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A downed American F-fifteen pilot reported seeing what he described as a jellyfish formation of Iranian drones before his aircraft went down, according to new reporting from CNN. The incident raises serious questions about drone swarm tactics and how military aviation is adapting to a threat that operates nothing like a conventional missile.
Shifting from the battlefield to the living room, Sony's WH-one thousand XM six headphones have now completed a full year in daily use by reviewers at TechRadar, and the verdict holds firm. Despite stiff competition from Bose and Apple's AirPods line, the XM six continues to earn its place at the top, largely on the strength of its noise cancellation and driver performance.
And on a note that touches anyone who owns a PlayStation five, storage prices have quietly become a casualty of the AI boom. SSD costs have roughly tripled in recent years as chipmakers redirect supply toward data center demand, leaving console gamers to weigh whether a slower external hard drive is simply the more honest choice for the money.
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