In a significant policy shift, the U.S. has approved the export of a ground-based satellite-jamming system to its closest allies. The L3Harris Meadowlands system is designed to detect and disrupt adversary communications satellites, marking a rare expansion of foreign access to sensitive electromagn
YouTube TV is responding to rising prices by planning a major shift. The service will introduce over 10 “skinny” channel bundles starting in 2026, with a sports package including all ESPN networks leading the charge.
The UK government is stepping into a major labor dispute at Rockstar Games. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged that ministers will investigate the October firing of 31 employees who were part of a private union chat, a move condemned by hundreds of staff and the IWGB union.
Couchbase has launched its AI Services platform, now generally available. It integrates data processing, vector search, and AI model hosting to reduce complexity in building production AI agents.
NASA has lost contact with the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars. The probe, which studies the atmosphere and relays rover data, went silent on December 6. Its future was already uncertain due to proposed budget cuts.
Intel has lost its latest legal challenge in a long-running EU antitrust case and must pay a €237 million fine. The penalty stems from “naked restrictions,” where Intel paid PC makers to delay AMD-powered products between 2002 and 2006. This closes a major chapter in a legal saga that began in 2009.
Arista is tackling big campus networks with VESPA, a system designed to support over 500,000 wireless clients. It’s also adding new LLM-powered reasoning to its AVA AI assistant for deeper network insights and problem prevention.
The Stryker armored vehicle is a workhorse for the Army, with over 3,000 in service. The Dragoon variant packs a 30mm autocannon and costs a cool $10 million fully loaded.
A proposed $10 billion, 1GW data center campus in Lacy Lakeview, Texas, has received initial approval. The project promises huge tax revenue but faces resident concerns over being used as a “resource.”
Microsoft’s January 2026 security update addresses a wide range of vulnerabilities, with a focus on Windows. A critical zero-day flaw in the cloud file driver is already being used in attacks, making this patch cycle urgent for sysadmins.
