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The U.S. Navy is rewriting the logistics of modern warfare at sea. During a two-week transit to RIMPAC two thousand twenty-six, a containerized factory aboard the USS Essex printed a dozen flight-ready drones capable of eighty miles per hour, plus over a thousand spare parts — all while riding through twelve-foot waves. It's a glimpse at how manufacturing itself is becoming a deployable weapon.
Closer to home, Google is quietly acknowledging that its AI Health Coach may have been more pushy than helpful. The latest Google Health update, version five point zero six, lets users hide the AI Coach entirely — a feature arriving months after the app replaced Fitbit and frustrated a significant portion of its user base. Sometimes the most meaningful product update is a mute button.
And from the world of indie games, there's a nostalgia-soaked wave hitting screens this week. Developers are drawing from the well of nineties classics — with riffs on GoldenEye, Star Fox, and Kingdom Hearts — alongside games starring dogs, cats, and sheep. It's a reminder that the most inventive corners of gaming often have the smallest budgets and the biggest hearts.
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