Everything You Should Know About Crate Engines
Crate engines can be daunting, and there are a lot of dos and don't when picking the perfect powerplant for your project car. Crate engines can be daunting, and.....»»
Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon thrusters guide it to space station
SpaceX has shared a cool video showing the Crew Dragon’s Draco engines nudging the spacecraft toward the International Space Station......»»
Young Optics expects strong demand for pico-projection engines and car-use lens modules in 2Q22
Young Optics expects demand for pico-projection engines and lens modules used in automotive cameras remains strong in the second quarter of 2022, while lens modules used in 3D printing will remain unchanged and optical components and lens modules use.....»»
Apple"s Grip On iOS Browser Engines Disallowed Under Latest Draft EU Rules
Europe's Digital Markets Act -- near-finalized legislation to tame the internet's gatekeepers -- contains language squarely aimed at ending Apple's iOS browser restrictions. The Register reports: The Register has received a copy of unpublished change.....»»
French Firm Raises $2 Million To Sail On Sunlight
The French aerospace company Gama has raised 2 million euros to deploy a solar sail in space. The Guardian reports: Solar sails require no engines to move. Instead, they are pushed around by the pressure of sunlight. The angle of the sail determines.....»»
Starship could be ready for an orbital flight in May
SpaceX has enjoyed a lot of wins in the past few years. In addition to successfully glide-testing and landing multiple Starship prototypes, they've rolled out its first Super Heavy boosters, test-fired the new Raptor Vacuum engines, and assembled the.....»»
As Far as China Is Concerned, Keanu Reeves No Longer Exists
"It's no longer possible to watch any content starring Keanu Reeves in China," reports PC Magazine, "and searching for his name returns no results from search engines." The AV Club explains: Earlier this year, about a month after the release of Th.....»»
Why USD could be the HTML for the metaverse, digital twins and more
The universal scene description language (USD) and format are rapidly being adopted as a Rosetta stone to translate data among 3D tools, game engines, digital twins and ecommerce offerings. The universal scene description language (USD) and forma.....»»
Microsoft wants to convince more game developers to use Azure
Microsoft's new virtual machine for game developers comes preloaded with game engines, SDKs and other tools......»»
Manager of Blue Origin"s Rocket Engine Program Has Left the Company
As Blue Origin nears the critical point of delivering flight-ready BE-4 rocket engines to United Launch Alliance, the engineer in charge of the company's rocket engine program has decided to leave. ArsTechnica reports: Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith recen.....»»
The manager of Blue Origin’s rocket engine program has left the company
"He also built a world-class Engines team." Enlarge / Jeff Bezos (right), the founder of Blue Origin and Amazon.com, and Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, display a small-scale version of the BE-4 rocket engine during a press.....»»
Maserati packs Grecale SUV with powerful engines
The Grecale will arrive in European dealerships in the third quarter and will be available with a regular gasoline engine and two mild-hybrid versions. A full-electric version will launch in 2023......»»
Microsoft wants to make a potentially huge change to JavaScript
New proposal calls for type annotations to be added to JavaScript code but treated as comments by JavaScript engines......»»
EPA rule would make heavy trucks cut smog, soot pollution
The Biden administration is proposing stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades......»»
The Surgeon General Calls on Big Tech To Turn Over Covid-19 Misinformation Data
President Biden's surgeon general formally requested that the major tech platforms submit information about the scale of Covid-19 misinformation on social networks, search engines, crowdsourced platforms, e-commerce platforms and instant messaging sy.....»»
Russia Halts Deliveries of Rocket Engines To US
Russia has decided to stop supplying rocket engines to the United States in retaliation for its sanctions against Russia over Ukraine. Reuters reports: "In a situation like this we can't supply the United States with our world's best rocket engines......»»
Russian space chief says Russia will no longer sell rocket engines to the US
Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, will no longer deliver Russian-made rocket engines to the United States, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on state television, ending a decades-long relationship between US and Russian rocket makers......»»
Russia says it will stop selling rocket engines to the US
In response to US sanctions against Russia, its state space agency, Roscosmos, said it will no longer supply the United States with rocket engines. Reuters notes that Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the agency, made the somewhat humorous announcement on.....»»
Ford reorg prioritizes EVs, keeps fossil fuel vehicles as “engines of cash”
Decision ends speculation that Ford would split into two companies, for now. Enlarge / Ford Mustang Mach-E GT. (credit: Ford) Ford announced today that it will be splitting its electric and fossil fuel vehicle business into tw.....»»
Companies Shut Ukraine Operations and Watch for Sanctions as Russia Attacks
Danish brewer Carlsberg and a Coca-Cola bottler shut their plants in Ukraine on Thursday following Russia's invasion while firms making goods from jet engines to semiconductors warned that supplies of key raw materials could suffer. From a report: Ca.....»»
With eyes on reuse, Relativity plans rapid transition to Terran R engines
"Yeah, we are definitely launching this year." Enlarge / Image of a recent Aeon 1 engine hot fire test. (credit: Relativity Space) Relativity Space intends to use the small Aeon 1 engine it is developing to power its first ro.....»»