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Unknown governments are monitoring smartphone users on both Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS via push notifications. This was stated by US Senator Ron Wyden in a letter to the US Department of Justice, Reuters reports. Wyden claims that foreign officials are demanding data from Alphabet’s Google and Apple. Without elaborating, the senator described the way […]
Engineers at the Technical University of Munich have developed a robotic mouse with a flexible spine. It increased the speed of the robot mouse and made it more adept at cornering. According to the engineers, the spine adds flexibility to the robot, making it better able to keep its balance and perform complex maneuvers. So […]
The commander of a naval drone unit with the call sign “13” claims that the entire Black Sea fleet could follow the fate of the Moskva missile cruiser. He spoke about this in an interview with The Times journalists who visited the secret military base. According to the sea dock operator, he fulfilled his life’s […]
In its presentation, which was published on Intel’s official website and later removed, the company accused AMD of “selling half-truths to unsuspecting consumers.” This was reported by The Verge. According to Intel, AMD is using the outdated Zen 2 architecture in some of its Ryzen 7000 series mobile processors, which have a name that hints […]
On the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the press service of the 56th Separate Mariupol Infantry Brigade published a video in honor of the military. Among other things, the Czech Dana-M2 self-propelled artillery system is visible in the frame. The post notes that the most important strength of Ukraine is the people who […]
SpaceX has made two attempts to launch the Starship spacecraft into orbit. As part of the third test, the aerospace company and NASA plan to test the refueling technology in orbit. NASA wants to test the viability of the concept of orbital refueling of the spacecraft. At the same time, the agency has not yet […]
The United States announces a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $175 million. This is stated in a press release published on the website of the US Department of Defense. The package will include AIM-9M and AIM-7 missiles for Ukraine’s air defense. In October, it was reported that Ukraine had armed itself with a […]
A Tu-204 cargo plane caught fire during takeoff in Ulan-Ude, Russia. The aircraft’s left engine caught fire. This was reported by BAZA. “The Aerostar cargo plane was supposed to fly from Ulan-Ude to Zhangzhou. However, a few minutes after takeoff, the left engine of the Tu-204 caught fire,” the statement said. The pilots reported this […]
Meta has started implementing end-to-end encryption for all private chats and calls on Messenger and Facebook, Reuters reports. According to Meta, this feature is already available to users, but it may take some time for all Messenger accounts to be updated to end-to-end encryption by default. Previously, Messenger had an option to enable end-to-end encryption, […]
Russia suffered another loss in aviation, but this time not due to the skillful actions of the Air Force or anti-aircraft gunners, but due to the skill of missile and reconnaissance drone operators. Moreover, the Ukrainian HIMARS have a new record – a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter that was destroyed in the field. This is […]