Floating battery enables mobile charging with 40 kW for electric boats

US marine electric propulsion developer Photon Marine will deploy a floating battery platform capable of high-power charging of electric boats as part of a $1 million ship electrification project in New York. The company has received the first National Science Foundation Energy Storage Engine MegaBoost Award in New York State. The project will combine an … Read more

Southwest and United don’t want Boeing’s latest 737 MAX software on their new planes

In short: Southwest Airlines and United Airlines have asked Boeing to deliver new 737 MAX jets with an earlier version of software after the manufacturer discovered a flaw in an automated navigation feature. According to the company, no aircraft from the two airlines fly with the affected software. However, both airlines have told Boeing that … Read more

The US is backing a $100 million plan to convert the electric vehicle battery line into a drone factory

The U.S. War Department has awarded Amprius Technologies a grant of up to $75 million to convert an existing electric vehicle battery production line into a high-volume drone battery manufacturing facility. The Fremont, California-based battery maker plans to retrofit a U.S.-based electric vehicle battery line operated by a major South Korean manufacturer. The converted facility … Read more

The world’s largest rocket carried 26 Tbit/s of Starlink capacity into space

The world’s largest and most powerful launch vehicle, SpaceX’s Starship, just launched into orbit for the first time, deploying 26 of the company’s more powerful Starlink V3 internet satellites. The unmanned Starship Flight 14 lifted off from the company’s Starbase location in Texas at approximately 7:46 a.m. CT on Monday, September 28. The historic departure … Read more

Researchers forged RSA signatures without ever cracking the key

The takeaway: Researchers have found a way to forge certain RSA signatures without considering the key behind them, challenging a long-held assumption about one of the oldest public-key cryptosystems on the Internet. The attack does not appear to compromise the most commonly used RSA implementations today, including those protected with PKCS or PSS padding. However, … Read more

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Pros and Cons

80 Although the multiplayer mode favors those with spare cash, Ace Combat 8’s single-player adventure is worth the price of admission alone. The story could have been more intense – more introspective – but it’s still entertaining, and while there are some pacing issues and uneven dynamics in filler missions, much of the game is … Read more

Cocaine toys with the mind, hijacking brain circuitry and encouraging repetitive behavior

Researchers have found that brain circuits are hijacked, leading to increasingly rigid and repetitive behavior. The brain circuit normally involved in selecting natural mouth and facial movements, but which is disproportionately taxed when behavior declines with repeated cocaine exposure. The new study by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found that the striatum is … Read more

Russia sets its sights on Ukraine’s data centers as attacks disrupt internet access for 100,000 households

What just happened? It appears that Russia has followed in Iran’s footsteps and decided to target data centers in its hostilities. A Russian drone hit a business center in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Friday, killing four people and damaging a data center that Russia later confirmed as a target. The September 25 attack shocked … Read more