Five for Fighting 4/28/09

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

The US government’s Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to throw millions of dollars at “nontraditional” defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

Warhound came out of stealth on Wednesday with $200 million in funding and a mission to create “elite working dogs” equipped with "advanced body armor."

The team behind director Takashi Yamazaki’s new film created their kaiju roars by setting up speakers on top of an outdoor dam. The people walking by weren’t prepared for what they heard.

Tropical Storm Isaias is set to become the basin’s first hurricane of the season, bringing life-threatening rain and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.

Don’t buy a loved one something you wouldn’t want for yourself. These are the must-haves that tech enthusiasts have on their wish lists this year.

The powerful Dyson V16 Piston Animal and other Dyson vacuums and tools are discounted until Halloween.

The early bird gets the worm. Here are the best Black Friday deals for 2026 you can already get right now.

Dyson’s sale event is happening now, and you can save up to $300 on vacuums, hair tools, and more.

Republicans are spending their time and money on Senate races in historically red states—a sign they’re more nervous than ever as Election Day looms.

The comedian sees being online as similar to visiting the zoo. “I don’t need to interact with that,” he says. “It’s just a thing that I enjoy, and then I walk away.”

With no new 007 actor named and no film in the near future, Omega has had to get creative to keep its lucrative spy-watch train running.