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The Venezuelan government announced the creation of a Commission for the Defense of Essequibo (a region of neighboring Guyana) and ordered the intensification of debate on the creation of a new state of Guayana Essequiba. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the Voice of America. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announces the implementation of […]
Scientists have found a way to increase the power of lasers by 9 times without reducing the quality of the beam. This breakthrough will make it possible to create long-range laser weapons capable of melting targets. A team of researchers from the University of South Australia, the University of Adelaide, and Yale University argue that […]
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the destruction of a Russian Su-24M frontline bomber near Zmiine. This is stated in the message of the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk. It is reported that the Su-24M, acting under the cover of a Su-30SM fighter […]
Ukrainian farmers have developed a special mine trawl for use by Humvee armored off-road vehicles. The 1+1 TV channel aired a story about their tests. The development of a special trawl for the Humvee armored off-road vehicle began after the military asked farmers to help. Due to the limited weight limits, the specialists had to […]
The American company IBM presented a modular quantum computer Quantum System Two at the annual Quantum Summit conference. It is powered by three Heron chips. The Heron processor operates with 133 qubits and produces five times fewer errors during computing processes compared to the Eagle chip from the same manufacturer. Today, quantum processors are used […]
As a result of protesters blocking the border with Ukraine, exports through these checkpoints decreased by 40%, and the state budget of Ukraine lost UAH 9.3 billion due to a shortfall in customs payments. This was stated by the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy Danylo Hetmantsev on the […]
NASA’s Chandra Space X-ray Observatory has detected a cluster of pulsars, or “spiders,” that are swallowing up their satellite stars in the Omega Centauri globular cluster, Space.com reports. The observations should help scientists better understand how rapidly rotating neutron stars, called “spiders,” consume their neighbors, destroying the surrounding stars with intense radiation. The five spider […]
Israel resumes hostilities against Hamas militants after the ceasefire breaks down. The Air Force used a SPICE-2000 guided bomb in Gaza. This was reported by the Defense Blog. SPICE or Smart, Precise Impact, Cost-Effective bomb is a development of the Israeli company Rafael. The system was the successor to the Popeye air-to-ground missile, which had […]
Meta added cross-platform integration of Messenger and Instagram chat in 2020, but is now canceling it. As 9to5Google suggests, it’s to avoid being penalized by regulators under the EU Digital Markets Act, which requires large companies to be interoperable between messaging platforms. Starting in mid-December 2023, you will no longer be able to start new […]
LandSpace Technology, one of China’s private space companies based in Beijing, is preparing to launch a satellite into orbit as part of a key commercial test of its methane and liquid oxygen rocket. This was reported by Reuters. Investors and rocket developers have said that methane can help reduce costs and provide more environmentally friendly […]