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As Israel heads to the polls on October 27, its polarising and longest-serving prime minister is seeking re-election., To his supporters, he is known as “King Bibi”; but to his opponents, he is the king of security failures and corruption. Disputes over names aside, what is not in question isContinue Reading

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Matrix-based messaging tools are gaining traction among European governments that seek to gain greater control over sensitive communications data and lessen their reliance on US technology suppliers. The growing interest reflects a broader push toward open-source applications in Europe amid geopolitical uncertainty. Yet the costs and complexity of replacing establishedContinue Reading

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Pete Hegseth says 80 ‘propaganda cells’ at 30 universities reappeared under new names and have been dismantled., Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon dismantled 80 ‘propaganda cells’ operating under new names at 30 universities. The United States Department of Defense has designated Confucius Institutes, Chinese-funded cultural centres on university campuses, asContinue Reading

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Power conversion developer Hillcrest Energy Technologies has announced peer-reviewed test results comparing its zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) inverter technology with a conventional hard-switched silicon carbide (SiC) inverter. Hillcrest says that in side-by-side testing, ZVS reduced motor-terminal voltage overshoot by more than 90%, from 50% above the DC-link voltage to 4% above it.Continue Reading

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Sponsored by Pickering Interfaces. EV battery management and braking systems need to respond safely when sensors fail or electrical faults occur. PXI-based fault insertion and sensor simulation let engineers recreate those conditions under software control, reducing manual patching and making electronic control unit (ECU) tests faster and easier to reproduce.Continue Reading

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An ad from the campaign of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska features a mother whose 22-year-old son died from fentanyl and who claims Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola took contributions from “liberals [who] opened our borders to the drug cartels” and then “voted with them against securing our border.”Continue Reading