Japan and Australia urge calm after Chinese radar locks on Japanese jets

Chinese J-15 fighter jet locking radar on Japanese F-15 jets near Okinawa during military exercises

Tokyo, Japan — Japan and Australia called for restraint Sunday after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets, raising tensions in the region amid recent remarks by Japan’s prime minister on Taiwan.  The incident underscores growing concerns over Chinese military activity near Japanese airspace and the delicate balance of regional security. Japan’s Defense … Read more

Fortnite Servers Fully Operational After Chapter Seven Seasonal Update

Fortnite gameplay showing players exploring the new Chapter Seven map on PC, console, and mobile with fully operational Fortnite servers

The popular battle royale title Fortnite is fully accessible across platforms Thursday December 5 2025 after the latest seasonal update, according to the developer Epic Games.  All primary game services including login matchmaking and Reload modes were green lit on the company’s public status page, signaling uninterrupted play for users on PC PlayStation Xbox and … Read more

Global websites recover after Cloudflare outage as company issues rapid fix

Cloudflare outage causes global website disruptions

Global websites and online services began restoring operations Friday after a Cloudflare outage disrupted access for users around the world.  Cloudflare, a US based internet infrastructure company that supports traffic for millions of websites, said it had issued a fix for a dashboard and application failure that temporarily took down several major platforms. Shares of … Read more

FAA picks Peraton to lead $12.5 billion air traffic control reform

FAA air traffic control tower modernization with digital systems under air traffic control reform

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it has chosen Peraton, a national security company owned by Veritas Capital, as the lead project manager for a $12.5 billion effort to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system. The selection follows congressional approval in July of a comprehensive plan to revamp the aging air traffic … Read more

Mecca visible from space: Stunning night view of Islam’s holiest city

Mecca visible from space at night, showing Kaaba glowing in the center of the city from orbit

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has captured a striking photograph of Mecca from the International Space Station, offering a rare view of the Saudi Arabian city shimmering under night skies.  The image, shared on Pettit’s social media accounts, shows the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, glowing prominently at the center of the sprawling urban landscape.  The photograph … Read more

Phoenix chip factories reshape US semiconductor landscape with TSMC investment

Aerial view of TSMC’s Phoenix chip factories under construction in the Sonoran Desert

PHOENIX — Rising from the arid expanse of the Sonoran Desert, sprawling computer chip factories now cover more than 1,149 acres, an area larger than New York’s Central Park.  The $165 billion complex, led by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, represents one of the largest industrial investments in US history and a critical effort … Read more

TikTok Brazil data center gets $37 billion investment in major Latin America expansion

Aerial view of the planned TikTok Brazil data center site in Ceará, showing industrial infrastructure and renewable energy facilities.

TikTok will invest more than $37 billion to build a large scale data facility in northeastern Brazil, a move company officials said will deepen its presence in one of the world’s fastest growing digital markets.  The planned TikTok Brazil data center, announced Wednesday, will be developed in Ceará near the industrial port of Pecém and … Read more

Eutelsat shares fall after SoftBank cuts stake amid Europe’s satellite ambitions

Eutelsat shares fall after SoftBank cuts stake as European satellite operator faces pressure against Starlink.

Eutelsat shares dropped sharply Wednesday after a report that SoftBank reduced its holdings in the French satellite operator, underscoring growing uncertainty around Europe’s efforts to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink in the fast expanding satellite broadband market.  The Reuters report indicated SoftBank sold thirty six million rights, equal to about twenty six million shares, leaving … Read more