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Submission + - BYD releases Blade 2.0 with 5min charging & 600+miles range (evpowered.co.uk)

Submitted by shilly
shilly writes: BYD has released its newest LFP battery, which will launch in markets outside China this year in the Denza Z9GT, a high-end shooting brake EV. The new battery delivers range of 621 miles on the CLTC cycle (about 440 miles on the EPA), can charge at 1500MW, works well at very low temperatures, and is extremely thermally stable. BYD is also rolling out new "Flash" 1.5MW chargers with 20,000 being deployed globally this year.

(Speaking personally, I could think of nothing worse than driving 400 miles, stopping for only five minutes, and then driving another 300 miles, but this seems to be very important for some people).

Submission + - Tesla "Robotaxi" service reports 5 more crashes in Austin

Submitted by cmseagle
cmseagle writes: Tesla has reported 5 crashes in Austin over the course of December and January. Most of these were minor collisions, but it implies that the taxis may be less safe than human drivers:

The irony is that Tesla’s own numbers condemn it. Tesla’s Vehicle Safety Report claims the average American driver experiences a minor collision every 229,000 miles and a major collision every 699,000 miles. By Tesla’s own benchmark, its “Robotaxi” fleet is crashing nearly 4 times more often than what the company says is normal for a regular human driver in a minor collision, and virtually every single one of these miles was driven with a trained safety monitor in the vehicle who could intervene at any moment, which means they likely prevented more crashes that Tesla’s system wouldn’t have avoided.

More concerningly, they've also upgraded an incident which took place in July from "property damage only" to "Minor w/ Hospitalization":

This means someone involved in a Tesla “Robotaxi” crash required hospital treatment. The original crash involved a right turn collision with an SUV at 2 mph. Tesla’s delayed admission of hospitalization, five months after the incident, raises more questions about its crash reporting, which is already heavily redacted.

Submission + - US strikes Venezuela, says leader Maduro has been captured, flown out of country (apnews.com) 5

Submitted by divide overflow
divide overflow writes: CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack.

Submission + - BYD overtakes Tesla (marketwatch.com)

Submitted by sinij
sinij writes:

BYD sold a total of 4.6 million new energy vehicles in the year, a 7.7% gain on 2024. On Friday, Tesla said it sold 1.63 million vehicles in 2025, below the 1.78 million it delivered in 2024

Submission + - China tests world's first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds (interestingengineering.com)

Submitted by fahrbot-bot
fahrbot-bot writes: Interesting Engineering reports (also here) that China has successfully completed the first flight of its home-designed floating [in the air] wind turbine, the S1500, in Hami, Xinjiang.

The S1500 is a megawatt-scale commercial system that floats in the sky like a giant Zeppelin. Measuring approximately 197 feet long (60 meters), 131 feet wide (40 meters), and 131 feet tall (40 meters), it is by far the largest airborne wind-power generator ever built, according to Beijing SAWES Energy Technology Co., Ltd., one of the developers.

Unlike traditional turbines, the S1500 does not need a tower or deep foundation. This reduces material use by 40 percent and cuts electricity costs by 30 percent. The entire unit can be moved within hours, making it suitable for deserts, islands, and mining sites.

The S1500 features a main airfoil and an annular wing that together form a giant duct. Inside this duct are 12 turbine-generator sets, each rated at 100 kW. These rotors capture steady high-altitude winds and convert them into electricity. The power is transmitted to the ground via a tether cable.

High-altitude winds between 1,640 and 3,281 feet (500 and 10,000 meters) above the ground are stronger and steadier than surface winds. These winds are abundant, widely available, and carbon-free.

The physics of wind power makes this resource extremely valuable. “When wind speed doubles, the energy it carries increases eightfold, triple the speed, and you have 27 times the energy,” explained Gong Zeqi, a researcher from AIR.

This exponential growth shows why high-altitude turbines like the S1500 can generate much more power than conventional land-based systems.

SAWES also envisions the platform for rapid disaster response. The system can be deployed quickly after earthquakes or floods to supply electricity to lights, radios, and life-saving equipment.

“The airborne platform can be launched quickly after an earthquake or flood to keep lights, radios and life-saving equipment running,” said Weng Hanke, chief technology officer of SAWES.

Submission + - TP-Link makes history with first successful Wi-Fi 8 connection (nerds.xyz)

Submitted by BrianFagioli
BrianFagioli writes: TP-Link has officially achieved the first successful Wi-Fi 8 connection using a prototype device built through an industry collaboration. The company confirmed that both the beacon and data throughput worked, marking a real-world validation of next-generation wireless tech. Itâ(TM)s an early glimpse of what the next leap in speed and reliability could look like, even as the Wi-Fi 8 standard itself remains under development.

But many are asking whether we need Wi-Fi 8 at all right now. Wi-Fi 7 already delivers incredibly fast and stable connections, and most people still havenâ(TM)t upgraded from older routers. The tech world may be charging ahead faster than consumers can keep up, pushing new standards before the previous ones even have time to settle in.

Submission + - BYD U9 Set Fastest Production Car World Record (caranddriver.com)

Submitted by hackingbear
hackingbear writes: China is known for boasting the world's cheapest EVs, and is now also home to the fastest. Chinese automaker BYD's YangWang U9 Xtreme just blew the whole competition out of the water. The U9 Xtreme just hit a top speed of 308.4 mph (496.32 km/h) on the ATP Papenburg oval track in Germany, making it the fastest car in production, after demolishing the top-speed record for production EVs a few weeks ago. It was once again driven by German racer Marc Basseng, who piloted the hypercar beyond the previous record-holding Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, which managed 304.8 back in 2019. The U9 Xtreme sports an insane quad-motor powertrain on a 1200-volt system, combining for a total output of over 2959 horsepower. One small caveat that doesn't lessen the impressiveness of the feat is that while the U9 Xtreme does classify as a production model, it barely does. That's because BYD is planning to limit production of the top-speed version of the U9 to no more than 30 units. The Xtreme is a high-performance version of Yangwang U9, BYD's pothole-jumping hypercar, which costs around $233,000 in China.

Submission + - When facial recognition goes wrong (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Bruce66423
Bruce66423 writes: 'A man who is bringing a High Court challenge against the Metropolitan Police after live facial recognition technology wrongly identified him as a suspect has described it as "stop and search on steroids".

'Shaun Thompson, 39, was stopped by police in February last year outside London Bridge Tube station.

'Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch said the judicial review, due to be heard in January, was the first legal case of its kind against the "intrusive technology".

'The Met, which announced last week that it would double its live facial recognition technology (LFR) deployments, said it was removing hundreds of dangerous offenders and remained confident its use is lawful.

'LFR maps a person's unique facial features, and matches them against faces on watch-lists.'

I suspect a payout of £10,000 for each false match that is acted on would probably encourage more careful use, perhaps with a second payout of £100,000 if the same person is victimised again.

Submission + - Hackers hit deportation airline GlobalX leak flight manifests and deface websit (bitdefender.com)

Submitted by Neuroelectronic
Neuroelectronic writes: GlobalX Airlines, a charter airline being used by the US government for deportation flights, has been attacked by hacktivists who have made off with what they claim are detailed flight records and passenger manifests. The attackers, who claim to be operating under the umbrella of Anonymous, did not just quietly exfiltrate data from the airline assisting with the controversial deportations — they also defaced the company's website and replaced it with a message:

"Anonymous has decided to enforce the Judge’s order since you and your sycophant staff ignore lawful orders that go against your fascist plans. You lose again, Donnie."

Of course, there's little point in defacing a website if nobody notices — and so the hacktivists reached out to journalists, pointing them in the direction of the security breach, and offering a treasure trove of leaked data including:

  • flight logs
  • passenger lists
  • itinerary details spanning months

The leaked details included information about flights used to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, including some who were battling the legality of their deportation from the United States while the planes were already in the air according to a report by 404 Media.

Submission + - DOGE software engineer's computer infected by info-stealing malware (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by gkelley
gkelley writes: Login credentials belonging to an employee at both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Government Efficiency have appeared in multiple public leaks from info-stealer malware, a strong indication that devices belonging to him have been hacked in recent years.

Kyle Schutt is a 30-something-year-old software engineer who, according to Dropsite News, gained access in February to a “core financial management system” belonging to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As an employee of DOGE, Schutt accessed FEMA’s proprietary software for managing both disaster and non-disaster funding grants. Under his role at CISA, he likely is privy to sensitive information regarding the security of civilian federal government networks and critical infrastructure throughout the US.

Submission + - French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism (newrepublic.com) 1

Submitted by ArchieBunker
ArchieBunker writes: A French scientist on his way to a conference in the United States was allegedly denied entry by Customs and Border Patrol over messages found on his phone that criticized President Trump’s science cuts.

The French newspaper Le Monde reports that on March 9, a space researcher was randomly selected upon arrival in Houston for a search, and CBP found messages criticizing the Trump administration’s treatment of scientists, which, according to the agency, “conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism.”

The researcher’s phone and computer were allegedly confiscated, and he was sent back to Europe the next day. The news prompted the attention of the French government, which expressed alarm.

“I was told with concern that a French researcher, on a mission for the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), who was going to a conference near Houston, was banned from entering the US before being expelled,” said France’s Minister of Higher Education and Research Philippe Baptiste, in a statement Wednesday. “This would have been taken by the US authorities because the researcher’s phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friendly relations in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration’s research policy.”

According to one source cited by Agence France-Presse, CBP said that the French researcher expressed “hate and conspiracy messages,” prompting an FBI investigation, only for the charges to be dropped later. Another source said the scientist was banned due to messages “that can be described as terrorism.”

The incident marks a disturbing change in how visitors to the United States are treated. Legitimate criticism of the Trump administration occurs everywhere, and it’s no secret that Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency effort has resulted in millions of dollars in cuts to scientific research. The idea that criticism of this would rise to the level of terrorism and result in someone being barred from the U.S. is absurd.

Submission + - UK bans puberty blockers for under 18s (independent.co.uk) 1

Submitted by Bruce66423
Bruce66423 writes: Puberty blockers for under-18s with gender dysphoria will be banned indefinitely in the UK due to the “unacceptable safety risk”, the government has announced.

Health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting, said there is a need to “act with caution” and “follow the expert advice” in caring for this “vulnerable group of young people”.

Submission + - Did Russian Disinfo Influence U.S. Election? (thecyberexpress.com) 1

Submitted by storagedude
storagedude writes: Russian efforts to influence the U.S. election were brazen in 2024, and kicked into overdrive in the final days of the campaign. Given the myriad ways information is reported and amplified, it's difficult to establish a direct effect, but the data suggests a possible effect in Michigan, Wisconsin and some down-ballot races, according to an article by the Cyber Express.

From the article:

"And one place where anti-Harris actors leaned heavily was the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Cyble researchers and others noted heavy efforts in recent days to paint Harris as a strong supporter of Israel who’s unlikely to support a ceasefire. That criticism may have caught on, even though Trump will likely be more pro-Israel – in addition to being less pro-Ukraine in its war with Russia.

"That disinformation campaign likely explains this bizarre data point from a Michigan exit poll: 'Former President Donald Trump won nearly 4-in-10 Michigan voters who believe the U.S. support for Israel has been ‘too strong.’

"Disinformation campaigns targeting those favoring an end to Israel’s war in Gaza likely gave Trump more votes in targeted swing states than he may have otherwise received. Was it enough to swing the election? The slice of the Michigan electorate delivered to Trump because of that issue would have amounted to about 10% of the overall vote, but some of those voters may have had other reasons to vote for him. But in a battleground state that Trump is currently leading by 1.4% with 97% of the vote counted, it’s a very interesting data point.

"We’d also note that third-party votes – which may have cost Clinton the 2016 election – weren’t much of a factor in the 2024 presidential vote, with candidates like Green Party nominee Jill Stein generally getting around 0.5%. Only in razor-thin Wisconsin, where the candidates are currently separated by about 30,000 votes with 99% of the vote counted (and where Harris may also have run into trouble over support for Israel), could third-party protest votes have swung the election. Margins are bigger than the third-party vote in other swing states.

"However, third-party votes likely affected some close down-ballot races, most notably Democratic Senator Bob Casey.

"Disinformation, then, by itself may not have swung the election, but the issue of the effect of disinformation surrounding support for Israel deserves further study. As part of the larger machinery of disinformation – campaign distortions, social media, timid corporate media – disinformation campaigns from foreign actors like Russia may serve as a well-targeted amplifier.

"But according to Antibot4Navalny, an activist research group tracking Russian disinformation campaigns, a definitive study would be a difficult undertaking.

'Impact from disinfo is extremely hard to measure, and it definitely takes time and a dedicated, talented team to come to a compelling conclusion,' the group told The Cyber Express. On the scale of a U.S. national election, 'there should be multiple such teams.'"

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