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theregister 46h ago

No captain, my captain: Navantia floats crewless warship

Spanish shipbuilder's 75-meter drone vessel comes with sensors, modular payloads, and no room for sailors
gizmodo 19h ago

Scientists Just Turned Silkworm Silk Into a Near-Kevlar Supermaterial

Unlike previous attempts, the latest human-made version of silk keeps everything great about natural silk while ramping up its toughness and versatility.
arenaev 23h ago

BYD claims assisted driving slashes accident rates by over 80%

During a presentation at the 13th Intelligent Connected Vehicle Technology Annual Conference in Shanghai, BYD revealed that its active driver-assistance technologies improve road safety by a huge margin. For a global market increasingly interested in EVs, these statistics offer a rare, data-driven look at how software affects daily driving.
bgr 30h ago

5 Major Companies Owned By Meta

Meta, formerly known as simply Facebook, obviously owns that giant social media platform, but what other companies has it snapped up over the years?
thehackernews 24h ago

TrapDoor Supply Chain Attack Spreads Credential-Stealing Malware via npm, PyPI, and CratesIO

A new coordinated cross-ecosystem software supply chain attack campaign has targeted npm, PyPI, and Crates.io to distribute credential-stealing malware.
windowscentral 40h ago

Microsoft’s Surface launch was so quiet I regret paying attention

This year’s Spring Surface drop arrived with no event, no excitement, and no clear strategy; just another quiet refresh at a time when the brand needs direction.
infoq 4h ago

Java News Roundup: WildFly, Micronaut, Spring AI, Apache Fory, GlassFish Plugin, Open Liberty

This week's Java roundup for May 18th, 2026, features news highlighting: GA releases of WildFly 40, Micronaut 5.0, Maven Embedded GlassFish Plugin 8.0 and Apache Fory 1.0; the May 2026 edition of Open Liberty; point releases of Gatherers4j, Apache and Kafka; and the seventh milestone release of Spring AI 2.0.
qz 45h ago

30 years ago, these 15 industries were science fiction

From streaming to cybersecurity to plant-based meat, an entire layer of the global economy has been built from scratch in the past 30 years — and it's still growin
aeon 20h ago

Can ecosystems malfunction?

We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’.
sixthtone 30h ago

82 Dead, 128 Injured in Shanxi Mine Explosion

Domestic media reported that inaccuracies in tunnel maps, as well as a lack of personnel locators, impacted rescue efforts.
vox 20h ago

Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get access to member-exclusive stories every month, become a Vox Member today. For more than a century, the world has run on coal. When Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street electrical station in Lower Manhattan fired up in 1882, it ran on coal.
nautil 18h ago

Poop Cruises Are No Laughing Matter

We should reflect on what cruise ships stricken with diseases mean for the way we inhabit the world today
lifespan 12h ago

How Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Alleviate Kidney Disease

Researchers have discovered the role of cellular senescence in the interaction between omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
spectrum.ieee 12h ago

IEEE TryEngineering OnCampus Program Expands to 7 Universities

The OnCampus program, administered by IEEE Educational Activities, last year expanded its engineering experiences from two to seven universities.Part of TryEngineering, the program is held at universities around the world, offering preuniversity students hands-on opportunities to solve engineering problems.The IEEE Innovation Committee provided funding for the additional locations.New participating institutionsThe electrical engineering and computing faculty at the University...
neowin 42h ago

Scientists amazed as Einstein's 100 year old mind-boggling prediction came true

Scientists astonished after astronomers finally confirmed Einstein's 100-year-old mind-bending prediction about black holes twisting spacetime itself. Read more...
androidcentral 24h ago

Fujifilm's Instax Mini 13 got me interested in instant cameras again

Fujifilm's Instax cameras are always fun to use, and the latest Instax Mini 13 has a few new features that make it a delightful instant camera to take anywhere.
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