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Chinese engineers have adapted a principle for reducing the drag of high-speed underwater projectiles to improve the energy efficiency of merchant ships. A second-generation bladder lubrication system installed on a newly built 50,000 ton product and chemical tanker reportedly reduced net energy consumption by approximately 5% during a five-month operational trial. The system, developed by … Read more
In context: Mark Hamill’s cutscenes from Wing Commander III haven’t aged well, mostly because they were pressed into heavily compressed 240p videos in 1994. As it turned out, EA still had the original master tapes. This week, a restored version of the game debuted on Steam, alongside the rest of the Wing Commander series and … Read more
Nvidia Corp. announced on Sunday that it was launching an “independent investigation” into reports that its founder and chief executive Jensen Huang was the target of a conspiracy by foreign intelligence agencies. In response to the allegations, the Republican-led Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committee of the US Congress has asked Huang (pictured right) to testify … Read more
Scientists made a surprise discovery of a North Atlantic right whale calf in Canadian waters. They say the discovery is cause for celebration. The discovery comes as the critically endangered species continues to face threats from entanglement in fishing gear and ship attacks. The aquarium estimates there are about 380 North Atlantic right whales left. … Read more
The spy who fucked? U.S. intelligence believes Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman who befriended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang while her company was buying billions of dollars worth of his AI chips, was spying for China’s Ministry of State Security. Last spring, a memo circulated among top Trump policymakers said she had been recruited to learn … Read more
What happens when three different types of particles interact and each pair behaves differently? Physicists have now recreated this situation in the laboratory and built a three-component quantum system that has competing magnetic correlations. The achievement could help probe some of the most difficult problems in physics, including high-temperature superconductivity and the interactions that govern … Read more
Conclusion: Starlink now calculates home internet prices based on the load of its network in each area. The service’s monthly bill now depends on how many of your neighbors are also connected to its satellites, and this model is quietly spreading nationwide. Residential customers in states from Virginia to Alaska have been told their rates … Read more
Scientists discovered chemical traces consistent with the psychoactive compounds of cannabis in preserved human hair recovered from an ancient Siberian grave. An international team led by Gino Caspari from the University of Bern and the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology analyzed remains from the Tunnug 1 princely tomb in the Russian Republic of Tuva. The … Read more
Atlassian Corp. shares fell more than 17% in after-hours trading today as the Australian collaboration software company forecast slower subscription growth. First quarter fiscal 2027 results beat analysts’ estimates. The stock had nearly doubled between Atlassian’s August report and the end of October. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Atlassian reported adjusted earnings per share … Read more
The takeaway: Specialty chemicals and industrial products maker 3M has agreed to pay up to $7.35 billion to settle lawsuits alleging the company was responsible for groundwater pollution caused by chemicals found in many of its products, including firefighting foam, adhesives and tape. The money will be paid out to around 120,000 people over a … Read more