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The US Navy seized 1.1 million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and headed for Yemen in violation of a UN resolution.
The #DOJ took ownership through a civil forfeiture claim against Iran's Revolutionary Guard, and is now transferring the ammo to the Ukrainian armed forces.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on Transfer of Forfeited Munitions to Ukraine
The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the transfer of approximately 1.1 million 7.62mm rounds to the Ukrainian armed forces. The U.S. Government obtained ownership of these munitions on July 20, through the Justice Department’s civil forfeiture claims against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The munitions were originally seized by U.S. Central Command naval forces from the transiting stateless dhow MARWAN 1, on Dec.…

WeWork's bankruptcy caps a years-long saga for Masayoshi Son, who overrode lieutenants' objections to hand Adam Neumann billions, losing SoftBank over $11.5B (Min Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

WeWork Saga Cost Masayoshi Son $11.5 Billion and His Credibility
WeWork Inc.’s bankruptcy filing caps a years-long saga that revealed breathtaking flaws in the investment style of Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, damaging his professional reputation far beyond the money he lost.

Rookie error: NSW transport minister faces fresh allegations as staffing scandal fallout continues as Labor in find out stage
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/07/nsw-transport-minister-jo-haylen-kieran-a…

Cuban Intelligence Recruits Driven by Ideology, Not Money (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/cuban-intelligence-recruits-driven-by-ideology-not-money-7d56c3f8?mod=fo…

Cuban Intelligence Recruits Driven by Ideology, Not Money
Espionage case of former U.S. ambassador sheds light on officials-turned-spies swayed by sympathy for Cuba’s revolution

The US Navy seized 1.1 million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and headed for Yemen in violation of a UN resolution.
The #DOJ took ownership through a civil forfeiture claim against Iran's Revolutionary Guard, and is now transferring the ammo to the Ukrainian armed forces.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on Transfer of Forfeited Munitions to Ukraine
The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the transfer of approximately 1.1 million 7.62mm rounds to the Ukrainian armed forces. The U.S. Government obtained ownership of these munitions on July 20, through the Justice Department’s civil forfeiture claims against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The munitions were originally seized by U.S. Central Command naval forces from the transiting stateless dhow MARWAN 1, on Dec.…

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In a New York Times article on the self-driving company Cruise that recently suspended its cars, some interesting figured were revealed:

”Half of Cruise’s 400 cars were in San Francisco when the driverless operations were stopped. Those vehicles were supporte…

This could massively change the way satellites operate.
Imagine flinging chemicals into orbit for delivery to satellites to recharge thrusters instead of de-orbiting old satellites because they can't keep their position anymore.
#QT - http…

Xavier Decuyper (@savjee@mastodon.world)
Attached: 1 image For 70 years, we've used massive rockets to escape Earth's gravity, a method impressive but costly. SpinLaunch offers a radical alternative, aiming to catapult payloads into orbit and revolutionize space access. 👇

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.05127 has been replaced.
Link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Pulsed-mode metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy of GaN on graphene-coated c-sapphire for freestanding GaN thin films
We report the growth of high-quality GaN epitaxial thin films on graphene-coated c-sapphire substrates using pulsed-mode metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy, together with the fabrication of freestanding GaN films by simple mechanical exfoliation for transferable light-emitting diodes (LEDs). High-quality GaN films grown on the graphene-coated sapphire substrates were easily lifted off using thermal release tape and transferred onto foreign substrates. Furthermore, we revealed that the pulsed oper…

In addition to possibly making regular trips to the moon less expensive,♦️in-flight refueling ♦️could enable missions deeper into space.
NASA is spending billions to help make the technology a reality:
Earlier this year, the space agency awarded a $3.4 billion contract to Blue Origin, the venture founded by Jeff Bezos.
Previous contracts worth about $4 billion went to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which is scheduled to fly the first two missions later this decade, with Blue Origin…

How NASA plans to change moon landings with Blue Origin’s help
Instead of flying directly to the moon, NASA and Blue Origin plan for the spacecraft to be refueled in transit — an innovation that could transform the way humans explore the cosmos.

Filing: 23andMe says hackers accessed accounts of 0.1% of its customer base in the company's recent data breach; 23andMe reported 14M customers in May 2023 (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/01/23andme…

23andMe says hackers accessed 'significant number' of files about users' ancestry | TechCrunch
23andMe revealed new details about its data breach. The company says it's notifying at least 14,000 users, but the actual number is likely far higher.