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👍 Montreal's electric buses use more energy in winter but are still more cost-effective than diesel
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-11-montreal-electric-buses-energy-winter.html

Montreal's electric buses use more energy in winter but are still more cost-effective than diesel
The Société de transport de Montréal (STM), the city's urban transit authority, plans to make its network completely electric by 2040 by adding 140 electric buses to its fleet annually to meet this target. It's an ambitious goal, made more challenging by the extreme swings in the city's weather every year.

Profluent, which wants to use AI for protein design in drug discovery, raised $106M led by Bezos Expeditions and Altimeter, bringing its total funding to $150M (Amy Feldman/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/20

Jeff Bezos Is Backing An AI Startup Aiming To Make Proteins Programmable
Profluent has raised $106 million to scale up use of its AI models for biology in drug development and agriculture.

"Basis Markets": Britische Behörde untersucht Zusammenbruch eines Kryptofonds
Zwei Männer wurden festgenommen, während die britische Betrugsbehörde wegen Betrugs und Geldwäsche gegen ein millionenschweres Kryptowährungsschema ermittelt.

50,000 miles on cargo bikes
Sometime this year I crossed 50,000 miles of commuting to work and running errands on cargo bikes since 2006, starting first on a Specialized hybrid extended with an Xtracycle FreeRadical attachment, then upgraded to a Big Dummy, and then, also, an Xtracycle Edgerunner.  Until earlier this year, none of these had e-assist, now the Big Dummy does (750W Tongsheng TSDZ8) which makes it even more wonderful.

50,000 miles on cargo bikes
Sometime this year I crossed 50,000 miles of commuting to work and running errands on cargo bikes since 2006, starting first on a Specialized hybrid extended with an Xtracycle FreeRadical attachmen…

According to the Daily Mail, Russian hackers have stolen hundreds of sensitive military documents containing details of eight RAF and Royal Navy bases as well as Ministry of Defence staff names and emails and posted them on the dark web.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/…

'Catastrophic' attack as Russians hack files on EIGHT MoD bases and post them on the dark web
In what has been described as a 'catastrophic' security breach, cybercriminals accessed the cache of files by hacking a maintenance contractor used by the MoD.

Precision Neuroscience: BCIs near clinic with minimally invasive, high-density electrode arrays https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/translational-research/bcis-near-clinic-with-minimally-invasi…

BCIs Near Clinic with Minimally Invasive, High-Density Electrode Arrays
The implants can be removed without visible cortical damage, making them a safer, reversible alternative to penetrating arrays.

It is always preferable to visit home with a friend. Your parents will
not be pleased with this plan, because they want you all to themselves and
because in the presence of your friend, they will have to act like mature
human beings.
The worst kind of friend to take home is a girl, because in that case,
there is the potential that your parents will lose you not just for the
duration of the visit but forever. The worst kind of girl to take home is one
of …

Scientists Warn: “Almost Half of the Beaches Will Disappear by the End of the Century”
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-warn-almost-half-of-the-beaches-will-disappear-by-the-end-of-the-century/

Jeff Bezos gründet KI-Startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos steigt als CEO und Gründer in das KI-Startup Project Prometheus ein, das bereits Milliarden-Finanzierungen erhalten haben soll.
https://www.

EuGH: Polizei darf DNA- und Biometriedaten Verdächtiger unterschiedslos erheben
Ermittler dürfen laut einem EuGH-Urteil auf Basis interner Vorschriften entscheiden, ob sie die biometrischen und genetischen Daten aufgabenbezogen speichern.