Alva’s TorqStudio Aims to Revolutionize Motor Design
Alva Industries is launching TorqStudio, its new online platform for custom motor design and analysis. The platform will make its debut at SPS 2025 in Hall 3, Booth 259 before official release.
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Honda Finally Shows Its eVTOL Cards
Honda has unveiled its long-secret eVTOL aircraft development program at the Dubai Airshow. The company plans full-scale flight tests in spring 2026 and aims for certification in the early 2030s. Their hybrid-electric design features a compact turbogenerator weighing under 100 kg.
RIB Software Is Digitizing South Africa’s Construction Sites
RIB Software is bringing digital transformation to South Africa’s construction sector with tools that provide real-time project visibility. Their software helps prevent cost overruns and reduces environmental waste by integrating estimating, planning, and financial controls. The company emphasizes t
Manufacturing Under Siege as OT Attacks Spike
State-sponsored actors and ransomware groups are increasingly targeting operational technology systems. Manufacturing bears the brunt with 41.5% of all detections. The IT/OT boundary has become the primary attack vector.
Perplexity’s Government Deal and Shopping Push Raise Questions
Perplexity is making two major moves – securing a government contract for AI access at just 25 cents per agency and launching agentic shopping with 5,000 merchants. The company joins Google and xAI in offering heavily discounted AI to federal agencies while expanding into commerce.
WhatsApp’s Phone Number Leak Exposed 3.5 Billion Accounts
Researchers exploited WhatsApp’s contact discovery feature to confirm 3.5 billion active phone numbers linked to accounts. The vulnerability allowed checking 7,000 numbers per second without triggering security measures. Meta has since applied stricter rate limiting but privacy concerns remain about
Perplexity launches free AI shopping tool to rival OpenAI
Perplexity AI is rolling out a free shopping product for US users just in time for holiday spending. The company has partnered with PayPal and will connect users with over 5,000 merchants directly through its search engine.
Microsoft’s Cobalt 200 CPU Packs 132 Arm Cores for Azure
Microsoft has announced its Cobalt 200 CPU featuring 132 Arm Neoverse-V3 cores with individual per-core power scaling. The custom silicon leverages TSMC’s 3nm process for maximum efficiency in Azure data centers. This represents Microsoft’s latest move in the escalating cloud hardware arms race.
Unity Games Are Coming to Fortnite Next Year
Unity and Epic Games announced a partnership that will allow Unity developers to publish games directly within Fortnite starting next year. The move comes as Fortnite’s creator ecosystem exploded with 198,000 islands published in 2024, doubling the previous year’s count. Unity also revealed its cros
Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Swaps Crypto for AI Computing
Crypto mining company Bitfarms is fully converting its Washington facility from Bitcoin mining to AI computing. The $128 million project will create 18MW of capacity for HPC/AI workloads by December 2026. This marks a strategic pivot as the company phases out Bitcoin mining entirely by 2027.