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Jun 29, 2020

Cynet raises $18 million for AI safeguards against cyberthreats

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, finance, robotics/AI

Cynet, a cybersecurity startup that leverages AI and machine learning to detect threats, has raised $18 million in venture capital.

Jun 29, 2020

Austal USA delivers US Navy’s future USS Oakland LCS

Posted by in categories: futurism, military

Austal USA has delivered the US Navy’s 12th Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Oakland (LCS 24).

The vessel was accepted by the service during a ceremony in Mobile, Alabama. It is the 22nd LCS to join the fleet and the third LCS delivered to the US Navy this year.

LCS programme manager captain Mike Taylor said: “This is a great day for the navy and our country with the delivery of the future USS Oakland. This ship will play an essential role in in carrying out our nation’s future maritime strategy.”

Jun 29, 2020

Geely Reveals Terrafugia TF-2A eVTOL

Posted by in category: transportation

The Zhejiang Geely Holding Group recently unveiled the prototype design of the Terrafugia TF-2A eVTOL aircraft, and announced that they have already begun flight tests as well. The newer design is a clear upgrade over the previous demonstrator that was revealed in December 2019.

Based on the aesthetics of a tiger shark, the TF-2A features a large upper wing, H-shaped tail, eight lift propellers for vertical takeoff or landing (VTOL) as well as one rear propeller for horizontal flight. According to Geely, the design should make certification easier to obtain as opposed to the more common tilt-rotor designs in the industry. For example, the New Hampshire Senate recently motioned to pass a number of bills, one of which pertained to the topic of aerial mobility. HB-1517, “An Act Relative to Roadable Aircraft,” adds the words “roadable aircraft” to existing laws for vehicles concerning things like inspections and crashes, requiring the roadable aircraft to be “required to take off and land from a suitable airstrip and shall be prohibited from taking off and landing from any public roadway, unless under conditions of an emergency”. Currently, only Terrafugia’s TF-2A and PAL-V’s eVTOL meet these standards.

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Jun 29, 2020

Hot and muggy week ahead with daily chances for scattered storms

Posted by in category: climatology

Seems odd o.,o probably something there o.o


Strong thunderstorms are possible throughout the evening hours.

Jun 29, 2020

‘Photon crystals’ could be made using Rydberg atoms

Posted by in category: particle physics

Repulsive interaction between photons is created in ultracold gas.

Jun 29, 2020

Russia denies paying Afghan militants for attacks

Posted by in category: futurism

O,.o…;-;


US reports say a Russian intelligence unit offered rewards for killing US and allied troops.

Jun 29, 2020

Suspected Cyberattack Disrupts Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Virtual Gala

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

A replay of the gala can be seen on YouTube.

Jun 29, 2020

Warning Issued For Millions Of Google Gmail Users

Posted by in category: futurism

Gmail users need to take urgent action…

Jun 29, 2020

China sterilising ethnic minority women in Xinjiang, report says

Posted by in category: futurism

o.o


Uighurs are among those facing involuntary contraception or threats over birth quotas.

Jun 29, 2020

Surprising Findings Beneath the Surface of Our Galaxy’s Water Worlds

Posted by in categories: alien life, habitats

A team of researchers simulated conditions on water-rich exoplanets in the laboratory and learned something surprising about their geological composition.

Out beyond our solar system, visible only as the smallest dot in space with even the most powerful telescopes, other worlds exist. Many of these worlds, astronomers have discovered, may be much larger than Earth and completely covered in water — basically ocean planets with no protruding land masses. What kind of life could develop on such a world? Could a habitat like this even support life?

A team of researchers led by Arizona State University (ASU) recently set out to investigate those questions. And since they couldn’t travel to distant exoplanets to take samples, they decided to recreate the conditions of those water worlds in the laboratory. In this case, that laboratory was the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at the DOEs Argonne National Laboratory.