Major Hurricane Lowell threatens Hawaii as Labor Day approaches. Here’s an explanation for why the island seems to be in the line of hurricane fire in 2026.
Most cities and regions don’t have formal plans for extreme heat, though they have the power to save lives. Still, these plans are far from perfect.

South Korea negotiated tariff protection for its chipmakers, and Washington is pressing for American factories anyway. Semiconductor investment is now part of the broader talks between the two governments, a presidential official in Seoul has confirmed…
At Xiaomi’s first IFA showing, the company showed off a new foldable powered by its own chip, as well as a host of home appliances.
The upcoming ‘Gundam Rogue Orbit’ showed off more gameplay footage during Sony’s State of Play yesterday and confirmed a March release date.

Roughly 10,000 Micron workers in Taiwan are represented by two unions that are now preparing their members for a possible strike. About 80% of workers polled in a preliminary survey supported industrial action, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The dispute …
The classic NES shmup ‘Final Mission’ will be the next to get the Tengo Project treatment, and a demo will be playable at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.
Nvidia is negotiating to buy Hugging Face to lock down the software layer, as its biggest customers are racing to build their own AI chips to dominate a full ecosystem.
During the heyday of the PlayStation 2, the ‘Onimusha’ series was one of the definitive games of that era, and ‘Way of the Sword’ may be one of the finest of this one.