DefenseNews

Navy brings unmanned vessels to Japan to bolster fleet integration

September 22, 2023
WASHINGTON — Four unmanned ships are now operating out of Japan for the first time, as part of the U.S. Navy’s Integrated Battle Problem 23.2 exercise aimed at folding these unmanned vessels into routine fleet operations. These unmanned surface vessels aren’t operating under special protocols or extra safety measures: the USV Division 1 commander told reporters they’re being used as fully…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

The US's largest solar panel maker breaks ground on a 3.5 GW factory

September 22, 2023
First Solar, the largest solar panel maker in the US, today announced that it has broken ground on its $1.1 billion factory in Louisiana. The manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, southwest of Baton Rouge, is First Solar’s fifth fully vertically integrated factory in the US. The photovoltaic panel production factory, which is expected to start commercial shipments by the first…
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NewsPhotography

Gear in this story

September 22, 2023
Credit: Tamron Announced in August, Tamron’s unique 17-50mm F4 lens Di III VXD lens is almost ready for prime time. Tamron has announced more of this lens’s specs and says that it will be available starting October, 19, 2023 for a price of $699 for Sony…
NewsSpace

NASA Releases Independent Review’s Mars Sample Return Report

September 22, 2023
An Independent Review Board (IRB) looked at NASA’s current plans and goals of the first mission to return samples from Mars, and NASA is establishing a team to respond. In addition to bringing home the first sample collected from Mars, this highly complex mission would…
GamingNews

Ubisoft is making The Division 3 with Massive Entertainment

September 22, 2023
Ubisoft revealed today that Tom Clancy’s The Division 3 is in the works. Massive Entertainment, the series’ longtime developer, is leading work on the new project while supporting The Division 2. Longtime creative head Julian Gerighty is also returning to the franchise, as he will be executive producer on the franchise and is overseeing pre-production work on the new game. The company revealed…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AMD takes AI inferencing to space with Versal chip

September 22, 2023
You can get further out on the edge than space. And that’s where the AMD Versal AI Edge chip is headed, said Advanced Micro Devices. The new adaptive computing chip — the Versal™ AI Edge XQRVE2302 — is a radiation-tolerant, space-grade technology built as a complete…
AI & RoboticsNews

CrowdStrike defines a strong vision for generative AI at Fal.Con 2023

September 22, 2023
Cyberattacks are entering a new phase in which identities are the weapon of choice and the cloud is the new battleground. Attackers are turning speed, stealth and weaponized AI into a devastating advantage. The weaponization of AI for everything from social engineering to ransomware attacks launched with Living-off-the-land (LoTL) techniques that rely on Powershell, PsExec, Windows Management…
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