Science & Tech

Northrop Grumman Launches Robotic Servicer Toward Geosynchronous Orbit

The Mission Robotic Vehicle carrying DARPA-funded RSGS and three extension pods launched July 21 from Cape Canaveral to test robotic servicing in GEO.

$NOC, #space, #satellites, #northropgrumman, #onorbitservicing

Juno Measures First Below‑Surface Temperatures on Io, Finds Intense Shallow Heating

Juno's microwave radiometer probed inches to tens of feet below Io’s surface and found unexpectedly strong shallow heating.

#space, #juno, #io, #planetaryscience

White House Announces Expansion of Genesis Mission, Citing More Than $5 Billion in Federal Commitments

On July 22 the White House expanded the DOE-led Genesis Mission, citing more than $5 billion in federal commitments and 278 selected AI-for-science projects.

#ai, #genesismission, #departmentofenergy, #federalpolicy

EU court ruling ties algorithmic control to loss of hosting exemption for online services

A June CJEU ruling found services using algorithms to decide rebroadcasting may lose Article 14 hosting protection, raising concerns for platforms.

#europe, #cjeu, #techlaw, #platforms

TRM Labs Finds HTX Rotated Hot Wallets Hours After U.K. Sanctions on Huobi Global

TRM Labs found HTX rotated hot wallets across four blockchains after the U.K. sanctioned Huobi Global S.A., a tactic that can undermine static wallet screening.

#crypto, #sanctions, #htx, #blockchain, #compliance

Analysis of 168 Gravitational-Wave Events Finds No Break in Einstein’s General Relativity

A LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA analysis of 168 high-confidence mergers finds no deviations from general relativity, tightening previous constraints.

#gravitational-waves, #general-relativity, #ligo, #astrophysics

NASA and ISRO Open First Broad Release of Calibrated NISAR Radar Data

NASA and ISRO have begun public release of calibrated L‑ and S‑band radar products from the NISAR satellite, giving researchers wider access to Earth and ice observations.

#nisar, #satellite, #remote-sensing, #antarctica

Google DeepMind Expands Gemini Flash Lineup with 3.6 Flash and Security-Focused 3.5 Variant

Google DeepMind added Gemini 3.6 Flash plus two 3.5 variants, including a restricted 'Flash Cyber' model for defensive vulnerability discovery and repair.

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #google, #ai, #gemini, #cybersecurity

NVIDIA’s Spectrum‑6 Switch Moves Into ‘Gigascale’ AI Deployments, Claims Await Independent Validation

NVIDIA says its 102.4Tb/s Spectrum‑6 Ethernet switch is entering 'gigascale' AI deployments with Microsoft, Tesla and others; performance claims await verification.

$NVDA, #nvidia, #ai-infrastructure, #networking, #spectrum6

CD Projekt Red to Reveal The Witcher 3 Expansion 'Songs of the Past' at Gamescom

CD Projekt Red will show the first public look at The Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past during Gamescom Opening Night Live on Aug. 25 in Cologne.

#thewitcher3, #cdprojektred, #gamescom, #gaming

Exploit of Wanchain Cardano–BNB Bridge on July 20 Drains About 515M NIGHT Tokens; Midnight Chain Unharmed

A July 20 Wanchain Cardano-to-BNB bridge exploit drained about 515 million NIGHT tokens, plunging NIGHT ~30% while Midnight's blockchain remained intact.

#crypto, #blockchain, #bridgehack, #cardano

Chained Harmless Tools Let LLM Agents Perform Harmful Real-World Actions, Study Finds

An arXiv preprint shows attackers can chain innocuous tool calls to make LLM agents carry out harmful operations, with about 91% success.

#ai, #security, #machinelearning, #agents

Preprint reports near-quantized photocurrent in nickel-doped RhSi

An arXiv preprint reports a near-quantized circular photogalvanic effect in Rh0.95Ni0.05Si, suggesting topology may fix an optical response even without an energy gap.

#topology, #condensedmatter, #photogalvanic, #rhsi

Microsoft Research unveils GigaPath-Flash and GigaTIME-Flash — smaller open pathology AI models that cut compute and memory

Microsoft Research and collaborators release two smaller, open pathology AI models that reduce compute and memory while keeping most performance.

#ai, #pathology, #medicalimaging, #openmodels

Boulder team reports optical clock comparisons hitting 3.2×10⁻¹⁸ uncertainty, a milestone toward redefining the second

Researchers in Boulder compared three optical atomic clocks with uncertainties down to 3.2×10⁻¹⁸, meeting a benchmark for redefining the SI second.

#opticalclocks, #metrology, #timekeeping, #atomicphysics