Electric car maker BYD recently unveiled a charging system it claims can recharge EVs more than three times faster than Tesla's popular Superchargers. BYD's "Super e Platform" reportedly charges vehicles almost as quickly as gasoline pumps fill tanks, potentially addressing a major drawback of electric vehicle ownership. Read Entire Article
Spacecraft Speedometer promises precise satellite positioning, no GPS required
The Los Alamos National Laboratory has introduced the "Spacecraft Speedometer," a novel technology for tracking satellites in low Earth orbit. This compact, resource-efficient device can precisely measure a satellite's speed as it orbits the planet. Researchers believe it could also serve as a tracking solution for deep-space missions. Read Entire...
Qualcomm levels up handheld gaming with Snapdragon G-series chips
The Snapdragon G-series lineup is led by the G3 Gen 3 SoC, an upgrade from the Snapdragon G3x Gen 2. It is built specifically for Android-based handheld gaming devices and supports Unreal Engine 5's Lumen lighting system. It also offers real-time, hardware-accelerated ray tracing with global illumination and reflections. The......
Water bending technique can guide floating objects with remarkable precision
The idea was inspired by earlier work involving light that was conducted by Shen Yijie. A co-lead on the new project, Yijie realized that light and water can both move as waves and wondered if what they had accomplished with light could also apply to water. Read Entire Article
Developer breaks Akira ransomware encryption in hours using cloud GPUs
Yohanes Nugroho, an Indonesian programmer who works on personal coding projects in his spare time, developed a "decryptor" for the Akira ransomware. The tool employs a novel approach to solve a complex mathematical problem, exploiting the high parallelism of modern GPUs to test millions of key combinations in a very......
Forget QWERTY, this absurd keyboard has 1,000 keys and types words instead of letters
Inspired by Randall Munroe's xkcd comic "Up Goer Five," where rocket science is explained using only the 1,000 most common English words, YouTuber Attoparsec decided to take the concept one step further. Why stop at explaining rockets when you can build a keyboard that forces you to communicate like a......
Samsung’s first PCIe 5.0 SSD debuts, the expensive 9100 Pro
The Samsung 9100 Pro is a high-performance, power-efficient PCIe 5.0 SSD that stays cool under heavy load. However, to take full advantage of its speed, you'll need the right hardware and a big wallet. Read Entire Article
AMD board partner says Radeon RX 9070 GPU supply will stabilize after April
Yeston's RX 9070 cards are currently only available in China, which is experiencing the same availability problems as the US. Read Entire Article
MIT engineers create artificial muscle that mimics real tissue
Now, MIT engineers have taken a major step toward developing robots that replace rigid gears with something much softer – almost like real, living muscle tissue. In other words, they have found a way to grow artificial muscle that can flex in multiple directions. Read Entire Article
Judge declines to force FEMA to release funds to upgrade US emergency alert system
A federal judge has refused to order the Trump administration to immediately reimburse dozens of public broadcasting stations for upgrades to the nation’s emergency alert system