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The China Zorrilla, a 130‑meter aluminum catamaran built by Incat Tasmania, has begun commercial service between Buenos Aires and Colonia, Uruguay. Powered solely by a 41.2 MWh battery pack and eight 2400 kW electric motors, the vessel can carry 225 cars and 2,100 passengers at 25 knots. The launch marks the first fully battery‑powered ferry of its size in operation, offering a quiet, emission‑free crossing and demonstrating a new benchmark for maritime electrification.

The PlayStation Store released the PS5 exclusive adventure game Hunter’s Moon, a 17th‑century folk‑horror narrative set in a rural village. Developed by Twin Swans, the studio behind The Stanley Parable and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, the title follows Lilith Thorne, an accused witch evading a Witchfinder General, a magistrate, and a huntsman. Players must use stealth, eavesdropping, and cunning to survive. The game is priced at $19.99 and features hand‑crafted art, over 100 voice‑acted characters, and [...]

Valve responded to the rise of AI‑generated game clones on Steam by urging developers to make their titles less copyable rather than imposing platform‑wide safeguards. At a Steam Indie Connect conference in Korea, business team members Tom Giardino and Marc Wilkinson explained that Valve would not act as a gatekeeper, instead recommending stronger community building, continuous feature expansion, and a superior official version to deter copycats. The stance follows high‑profile cases like the “Needle in a Haystack [...]

Motorola’s anticipated flagship, the Signature 27, appears priced at €1,594.90 in European retail listings, surpassing the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s €1,299. The device boasts a 50 MP Sony Lytia L910 main sensor, 200 MP telephoto lens, and a proprietary cooling system featuring thermal gel with diamond particles and a 3D vapor chamber. It is rumored to ship with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, 12 GB RAM, and 512 GB storage. Motorola’s wide foldable, the Razr Flex, is listed near €1,510, hinting at [...]

Threat actors are probing a newly patched Oracle E‑Business Suite flaw, CVE‑2026‑101767, after Oracle released a critical patch last week. The vulnerability, a 9.8‑scored unauthenticated SQL injection in the Thin Client Framework servlet, can be chained to remote code execution, allowing attackers to run OS commands as the EBS application account. Horizon3.ai discovered and reported the flaw on July 24, 2026, and Defused Cyber confirmed exploratory exploits on October 27. Oracle urges immediate patching; workarounds are available [...]

Amazon has reduced the price of the upgraded M6 Mac mini with 24 GB of unified memory to $1,179, a $120 discount from its original listing. The MHQM4LL/A model features Apple’s M6 chip with a 12‑core CPU and 12‑core GPU, a 512‑GB SSD, and the increased memory for better multitasking. Shipping is expected within 1–2 days, with delivery projected for mid‑November, though supply is limited. Other M6 configurations and an M5 Pro variant also see price cuts.

UbiQD secured a $200,000 grant from New Mexico’s Technology & Innovation Office to develop a quantum dot‑based light source that emits single photons at room temperature for quantum computing and secure communication. The funding will purchase optical equipment and prototype devices at UbiQD’s Los Alamos headquarters, building on prior work with Los Alamos National Laboratory that demonstrated single‑photon emission from cadmium‑, lead‑ and mercury‑free quantum dots. The company also expands its intellectual‑property portfolio, which includes 17 U.S. [...]

The Trump administration has pledged $5 billion in Department of Energy loans to Constellation Energy to uprate eight nuclear reactors, adding 1.1 GW of capacity. Seven of the plants already have power contracts with Google, Meta, and Amazon, who are seeking electricity for AI data centers. Constellation plans to spend over $7 billion on uprating 11 reactors, with the loans potentially reducing financing costs. The plants are located in Illinois, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.