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Bastø Electric entered service on Norway’s busy Moss‑Horten ferry route in March 2021 as the world’s largest all‑electric ferry, a 139.2‑metre vessel with a 4.3 MWh battery capable of carrying 600 passengers and 200 cars. Over five years it has operated alongside converted ferries Bastø IV and Bastø VI, forming a mixed fleet that now handles roughly 75 percent of the route’s 36,000 daily departures. The route moves about four million passengers and two million vehicles annually across a 10‑kilometre crossing that takes half [...]

Game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz announced a substantial October patch for The Blood of Dawnwalker that adds a new, easier difficulty level, revamps combat targeting, and improves escape mechanics. The forthcoming “Story” mode will replace the current easiest setting, while the existing Story difficulty will be renamed and sit between Fair and Challenging tiers, giving the game five distinct levels. Targeting quirks tied to stun abilities will be adjusted, allowing smoother target switches and reducing accidental self‑stuns. Performance issues [...]

A new Linux kernel vulnerability, CVE‑2026‑89775, affects the KVM virtualization subsystem on ARM64 platforms with nested virtualization enabled. The flaw arises from an incorrect size calculation that skips a TLB invalidation, leaving a freed host memory page mapped and writable to a guest VM. Researchers demonstrate that a malicious guest can read and write host kernel memory, enabling a VM escape to execute code on the host. The bug is present in mainline kernels from version 6.16 [...]

QuEra Computing and Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a partnership to embed QuEra’s neutral‑atom fault‑tolerant quantum processors into HPE Cray supercomputers for hybrid quantum‑classical workloads. The collaboration will create testbeds, co‑design algorithms, ensure software interoperability and benchmark system performance, with a long‑term goal of an on‑premises “gigaquop”‑scale machine. Customers will be able to access QuEra’s planned Libra system, a 256‑logical‑qubit fault‑tolerant processor slated for cloud availability in 2028, while also deploying on‑site units for data‑sovereignty or tightly coupled [...]

Monster Hunter series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto told Postmode that Capcom remains interested in a new live‑action adaptation of the franchise despite the 2020 film’s poor performance. The Paul W.S. Anderson‑directed movie earned under $50 million worldwide, scored 45 % on Rotten Tomatoes and has been widely criticized, yet Tsujimoto said the “desire is there” if the right director, partners and timing align. He emphasized that any reboot would require a collaborative effort and a clear vision of what to [...]

DC Universe co‑CEO James Gunn defended the HBO series Lanterns after fans condemned the apparent early death of Hal Jordan, portrayed by Kyle Chandler, in the show’s opening episode set in 2026. The episode shows a murdered Jordan before jumping back to 2016, prompting backlash from longtime fans who had awaited a live‑action debut of the iconic Green Lantern. Episode 6 reinforced the narrative with a funeral, yet the series later shifts to a 2026 “whodunnit” focus on John Stewart investigating the [...]

Saudi Arabia’s state‑backed automaker Ceer Motors unveiled its flagship electric vehicles, the EXOBOT sedan and SUV, marking the first two models of a seven‑vehicle lineup slated for production over the next five years. The launch follows Tesla’s 2022 entry into the Saudi market and reflects the kingdom’s broader push to build a domestic EV industry under the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and a joint venture with Foxconn. Ceer leverages BMW licensing and partners such as Dürr, Schuler, [...]

RadarScope, the award‑winning iPhone radar app used by meteorologists and storm spotters, has been updated to support Apple CarPlay. The new version, released in the 5.7 update, brings high‑resolution data from more than 300 radars to a CarPlay interface, allowing users to view MRMS, single‑site radar, satellite imagery and overlay their navigation route. As drivers travel, the app automatically switches to the nearest radar site, displaying warnings, prob‑severe alerts and reports directly on the map. The CarPlay [...]