The gas-guzzling, giant engine supercar vrooms back
Upsized and up-powered engines seem to signify a reactionary impulse at the pinnacle of the car market, where top customers count cylinders......»»
trackd AutoPilot leverages historical patch disruption data
trackd has released a powerful rules engine that uses its patch disruption data to enable auto-patching with confidence, and based on actual data. “There’s only one reason that vulnerability management exists as a discipline in cyber secu.....»»
UK conservationists and eBay team up against plant poaching
UK conservationists on Wednesday announced a collaboration with e-commerce giant eBay to combat the illegal plant trade, which is threatening the existence of some species......»»
Study: Giant ultrafast dichroism and birefringence with active nonlocal metasurfaces
The fine and efficient control of the properties of light at ultrafast speed down to the picosecond timescale is a challenging task, crucial for many scientific applications and technologies. For instance, in free-space optical links, manipulating on.....»»
VIVOTEK RealSight Engine improves images clarity in various scenarios
VIVOTEK has announced an upgrade to its comprehensive AI security solution with the release of the new AI feature, RealSight Engine. This feature transforms images captured by network cameras into clear, visible facial images under any lighting condi.....»»
Game developers are waiting for Godot on iPad
Developers could soon have a new option for making games on an iPad, with a port of the game engine Godot getting close to an initial test release.Godot on iPadApple's Swift Playgrounds is an entryway to game and app development on iPad, which can al.....»»
Cops’ favorite face image search engine fined $33M for privacy violation
Clearview AI insists Dutch fine is "unlawful" but missed its chance to appeal. Enlarge (credit: EyeEm Mobile GmbH | iStock / Getty Images Plus) A controversial facial recognition tech company behind a vast face image sea.....»»
Natural piezoelectric effect may build gold deposits
How does an unreactive, barely soluble metal end up forming giant chunks? Enlarge / A lot of gold deposits are found embedded in quartz crystals. (credit: Pierre Longnus) One of the reasons gold is so valuable is because.....»»
Nissan Armada redesign includes off-road variant, possibility of hybrid
The redesigned flagship SUV delivers more power while dropping its V-8 engine, and executives said they're examining the use of Nissan's e-Power system in the future......»»
Aston Martin revives Vanquish with new V-12 supercar
Sporting a twin turbo V-12 and lightweight chassis and body, the new Vanquish is the most powerful front-engined Aston Martin yet. Top speed is 214 mph......»»
Scientists demonstrate giant THz Kerr effect via stimulated phonon polaritons
Terahertz (THz) waves and THz technologies have gradually opened a new style for communications, cloud-based storage/computing, information contest, and medical tools. With the advancement of THz technologies, studies on THz nonlinear optics have eme.....»»
Yosemite National Park: Crews restore damaged landscape back to conditions not seen in 150 years
Yosemite National Park is famous for towering waterfalls, giant sequoia trees and massive granite cliffs. But at an out-of-the-way spot near the park's western boundary few visitors ever see, a landmark of a different type is taking shape......»»
Inside the "golden age" of alien hunting at the Green Bank Telescope
Nestled between mountains in a secluded corner of West Virginia, a giant awakens: the Green Bank Telescope begins its nightly vigil, scanning the cosmos for secrets......»»
The Mediterranean dried out 5.5 million years ago, offering sobering lessons for humanity today
What would happen if humans dried out the Mediterranean sea, turning it into a giant salt lake? Would its wildlife survive, and if so, how long would it take to recover?.....»»
How a salt giant radically reshaped Mediterranean marine biodiversity
A new study paves the way to understanding biotic recovery after an ecological crisis in the Mediterranean Sea about 5.5 million years ago. An international team led by Konstantina Agiadi from the University of Vienna has now been able to quantify ho.....»»
A Look Inside the Airbus Factory Revolutionizing the World of Airplanes
In Hamburg, aviation giant Airbus is transforming aircraft production with state-of-the-art robotics technology on its planes. We go on a behind-the-scenes visit for the delivery of an A321neo......»»
Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe
It takes a long time for supermassive black holes, like the one at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, to form. Typically, the birth of a black hole requires a giant star with the mass of at least 50 of our suns to burn out—a process that can take.....»»
Ford promotes EV design chief Todd Willing to global head of design
Ford tapped a 21-year veteran with global experience who led exterior design of the 2017 GT supercar to replace the recently departed Anthony Lo......»»
Watch a star get destroyed by a supermassive black hole in the first simulation of its kind
Giant black holes in the centers of galaxies like our own Milky Way are known to occasionally munch on nearby stars......»»
Comparing two proposed NASA missions to Jupiter"s moon Io
Thanks to NASA's Juno mission to the Jupiter system, we're getting our best looks ever at the gas giant's volcanic moon Io. Even as Juno provides our best views of the moon, it also deepens our existing questions. Only a dedicated mission to Io can a.....»»
Uber to bring robotaxis to its ridesharing app via Cruise deal
Ridesharing giant Uber and autonomous car specialist Cruise are teaming up to offer robotaxi rides in the near future......»»