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A different “El Matador” is coming.Topuria says they’ve got it all wrong.“I’ve seen the complaints, actually, I’m way more motivated now because I don’t have anymore fear around,” Topuria told ESPN recently. “I don’t fear anymore that I’m going to have to pay some bills or pay some person or whatever. For the first time, I’m doing it because I really want to do it because if I didn’t want to fight, I wouldn’t fight. So this is the first time that I really want to fight.”That’s a scary thought considering what Topuria already accomplished while climbing the ladder —…

Khabib Nurmagomedov has trained several combatants who have thrived under several permutations of mixed martial arts rulesets, but one of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s standout proteges from PFL is not keen on any bare-knuckle action in the future. The fighter being referenced is Gadzhi Rabadanov, who is one of the top-ranked contenders in the PFL’s lightweight ranks, and is coming off a win over Alex Chizov on points in the PFL Sioux Falls co-main event. Previously, Rabadanov had also fought in the Rizin ring under the superior ruleset and earned a victory under the RFF banner. The 32-year-old earned a unanimous decision…

MIAMI, FL (May 5, 2026) – The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT), a leading Gen AI strategic consulting and digital transformation firm that enables Digital World Class® performance, today announced its financial results for the first quarter, which ended on March 27, 2026. “Over the past two years, we have made disciplined, systematic investments to build a cohesive and highly differentiated AI foundation,” stated Ted A. Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of The Hackett Group, Inc. “We believe that the increasing demand for AI, further supported by our expanded partner strategy and our internal transition to a suite of Gen AI‑enabled delivery platforms,…

As the U.S. remains at war with Iran, the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget request has raised the prospect of a significant increase in the monthly stipend paid out to troops in regions that put them at risk of taking hostile fire or other job-related dangers.As first reported by Stars and Stripes, Army and Air Force budget request breakdowns describe increases to the extra pays earned by troops in harm’s way. Service members can earn either hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay, but not both. The payments are based on location and are calculated by the day — $7.50…

Turkey’s ASELSAN unveiled two new unmanned naval systems at SAHA 2026 in Istanbul on May 5, expanding the country’s autonomous warfare portfolio into both underwater strike and surface vessel domains with platforms designed for swarm operations, covert missions, and asymmetric combat at sea. The company introduced the KILIÇ family of autonomous underwater strike systems and […]

The Army is opening a new front in its battle to get contractors to make their weapons and systems easier to connect: “hackathons.” Later this month, the service will host some of its biggest vendors for the first of a series of one-day brainstorming sessions about how to integrate the command-and-control software for dozens of military systems.“Right to Integrate,” the service’s name for the effort, will ensure the Army’s battlefield and business systems can better share data and communicate, according to a Tuesday news release.“We’ve known for a long time that our systems, weapons, and sensors need to talk to each…

An anti-fraud official from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said that artificial intelligence is enhancing her workforce’s capability to spot scams. “There’s a lot of fraud in the healthcare sector. The estimates on the conservative side are about $100 billion and, depending on who else you talk to, you can easily double or triple that with different calculations,” said Jeneen Iwugo — the acting director for the CMS Center for Program Integrity — at the UiPath Public Sector Summit on Tuesday. “I have a modest budget of $1 billion, so the size of the problem is much bigger than…

Press release Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s statement on strikes targeting UAE. From: Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP Published 5 May 2026 The UK condemns the drone and missile strikes targeting the United Arab Emirates. As I set out during my visit to the region last month, stability in the Gulf directly affects the UK. We stand in solidarity with the UAE and will continue to support the defence of our partners in the Gulf. This escalation must cease. Iran needs to engage meaningfully in negotiations to ensure the ceasefire…

It’s been almost a week since Invincible Vs was released. The base roster features a total of 18 characters to start with — those being Allen the Alien, Anissa, Atom Eve, Battle Beast, Bulletproof, Cecil Stedman, Dupli-Kate, Ella Mental, Invincible, Lucan, Monster Girl, Omni-Man, Powerplex, Rex Splode, Robot, Titan and Thula. Evidently, players have already discovered quite a few issues with Invincible Vs so shortly after its launch. As such, the developers have released their first hotfix for…