Top American admiral in the Middle East says the US struck an Iranian drone carrier. He said 'it's on fire.'

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026.
An F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off to support combat operations against Iran.

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  • The US struck an Iranian drone carrier, and the vessel is on fire, the CENTCOM commander said Thursday.
  • The carrier, capable of launching uncrewed systems, is the size of a World War II aircraft carrier.
  • Adm. Cooper shared other updates on the war, including decreases in Iranian ballistic missile and drone
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Microsoft confirms Project Helix, the next-gen Xbox console: What we know

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After a big shakeup at Microsoft's gaming division, the new Xbox head had a big announcement to make on Thursday.

The new CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Asha Sharma, blew the lid off the next-generation Xbox gaming console in an X post. Sharma confirmed that the new Xbox gaming console is codenamed Project Helix.

"Great start to the morning with Team Xbox, where we talked about our commitment to the

Costco CEO says any tariff refunds it gets will flow back to members through 'lower prices and better values'

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Costco is suing the US government for refunds of Trump's IEEPA tariffs.

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  • Costco CEO Ron Vachris said the company is committed to returning tariff refund value to members.
  • The company is one of hundreds suing the US government for refunds of Trump's IEEPA tariffs.
  • "We always want to be the first to lower prices and the last to raise them," Vachris said.

Costco CEO Ron Vachris sa

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Amazon.com is on the mend after experiencing technical issues

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Amazon's website appears to be stabilizing after experiencing technical issues that kept users from logging in and prevented prices from displaying correctly. DownDetector reported a spike of outage reports around 2PM ET, but as of 5:56PM ET, user complaints have fallen significantly.

The Amazon.com homepage currently loads, and Engadgets staff have been able to load product pages and view prices

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‘One Piece’ Straw Hat Pirates, Ranked

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Not all nakama are created equal, so here's our ranking of our favorite Straw Hats from least to most favorite.

X is reinventing its Creator Subscriptions. Heres what to know.

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Elon Musk's X is reinventing its Creator Subscriptions, dubbing the new offering — wait for it — Creator Subscriptions 2.0.

Creator Subscriptions, in effect, allow people to pay their favorite influencers for exclusive offerings. That's right, some major changes are coming to the website formerly known as Twitter (and not just a continued lurch toward the far right). So, what's new? A few things

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My daughters were secretly tracking my location and I had no idea. I'm actually relieved they care about where I am.

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The author and her daughters all track each other

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  • I didn't have a smartphone when my kids were teens, and they paid their own cell bills.
  • When I finally bought an iPhone, I didn't ask for their locations, but I learned they were tracking me.
  • With my daughters now in their 20s, we all decided to share our whereabouts.

"Mom, why r u not at yoga?" texted my 19-year-old Annie.

"What

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