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Alpine Eagle is scaling counter-drone production as Europe races to close its air-defence gap Ukraine

Alpine Eagle is scaling counter-drone production as Europe races to close its air-defence gap

The Munich startup’s airborne Sentinel system has been tested in Ukraine and alongside US and UK forces, now it’s planning a 2,000-square-metre production facility and quadrupling its headcount. The cost asymmetry that defines modern drone warfare is by now well documented. In April 2024, Iran launched roughly 300 drones and…
bubmag
March 19, 2026
Fortnite is hiking cost of its currency to ‘pay the bills.’ Are its battles against Google and Apple to blame? Fortnite

Fortnite is hiking cost of its currency to ‘pay the bills.’ Are its battles against Google and Apple to blame?

Business The popular online gaming platform Fortnite is hiking the price of its in-game currency starting Thursday, a rare move that experts say sheds some light on the cost of its parent company's antitrust battles against tech giants Google and Apple. Parent company Epic Games has for years been embroiled…
bubmag
March 19, 2026
Who is Matthew Aaron VanDyke? American ‘freedom fighter’ who fought in Libya, Ukraine now charged with UAPA in India Ukraine

Who is Matthew Aaron VanDyke? American ‘freedom fighter’ who fought in Libya, Ukraine now charged with UAPA in India

India arrested seven men late last week on charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist activities against India. Among those seven was a US “freedom fighter”, Matthew Aaron VanDyke, who has been accused of leading a group of Ukrainians to carry out the terror plot. According to the Indian Express…
bubmag
March 19, 2026
TIMELINE: Turkish President Erdogan’s Long Campaign Against Main Rival Imamoglu Tayyip Erdogan

TIMELINE: Turkish President Erdogan’s Long Campaign Against Main Rival Imamoglu

A year after the arrest of Istanbul’s Mayor and opposition presidential candidate Ekrem Imamoglu on March 19, 2025, the prosecutor’s office is demanding a 2,352-year prison sentence. It claims the popular politician led a major corruption network – charges that his supporters see as an attempt to crush his challenge…
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March 19, 2026
Buzz builds for BTS’ return with Arirang: new teaser, late-night talk show appearance and more New York City

Buzz builds for BTS’ return with Arirang: new teaser, late-night talk show appearance and more

Entertainment BTS released the second music video teaser for Swim, the lead single off Arirang; confirmed their appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and dropped a surprise drone show in New York City. BTS released its fifth full-length album, Arirang, with the title track Swim, on Mar 20.…
bubmag
March 19, 2026