned mission waypoints, searched a designated maritime area, identified a target vessel of interest, and coordinated the USVs to escort…

Most of the U.S. Air Force’s efforts to modernize its B-52s are experiencing significant challenges, a government watchdog said in a Friday report.As the service projects to spend $21 billion in modernizations for 76 active long-range strategic bombers, the Government Accountability Office argues that advancing such efforts, such as new engines, with “little to no” developmental flight testing will increase the risk that the system will not function as desired.The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been in service since 1955 and was originally given a life expectancy of 20 years. The Air Force now expects to utilize the aircraft, which can…

Usman Nurmagomedov just made a statement to the lightweight division, and to Dana White.On Saturday night, Nurmagomedov put his PFL lightweight title on the line against Archie Colgan in the main event of PFL New York at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York. It was the final fight of Nurmagomedov’s PFL contract, and with his eyes potentially set on a move to the UFC, Nurmagomedov wanted to make a statement.Nurmagomedov demolished the undefeated Colgan, setting him up across the first round with front kicks and teeps to the body, before switching to a question mark kick that cracked Colgan…

July 17 – 30, 2026 Welcome back to the WordPress.com changelog! Some helpful editor updates headline today’s changelog: two brand-new blocks, a gallery that fills itself, and a much better way to leave notes on a draft. You can also now change your plan yourself, without contacting support. Editor Two new blocks: Tabs and Playlist The Tabs block organizes content, like FAQs and feature comparisons, into tabbed sections. Each panel accepts blocks, and the tab buttons have their own color, typography, border, and spacing controls so they match your theme. Image from Make WordPress Core The Playlist block showcases a…

Russ asks, “I don’t know what it is called, but at a certain point ( or a certain number of points) in time, Rome decided to build walls to defend their empire. Most famous, of course, is Hadrian’s Wall. But of course they are many more, such as the Antonine Wall, Walls of Lugo, Aurelian’s Wall and Londinium Walls, to name a few. These walls were constructed differently and had different purposes. Anyway, were the Walls revolutionary? Or something else?” Join us on Patreon patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

Trending:Jon Jones respects Daniel Cormier for honest reason he won’t make amends: “He actually doesn’t hate me”ONE ChampionshipFour months ago, Thailand’s biggest combat sports star declared himself a free agent and accused ONE Championship of forging his signature. This week, he apologized for all of it. The dispute began in April, when Rodtang Jitmuangnon declared his ONE contract expired and opened the door to offers from other promotions. Reports soon surfaced of a 12-month matching clause in his prior deal, setting the stage for months of conflict. Rodtang then alleged his signature had been forged on contractual documents. He said…

Key PointsUkrainian officials confirmed a second North Korean KN-23 ballistic missile crater was found 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) from a strike that killed six people in Radushne on July 30, 2026.Presidential commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk said the KN-23 closely mirrors Russia’s Iskander-M missile and shares identical components, including Western-made parts.Investigators have found a second impact crater from a North Korean ballistic missile fired at Ukraine, and the distance between that crater and the ruins of a family home that killed six people tells its own story about how these weapons actually behave once they leave the launch pad. Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the…

The nation’s largest military shipbuilder sees maritime drones producing “modest” revenue now, but expects that to grow as the Navy builds its unmanned fleet, HII’s chief executive said during Thursday’s earnings call. “We know it’s going to become more of the Navy fleet because [unmanned systems] can do excess missions and expand the fleet size such that they can do things that large capital ships can’t do and take the place of large capital ships in some of the missions,” said Chris Kastner, HII’s CEO and president. “From a revenue standpoint right now, it’s pretty modest.” Kastner went on to say that…

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Officer in Charge of Construction Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (OICC PHNSY) continues to lead the Navy’s largest military construction project. Recent progress includes the installation of the north cofferdam and the welding of 12 upper and lower segments of 85-inch-diameter piles driven 150 feet deep. Crews also drove 72 pump-well tension piles to a tip elevation 210 feet below the water’s surface. During nighttime diving operations, crews placed 1,385 cubic yards of tremie concrete 40 to 60 feet underwater, completing the perimeter connection among Prefabricated Floor Unit 2, Kahoʻolawe and the dry dock shoring…