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New and much better photos of the Shahed-238 kamikaze jet drone, often referred to as the “jet Shahed”, have been published in Iran, seeing it as a new version of the Shahed-136. We would like to remind you that the first presentation of these drones was held specifically for Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei at the […]
Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit in the United States that claimed it violated users’ privacy by tracking them even in incognito mode. This was reported by the BBC. The motion was filed in 2020 and demanded compensation of at least $5 billion. Google submitted a settlement agreement, the terms of which were not […]
A high-ranking official in Maine has issued a ruling banning former US President Donald Trump from running in the 2024 primaries. This was reported by CNN. Maine Secretary of State Shanna Bellows suspended her decision pending a possible appeal in state court, which Trump’s team said it intends to file. The decision makes Maine the […]
During the night and morning attacks, Russia fired about 110 missiles at Ukraine. Most of them are down, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attacks targeted, among others, a maternity hospital, educational institutions, a shopping center, high-rise buildings and private homes, a commercial warehouse, and a parking lot. Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and our […]
The Russian Federation has sent a battalion formed of Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front line. This was reported analysts of the Institute for the Study of War in their daily report for December 28. “Russia has officially deployed a battalion made up of Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front line in Ukraine, […]
On the night of Friday, December 29, Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine. In particular, there were explosions in Kyiv in the morning. This was reported by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko in Telegram; “Explosions in Kyiv. Air defense is working. Stay in shelters,” he wrote. After 7:50, repeated explosions occurred in the capital. […]
On December 29, SpaceX launched a secret X-37B spaceplane for the US Space Force on its Falcon Heavy rocket. This was reported by Space. The launch took place on December 29 at 3:07 a.m. from NASA’s Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida. The X-37B is an unmanned spaceplane that performs long-term missions in space with classified […]
A prehistoric lake, the largest that has ever existed on Earth, has entered the Guinness Book of Records. It occupied a gigantic territory of 2.8 million square kilometers – from the eastern border of the Alps through all of Eastern Europe and the territory of modern Ukraine to Kazakhstan in Central Asia. The mega-lake Paratethys […]
Artificial pain sensors developed by scientists helped robots avoid damage caused by collisions with objects. The sensors measured the force from the impact and transmitted signals to the robot’s motion control system, which helped it learn to interact more carefully with things that could cause damage. The development was reported by New Scientist. To allow […]
Xiaomi has presented its first electric car SU7, which, according to the company, is more technologically advanced than Tesla and may even surpass Porsche. Xiaomi, the Chinese brand that was once synonymous with affordable smartphones, is now preparing to launch its first electric car. Presented at the event in Beijing, Xiaomi SU7 is a sedan […]