UKAEA will develop a fusion energy plant in the metaverse

The industrial metaverse is set to revolutionise the development of the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s prototype fusion energy plant, STEP, located in Nottinghamshire. The immersive and connected virtual environment will serve as the digital realm where engineers and scientists will collaborate to design and refine the plant’s engineering blueprint. In partnership with Dell Technologies, Intel,…

India startup funding slides 68% after Tiger and SoftBank make virtually no deals

Several high-flying Indian startups, including Byju’s, Swiggy and PharmEasy, have experienced a dramatic downward adjustment in their valuations. Indian startups experienced a significant contraction in funding in the first half of 2023, revealing the knock-on effect of broader public market instability on young ventures in emerging regions. The first six months of 2023 saw Indian…

New Electromagnetic Attacks on Drones Could Let Attackers Take Control

Jun 28, 2023Ravie LakshmananFirmware Security / Tech Drones that don’t have any known security weaknesses could be the target of electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI) attacks, potentially enabling a threat actor to achieve arbitrary code execution and compromise their functionality and safety. The research comes from IOActive, which found that it is “feasible to compromise the…