Tag: ship

WireGuard VPN Is On Its Way To Linux

WireGuard has now been committed to the mainline Linux kernel. “While there are still tests to be made and hoops to be jumped through, it should be released in the next major Linux kernel release, 5.6, in the first or second quarter of 2020,” reports ZDNet. From the report: WireGuard has been in development for some time. It is a layer…

Why Is Russia’s Suspected Internet Cable Spy Ship In the Mid-Atlantic?

“Russia’s controversial intelligence ship Yantar has been operating in the Caribbean, or mid-Atlantic, since October,” writes defense analyst H I Sutton this week in Forbes. He adds that the ship “is suspected by Western navies of being involved in operations on undersea communications cables.” Significantly, she appears to be avoiding broadcasting her position via AIS (Automated Identification System). I suspect that…

SpaceX Sends Dragon Soaring To the ISS

A Falcon 9 rocket launched on Thursday from Florida, delivering its Dragon spacecraft into orbit. From a report: The first stage then made a safe landing on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The company’s webcast ended without any coverage of the second stage’s six-hour coast to demonstrate a capability for an unnamed customer. This was the tenth Falcon…

The adventures of a geologist: From shipwrecks to mapping the Arctic

Before directing the Oxford Museum of Natural History, Paul Smith mapped remote Greenland and was once left stranded when his ship went down Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432571-600-the-adventures-of-a-geologist-from-shipwrecks-to-mapping-the-arctic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

‘Sci-fi Makes You Stupid’ Study Refuted by Scientists Behind Original Research

The authors of a 2017 study which found that reading science fiction “makes you stupid” have conducted a follow-up that found that it’s only bad sci-fi that has this effect: a well-written slice of sci-fi will be read just as thoroughly as a literary story. From a report: Two years ago, Washington and Lee University professors Chris Gavaler and Dan Johnson…

Ghost Ships, Crop Circles, and Soft Gold: A GPS Mystery in Shanghai

An anonymous reader shares a report: One night last summer, a ship called the MV Manukai arrived at the port of Shanghai. It would be the American container ship’s last stop in China before making its long homeward journey to Long Beach, California. As the crew carefully maneuvered the 700-foot ship through the world’s busiest port, its captain watched his navigation…