The Fading Shield: Cybersecurity’s Coming Crisis

As digital defenses accumulate complexity and age, the cybersecurity landscape is entering a period of diminishing returns, raising critical questions about long-term resilience.

As digital defenses accumulate complexity and age, the cybersecurity landscape is entering a period of diminishing returns, raising critical questions about long-term resilience.

Bitcoin, that enigmatic digital darling, was lounging at $87,382 on Dec. 27, 2025, flaunting a market cap of $1.74 trillion and trading $30.6 billion in a single day. Not bad for something you can’t even hold in your hand. It spent the day oscillating between $86,673 and $88,965, like a nervous actor pacing backstage before a big performance. Indicators across multiple timeframes-hourly, daily, and everything in between-suggested less certainty and more of a “wait and see” vibe. Think of it as watching a fuse slowly burn, wondering if it’ll spark fireworks or just fizzle out. 🎇

Survival horror games usually challenge players to carefully manage limited supplies like ammunition and health. While they often include puzzles and exploration to break up the tension, players are generally more vulnerable than in typical action games, which can make them difficult to get into. Both the difficulty and the intense fear factor can discourage some players. That’s why survival horror games that emphasize action over pure horror are often more approachable and a good starting point for newcomers.

Despite the long wait, fans haven’t lost hope for Half-Life 3. Similar to the anticipation surrounding GTA 6 before its trailer release, gamers often speculate and create theories whenever news or hints about HL3 appear. Recently, rumors suggested an announcement at the 2025 Game Awards, but that didn’t happen, and the game remains unreleased. If you’re a disappointed fan, Black Mesa is a great way to experience the original story – it’s a fan-made remake of the first game created by Crowbar Collective.

Fans were shocked and thrilled when a continuation of the Naruto anime was announced in 2023, featuring four new episodes to celebrate the series’ anniversary. Unfortunately, those episodes were put on hold, but now they have an official release date! The four special episodes are confirmed to premiere in late 2026. This is great news for fans and will add to the story before the events of Naruto Shippuden begin.

Xbox Game Pass comes in a few different levels: Essential, Premium, Ultimate, and PC Game Pass. The Essential plan gives you access to more than 50 games, plus perks like Fortnite Crew, EA Play, and a selection of classic Ubisoft games, but it doesn’t include new releases on day one. The Premium plan offers over 200 games, and while it also doesn’t have day-one releases, it does guarantee that any game published by Xbox will be added to the library within a year of its release. Everything else in the Premium plan is similar to what you get with Essential.

AAA is a Mexican wrestling promotion that began in 1992, known for its focus on ‘luchadores’ – masked wrestlers. In April 2025, WWE bought a majority stake (51%) in AAA, with the entertainment company Fillip owning the remaining 49%. The deal was finalized in August 2025, and WWE has gradually started to feature wrestlers from both promotions as needed. A notable example is Dominik Mysterio, who has become a frequent performer in AAA since the acquisition. He quickly won the AAA Mega Championship in September 2025, making him the first wrestler to simultaneously hold championships in both WWE and AAA. However, despite this increased collaboration, the latest WWE 2K25 video game doesn’t include any wrestlers who are exclusive to AAA.

A new framework, zkFL-Health, is enabling privacy-preserving federated learning for medical AI, safeguarding sensitive data during collaborative model training.
10x Research, a name as incongruous as a yack in a ballet, plucks fiscal dates from the shadows, weaving tales of volatility around Bitcoin and Ethereum with the seriousness of a hungrier-than-usual bat. Markus Thielen, their conductor of chaos, partitions the year into four quadrants, each a potential theater for financial farce.

These canceled projects weren’t just ideas; many were fully built and tested prototypes. They featured custom controllers, specialized hardware, and ambitious game plans. Years of effort and significant investment went into developing them, but they never launched. Common reasons included high manufacturing costs, competing products, or the company simply running out of funding.