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Aljamain Sterling wants his shot at becoming a two-division UFC champion. After dominating Youssef Zalal in Saturday’s UFC Vegas 116 main event at the Meta APEX, the former bantamweight titleholder has certainly made a case. Did “Funk Master” do enough to leapfrog Movsar Evloev and earn the shot at Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight strap?On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what’s next for Sterling following his lopsided decision victory over Zalal to pick up his third win in his new division. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for…

The attendees at U.S. President Donald Trump’s second inauguration included a typical cast of government officials, legislators, and cabinet nominees. What was not so typical was the crew of billionaires who also attended—and took center stage. The Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and the Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk were all seated one row behind Trump’s children and in front of many of his cabinet nominees, including Pete Hegseth, Robert Kennedy, Jr., and Kristi Noem. To many, the billionaires’ prominent placement—and the overtures they seemed to be making in anticipation of Trump’s…

The Floridian “Reaper” started off his UFC career well enough, winning three of his first five bouts in addition to his Contender Series success. Unfortunately, it’s been off the rails ever since, as he’s winless in his last four fights. He was stopped in all three of the losses, and the other matchup was a “No Contest” versus Zachary Reese that saw him kicked low so badly he couldn’t pee for several days.Most recently, Dumas was finished quickly by Jackson McVay in “The Moose’s” first Octagon victory (highlights here) at UFC Vegas 116. Many expected that defeat would be the…

The state of California’s jet fuel stock has dropped to just over 2.6 million barrels as of 17 April, from 3.2 million barrels two years prior, according to the California energy commission (CEC), which publishes a refinery stocks data dashboard.The Guardian reports that California received 61.1% of its oil supply from foreign sources in 2025, a majority of whom are Asian refiners. The foreign dependence is a shift from the early 1990s, when nearly half of America’s most populous state’s oil supply came from state-owned refineries, a change that some energy researchers attribute to air quality regulations.That supply has been…

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here.The cruise missile-killing high-energy laser weapon the U.S. Defense Department envisions as part of its “Golden Dome for America” domestic missile defense shield is beginning to take shape.The new Joint Laser Weapon System — a collaboration between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy that Laser Wars first reported about in June 2025 — will initially consist of a containerized 150-kilowatt system with the potential to scale to at least 300kw to defeat incoming cruise missile threats, according to the…

Two defense companies signed a partnership in London that puts robotic ground vehicles and high-mobility military trucks on a path to operate together — a combination the British Army and its allies have been pushing toward as warfare increasingly demands machines that can go where soldiers shouldn’t. ARX Robotics, a European uncrewed ground vehicle manufacturer, […]

USS Idaho commissioning. Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Darren M. Moore. The US Navy has commissioned USS Idaho (SSN 799), the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, during a ceremony held at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut on 25 April 2026. Acting Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, placed the submarine into active service after Teresa Stackley, sponsor and daughter of a Navy sailor, issued the command to the crew to “man our ship and bring her to life.” Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36…

ST. LOUIS, April 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed the first test flight of an operational MQ-25A Stingray™. The milestone advances the Stingray closer to aircraft carrier operations and marks the beginning of a new era in naval aviation. During the two-hour flight, the unmanned aircraft successfully demonstrated its ability to autonomously taxi, take off, fly, land and respond to commands from the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System MD-5 Ground Control Station (GCS). Boeing and U.S. Navy Air Vehicle Pilots facilitated the mission by sending the aircraft commands and then monitored its…

Babcock offers its Toyota-based GLV to replace the British Army’s Land Rover fleet. Credit: © Babcock International Group. Babcock International has presented its Toyota-based General Logistics Vehicle (GLV) as a proposed replacement for the British Army’s outgoing Land Rover fleet. The company brought together around 30 key suppliers at the Defence Battlelab in Dorset for an engagement day focused on discussing development, modification, and supply strategies for the potential new fleet. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Babcock’s proposal comes as the Ministry…

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