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Why I'm launching a feminist video games website in 2026

The Guardian

'I knew the readers were there' Zoe Hannah and Maddy Myers (right), co-founders of feminist video games website Mothership. 'I knew the readers were there' Zoe Hannah and Maddy Myers (right), co-founders of feminist video games website Mothership. I've been a games journalist since 2007, but still there isn't much video games coverage that feels like it's specifically for people like me. W hether you're reading about the impending AI bubble bursting or about the video game industry's mass layoffs and cancelled projects, 2026 does not feel like a hopeful time for gaming. What's more, games journalists - as well as all other kinds of journalists - have been losing their jobs at alarming rates, making it difficult to adequately cover these crises.


America's most renowned 'prophet' makes startling prediction about alien 'mothership'

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Florida's housing market is flashing a warning for the rest of the US Now scientists redefine'obese' - and they've made up to 60% more people'fat' Skip Bayless claims Travis Hunter has'mentally checked out' after he opted to get baptized on morning of a game'You will DIE if you do not remove your breasts', doctors screamed at me. I refused and tried a new experimental therapy instead... now I'm cancer-free Police say they have FOUND woman seen in viral'kidnapping' video and reveal what happened to her after harrowing footage emerged Bella Hadid's health battle takes dark turn: Loved ones reveal hellish new details about'missing' model... as ominous texts emerge The world's most powerful passport revealed - as UK and USA both drop to record lows Unmasked after 80 years - the Nazi executioner in infamous WWII photo: Historian uses AI to uncover identity of killer in'The Last Jew of Vinnytsia' image Will Trump's Gaza peace deal fail? Policy expert MARK DUBOWITZ breaks down all the forces at play... and how the president can actually pull this off America's most renowned'prophet' makes startling prediction about alien'mothership' Kim Kardashian says she wasn't'emotionally or financially safe' during'toxic' marriage to Kanye West as she claims rapper hasn't contacted their children for MONTHS and has destroyed her dating life Every woman I date has the same repulsive bedroom kink... it feels so wrong, but I always say yes: DEAR JANE'Pathetic' JD Vance slammed for'cheap' reaction to racist texts as Young Republicans spark Trump world crisis Ugly divorce war between Mitt Romney's wealthy brother and estranged wife before she was found dead Full horrors of torture suffered by Noa Argamani's commando boyfriend are revealed - including how 6ft 5in hostage was beaten and kept chained in 6ft cell for a year after he tried to escape from Hamas Mother, 52, and daughter, 21, die after eating'poisoned birthday cake delivered by relative who owed them money' in Brazil I had 30 debilitating symptoms but doctors dismissed me. America's most renowned'prophet' makes startling prediction about alien'mothership' READ MORE: Precise date interstellar visitor will reveal itself as'alien mothership' or comet confirmed A Christian pastor who accurately foresaw the assassination attempt on Donald Trump three months prior has shared a new vision about a threat in the sky. Brandon Biggs claimed that God showed him a vision of an ' alien ' ship flying over the Vatican and Mayan temples in Mexico .


Scientists reveal desperate six-word plea for interstellar object ahead of Earth encounter

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Scientists are urging NASA to send a message to a mysterious interstellar object before it is too late. The object, known as 3I/ATLAS, is traveling on a rare retrograde path and will reach its closest point to the sun on October 29, 2025, which Harvard physicist Avi Loeb suggested could be an ideal window for a covert approach on Earth. While Loeb is not 100 percent sure 3I/ATLAS is of alien origin, he proposed communicating with it as a precaution and crafted a six-word message for the occasion. The physicist told the Daily Mail that he wants to beam, 'Hello, welcome to our neighborhood. 'The only way to reach it now is with a beam of light,' Loeb explained, suggesting a radio message could be sent in hopes of detecting a response. Loeb warned that if the object is an alien probe, it could reach Earth by Christmas 2025, giving humanity only months to prepare for a possible encounter.


Mysterious glowing orbs 'coming from mothership' off Florida coast spark fears of another drone invasion

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Mysterious glowing orbs have been spotted flying off the coast of Florida - months after New Jersey was invaded by drones. Residents of Daytona Beach have described the unidentified objects rising directly from the ocean and flying over the surface of the water. One extremely viral video from March 17 at around 10pm captured what appeared to be a large object moving toward land, and the flare of light surrounding it gradually dissipating to reveal the shape of an aircraft. While many have dismissed it as simply a passenger plane, locals have shared similar videos online claiming the objects moved in unconventional ways. One particularly extraordinary theory has surfaced on social media, where locals say a'group of whistleblowers' claiming to be'military personnel and sailors' told them the US Navy discovered a'huge' underwater mothership that they believe is producing the orbs.


What are the mysterious SUV-size drones spotted flying over New Jersey? All the theories explained

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Residents and officials from multiple US states are demanding answers about mysterious drone sightings that have been blamed on everything from foreign governments to alien UFOs. Numerous'SUV-sized' craft first appeared in New Jersey in mid-November, and have since spread to New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Drone sightings have also been reported in states such as Texas, Oklahoma and California as well as foreign countries such as Germany. But it's unclear whether these reports are related to the activity plaguing the Northeast. In New Jersey, the drones sometimes appear in groups and often remain in the same place for hours at a time, according to eyewitnesses.


Satellite images spy Iranian 'mothership' linked to mysterious drones flying over New Jersey

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Satellite images have spotted the Iranian'mothership' linked to the mysterious drones in New Jersey. The Shahid Bagheri drone carrier was last seen at its berth in the Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Complex on November 12, but an image taken 18 days later showed its docking station empty. That is around the same time New Jersey police started to be inundated with sightings of drones in the skies, flying in clusters and acting strangely. New Jersey Republican Rep Jeff Van Drew claimed this week there was'circumstantial evidence' that Iran's ship was releasing the drones from America's East Coast. Van Drew said that Iran made a deal with China'to purchase drones, a mothership and other technologies' for the drone attack on the US, a theory the Pentagon has dismissed.


Drones spotted over Connecticut sky in latest phenomenon

FOX News

A social media user filmed what appeared to be drones flying over the Fairfield train station. Several drones were allegedly spotted in the skies above a Connecticut suburb on Thursday night, adding to recent drone sightings that have perplexed locals and raised questions about possible national security and public safety concerns. A social media user on X posted videos of possible drones in Fairfield, 55 miles northeast of New York City. Drones hovering over New Jersey and near Staten Island, New York in recent weeks have raised concerns amid a lack of clarity over their origin. A social media user said she filmed several drones hovering over Fairfield, Connecticut on Thursday night.


I've Been Informed by a Member of Congress That an Iranian "Mothership" Is Buzzing My House With Drones?

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Something's going on in the night sky in New Jersey, where I live: People keep reporting squadrons of drones flying around in the dark over their houses. And at this point I'm going to cut right to the chase and cede the floor to Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a dentist who was elected to Congress in 2018 as a Democrat but is now, somehow, a MAGA Trump supporter. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a Republican, said the drones "very possibly could be" from Iran, citing confidential sources during an appearance on Fox News Wednesday morning. "I'm going to tell you the real deal. Iran launched a mothership that contains these drones," Van Drew said.


NJ lawmaker fires back after Pentagon dismisses claim drones may be linked to Iran: 'Weakness and stupidity'

FOX News

Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., responds to high-ranking officials who have dismissed his previous claim that'reliable' sources said mystery drones flying over New Jersey originated from an Iranian mothership. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., fired back after high-ranking officials dismissed claims he gathered from "very qualified" and "reliable" sources linking mystery drones flying over New Jersey airspace to an Iranian "mothership" parked off the U.S. East Coast. "They've been incredibly stupid and incredibly weak with this," Van Drew said Thursday on "America's Newsroom." "We know they're not backyard drones that some hobbyist is using because they're much more sophisticated than that. We know that they're not a commercial company within the United States because we don't even have this level of sophistication yet. We are a full decade behind where China is with drones. The government claims it's not them. They say it's not them, so who is it?"


Simultaneous Trajectory Estimation and Mapping for Autonomous Underwater Proximity Operations

Espinoza, Aldo Terán, Espinoza, Antonio Terán, Folkesson, John, Rolleberg, Niklas, Sigray, Peter, Kuttenkeuler, Jakob

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Due to the challenges regarding the limits of their endurance and autonomous capabilities, underwater docking for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) has become a topic of interest for many academic and commercial applications. Herein, we take on the problem of state estimation during an autonomous underwater docking mission. Docking operations typically involve only two actors, a chaser and a target. We leverage the similarities to proximity operations (prox-ops) from spacecraft robotic missions to frame the diverse docking scenarios with a set of phases the chaser undergoes on the way to its target. We use factor graphs to generalize the underlying estimation problem for arbitrary underwater prox-ops. To showcase our framework, we use this factor graph approach to model an underwater homing scenario with an active target as a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping problem. Using basic AUV navigation sensors, relative Ultra-short Baseline measurements, and the assumption of constant dynamics for the target, we derive factors that constrain the chaser's state and the position and trajectory of the target. We detail our front- and back-end software implementation using open-source software and libraries, and verify its performance with both simulated and field experiments. Obtained results show an overall increase in performance against the unprocessed measurements, regardless of the presence of an adversarial target whose dynamics void the modeled assumptions. However, challenges with unmodeled noise parameters and stringent target motion assumptions shed light on limitations that must be addressed to enhance the accuracy and consistency of the proposed approach.