‘Electricity with zero emission’ — Chinese scientists aim to transform “dirty” coal with a new fuel cell that doesn’t burn anything and produces clean power well beyond the Carnot cycle limit

Chinese researchers developed a coal fuel cell that generates electricity without combustion while capturing carbon dioxide and potentially achieving significantly higher efficiency levels.
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‘Cheap air-to-air missile’: Ukraine has turned a vintage 55-year-old Russian-designed Antonov An-28 twin-propeller aircraft into a versatile A-10 Warthog-type platform complete with Gatling-class gun, VR headsets to intercept Russian Shahed drones

Ukraine repurposes Antonov An-28 into an anti-drone platform using miniguns and interceptor drones, balancing cost efficiency with operational limitations.
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‘AI creates jobs’: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang once again says workers have nothing to fear

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI is the “United States’ best opportunity to re-industrialize”.

Samsung showcases massive floating data center ship model that could house OpenAI’s future ChatGPT as its Dallas-based partner claims ‘speed to power is the new moat’ and promises 1.5 GW of capacity within 36 months

Samsung and partners propose floating data centers to accelerate AI infrastructure deployment, though execution challenges and offshore risks remain unresolved.
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Federal regulator to ban all Chinese labs from vetting US-bound devices over national security concerns – major supply chain shakeup will affect 75 percent of devices sold in the US

Chinese labs are set to lose their FCC testing accreditation after a unanimous commission vote.

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‘Phishing campaigns continue to improve sophistication and refinement’: Microsoft flags major ‘sophisticated’ phishing campaign targeting 35,000 users across 26 countries

The goal is to steal Microsoft credentials and bypass MFA, the company says.

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Canvas maker Instructure reveals data breach — confirms user personal information leaked

ShinyHunters claims Instructure attack, says nearly 9,000 schools worldwide affected.

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Experts warn Amazon’s Simple Email Service is being abused to launch ‘massive volume’ of phishing attacks

Hackers are stealing access to legitimate AWS tools and using them to launch phishing campaigns.

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‘That is unacceptable in a professional development workflow’: Microsoft acts after VS Code gives Copilot credit for work a human developer did

VS Code was adding ‘Co-authored-by: Copilot’ freely, even when the assistant wasn’t used and AI chat features were disabled.
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WebCalendar made it easier for me to track my schedule

Is WebCalendar a good alternative to Google Calendar? Let’s answer that question.