Technology Aviation The world's largest electric plane takes flight The 25,000-pound aircraft flew for 27 minutes. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Heart Aerospace's X1 demonstrator, the largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown, crosses the Champlain Valley near Plattsburgh, New York, at sunrise during its first flight in August 2026. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

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Security researchers found that in less than 60 seconds, they could open a hatch on a plane's exterior, plug in a tiny device, and redirect the aircraft's autopilot or sabotage its flight plan. Even as the digital components of so many life-critical systems have proven susceptible to cybersabotage-- cars, medical devices, even water utilities and power grids --the computer systems of airplanes have, thankfully, remained uniquely inaccessible to hackers. But one group of academic researchers has spent years testing a different, devious approach to aviation cybersecurity. Perhaps, they suggest, a plane could be hacked the same way that spies and saboteurs have targeted other high-value, offline computers: by surreptitiously gaining physical access to one and plugging in a device designed to silently run the attackers' malicious code. Tomorrow at the Usenix Cybersecurity Conference, researchers from the University of California at San Diego and Oberlin College will present a hacking technique capable of commandeering the autopilot of a Boeing 737 to redirect its navigation or silently altering key values in the plane's takeoff and fuel calculations while spoofing the results on the pilot's screen--subtle changes the researchers say could potentially cause anything from runway overruns on takeoff to diversions to a different country's airspace to catastrophic crashes.

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Intervention follows days of delays and a near-miss between two planes on the Sydney aiport tarmac. Prue Car has asked Nesa to'urgently' examine AI and move to protect student learning amid growing evidence the technology is affecting student's cognitive development. Prue Car has asked Nesa to'urgently' examine AI and move to protect student learning amid growing evidence the technology is affecting student's cognitive development. Car said she has asked Nesa to "urgently" examine artificial intelligence and move to protect student learning amid growing evidence the technology is affecting student's cognitive development. Half of students' HSC result is based on school-based assessments, some of which is finished outside the classroom. Artificial intelligence has enormous potential to support teaching and learning, but it should never replace the thinking, creativity, and hard work that education is designed to develop.

German airport drone-bomb: Could Russia be involved? As Germany investigates how a drone loaded with explosives reached a runway at Leipzig airport, there is renewed talk in Europe of hybrid war. The interior minister is warning of a new level of danger from an attack that may involve foreign powers. There is no proof at this stage to link the flying bomb directly to Russia, which denies any role. But as well as the means and the motive, Moscow does have form.

This 1919 Curtiss Oriole may have mapped parts of South America and helped film some movies. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The WWI-era Oriole was manufactured in Garden City, New York. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .

Ryanair broken window may have been caused by'foreign object' To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An incident on a Ryanair flight which saw a passenger partially sucked out of a plane window may have been caused by foreign object damage to an engine, said the airline's boss. Michael O'Leary said an initial investigation into the incident on 10 July between Greece and Germany suggests it looks like a foreign object damage to the engine on takeoff at Thessaloniki but ... we can't say that definitively. He insisted that the engine on the 18-year-old Boeing 737 plane had been fully serviced and overhauled in the past two years. Serbian national Ljubisa Karović's head and right shoulder were sucked out of the plane's window, leaving him seriously injured and in shock.

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Technology Aviation Airbus wants to build world's first hydrogen fuel jet engine Commercial hydrogen planes could take off by 2035. More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Unlike jet fuel, hydrogen fuel's primary byproduct is water vapor. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy .