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Russia has inlanded a new Project 22800 Karakurt missile corvette, which carries Kalibr cruise missiles, into the Black Sea. This is reported by Defence Express with reference to satellite images published by OSINT analyst MT_Anderson. They show that there were two Karakurtas in Novorossiysk on December 5 – the completed and tested Amur ship, and, […]
ISS astronauts find tomato that disappeared 8 months ago, former suspect can now sleep peacefully. The 2.5 cm (1 inch) wide Red Robin dwarf tomato was part of the last harvest for the Veg-05 experiment, which was overseen by American astronaut Frank Rubio, Space.com reports. After the harvest on March 29, 2023, each ISS astronaut […]
Apple has patented an external modular flashlight for the Apple Watch, and it may appear in future versions of the smartwatch. Your trusty Apple Watch is just great, isn’t it? Not only does it have an incredible amount of health tracking capabilities such as ECG, blood oxygen, stress, and sleep monitoring, but it also has […]
In January 2024, Ukraine may face problems with financing social payments. Pensions and social assistance may be delayed if the United States stops providing assistance. Such assumptions about the development of events were voiced by the head of the Budget Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Roksolana Pidlasa, in an interview with Forbes. Massive delays in […]
The son of former US President Donald Trump Jr. criticized US foreign policy toward Ukraine. He said that Ukraine has already lost the war with Russia. “No more big wars, no more funding for the military-industrial complex! For those of you who are idiots, Ukraine lost this war a long time ago, we are just […]
The world’s deepest and largest underground laboratory, built 2,400 meters below the surface in southwestern China, has begun operations, which could be a significant boost to the global search for dark matter. The launch of China’s Jinping Underground Laboratory comes after three years of massive modernization and expansion, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. […]
A series of experiments by American physicists have shown that sprinkling coffee beans with water before grinding can improve the taste of coffee. As scientists have found out, even a little moisture helps to avoid excessive electrification of ground coffee. This results in fewer clots during brewing and a richer taste. The scientists’ findings were […]
Google is working on a project that aims to use artificial intelligence technology to create a picture of users’ lives “in retrospect” using mobile phone data such as photos and search queries. This was reported by CNBC. The project, codenamed Ellmann and named after the literary critic Richard Ellmann, involves using Gemini to process search […]
The Kyiv City State Administration announced that traffic between Teremky and Demiivska stations was suspended, and Kyiv City Council member Ksenia Semenova posted a video of the tunnel being flooded. In Kyiv, starting December 8, the metro tunnel between Demiivska and Teremky is closed for six months for urgent repairs. The tunnels were constructed in […]
Linux will get its own version of the “blue screen of death” (BSOD). The latest version of systemd for Linux includes the systemd-bsod service, which is capable of generating a full-screen error message in Linux distributions. Just as the “Blue Screen of Death” originated on Windows, the Linux version will be used as an emergency […]