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Wireless Power Beaming: Unleashing the Power of Autonomy at Scale – YouTube watch on New technology fires laser beams at drones to charge them mid-air, unlocking the potential for “infinite flight.”Powerlight Technologies representatives said the system works by combining a ground-based transmitter with a receiver on a drone, also known as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The company says the transmitter combines sophisticated software designed to precisely control the laser beam with hardware capable of sustaining kilowatt (or thousands of watts) of power transmission. For comparison, typical lab lasers operate on the milliwatt scale, or thousands of watts.This software allows…

According to the company, a Waymo robot taxi hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23. Waymo told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that the child, whose age and identity are not currently being released, suffered minor injuries. NHTSA has begun an investigation into the accident, and Waymo said in a blog post that it will “fully cooperate with NHTSA throughout the process.” Waymo said its robot taxi crashed into a child at about 6 mph after “suddenly braking” from about 27 mph. The young pedestrian “abruptly entered the roadway from behind a…

Scientists have identified a tipping point that amplifies El Niño’s impact on Arctic sea ice loss.Researchers have known for years about the feedback loop linking El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and high-latitude sea ice. However, in a new study, researchers found that starting around 2000, the transition between ENSO phases became faster and had a stronger impact on ice loss in northeastern Russia. These changes lead to warmer and wetter weather in the region, reducing sea ice extent in the fall after the transition.The results of the new study could help improve predictions of sea ice extent for ships passing…

A dark brown flake found inside a 1,900-year-old Roman glass bottle is the first direct evidence that human faeces was used for medical purposes, new chemical analysis has revealed. Faeces were mixed with thyme to mask the odor, and the concoction may have been used to treat inflammation and infection.”While working in the archives of the Bergama Museum, we noticed that some of the glass containers contained residue,” Archaeologist Cenker Atila of Turkey’s Sivas Cumhuriyet University told Live Science in an email. “Residues were found in a total of seven different containers, but only one yielded a conclusive result.”In a…

OMICRON’s investigation reveals widespread cybersecurity gaps in operational technology (OT) networks in substations, power plants, and control centers around the world. Based on data from more than 100 installations, this analysis highlights recurring technical, organizational, and functional issues that leave critical energy infrastructure vulnerable to cyberthreats. The findings are based on several years of implementing OMICRON’s intrusion detection system (IDS) StationGuard into protection, automation, and control (PAC) systems. This technology, which passively monitors network traffic, provides deep visibility into real-world OT environments. The results highlight the growing attack surface in energy systems and the challenges operators face in securing aging…

The report calls for collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Saudi Space Agency to address the needs of the space community across a range of stakeholders, including service users, providers, policy makers, and academia. It warns that the space industry could suffer losses of between $25.8 billion and $42.3 billion over the next decade if the current space debris situation is not effectively addressed, highlighting the urgent need for a healthier space environment that benefits everyone. Debris problem and its financial constraints Space debris is made up of millions of pieces, ranging from defunct satellites to tiny paint…

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have discovered more than 1,000 strange cosmic objects in the Hubble Space Telescope image archive, some of which cannot be explained by science.After just two days of searching with the tool, researchers discovered 1,300 strange objects, including chaotic merging galaxies, gas-trawl stars, and even objects that have yet to be classified. Of these, 800 have never been discovered before, European Space Agency (ESA) officials said in a statement on January 27. The results of this research were published in the academic journal Astronomy & Astrophysics on December 16, 2025.”Additional discoveries include galaxies with massive star-forming clumps,…

CERN’s groundbreaking energy projects prove that cutting-edge science and everyday sustainability can work together. The newly commissioned heat exchange system is now capturing waste heat from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and sending it back to warm homes and businesses in the nearby French town of Ferny-Voltaire. Excess heat that was once released into the atmosphere is now a low-carbon resource that supports growing local heating networks. Description of the Large Hadron Collider The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, located underground near Geneva on the French-Swiss border. It propels subatomic particles to speeds close to…

hacker newsJanuary 29, 2026Threat intelligence/incident response In addition to the direct impact of a cyberattack, businesses suffer from a secondary but potentially even more costly risk: operational downtime, no matter how much it occurs, leading to very real damage. Therefore, it is important for CISOs to prioritize decisions that reduce dwell time and protect the company from risk. Three strategic steps you can take this year to get better results: 1. Focus on today’s real business security risks An effective SOC is powered by relevant data. This enables targeted and prioritized action against threats. While public or low-quality feeds may…

Malta’s AI Factory Antenna CALYPSO is accelerating Malta and Europe’s leadership in artificial intelligence, with the goal of making AI-optimized supercomputing more accessible across member states. Europe’s ambition to become a world leader in trusted, human-centered artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer limited to strategies and policy statements. That is being translated into infrastructure and coordinated investments across the continent. One of the most important means of enabling this transition is the creation of the AI ​​Factory Antenna. These are national hubs designed to directly connect the region’s innovation ecosystem to Europe’s most advanced AI-optimized supercomputing resources. Within this framework,…