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Microsoft has released its traditional “ugly” Christmas sweater: this year it features the Windows XP Bliss wallpaper with a green hill, blue sky and clouds. The corresponding message appeared in the Windows blog. “This holiday season, Windows is bringing a touch of nostalgia to its ‘ugly’ sweaters by harkening back to the early 2000s, the […]
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a picture of a glowing cloud surrounding a newborn star, Space.com reports. This is the so-called Herbig-Aro object, which is formed when stellar wind and gas jets burst out of newborn stars, causing shock waves. They crash at high speeds into the gas and dust from which the […]
Romanian Andrei Bilbi Argentis broke the record of the previous collector from Turkey, Ekrem Karagudekoglu, who collected 2,779 cell phones. Andrew Bilby Argentis has assembled a collection of 3,456 cell phones, setting a new world record, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Andriy also owns several thousand duplicates that were not included in […]
During the attacks of Ukrainian drones, the enemy in the still-occupied Sevastopol turns on extremely powerful electronic warfare equipment that creates real “lights” on satellite SAR images. The true scale of the electronic warfare equipment used by Russia to protect its military facilities is already visible from space. This is in the literal sense, because […]
Soldiers of the 82nd separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked an enemy T-90 tank with an FPV drone in the Zaporizhzhia sector. A video of the attack was posted online by the Ukrainian military. The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank. It was created in the late 1980s […]
In Mariupol, the radiation level has been exceeded 15 times. The invaders are trying to reassure the population, but in fact they are covering up their next war crime. This was reported by Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the mayor, on Telegram. “In Mariupol, a 15.5-fold increased radiation background was recorded at Pishchany beach in […]
Astronauts have problems with their finger nails during spacewalks. Space is not the most comfortable environment for humans. If there are no normal earthly conditions, including the usual gravity, then a person begins to experience health problems. First of all, it concerns the loss of bone and muscle density. Studies show that another disadvantage of […]
NASA has announced that two scientific spacecraft will travel to Mars in August 2024 aboard a Blue Origin rocket owned by Jeff Bezos. This decision apparently came about after Elon Musk’s SpaceX encountered difficulties in its attempts to deliver Falcon Heavy rockets to Mars orbit. Initially, SpaceX planned to deliver NASA’s spacecraft to Mars in […]
A Russian Su-57 fighter jet allegedly received small drones to be carried on board. UAVs will have different purposes. This was reported by RIA Novosti. The publication’s sources claim that the 5th generation Su-57 fighter jet has received mini-drones. They will be made in different versions: strike, reconnaissance or electronic warfare. The drones will be […]
The enthusiast created a robot Rob, which can see and describe the world around it using ChatGPT. Reddit user MrRandom93 created a robot that interacts with ChatGPT chatbot. He shared the results of his work on Reddit. The small robot, which the author named Rob, consists of microcircuits, wires, and a small speaker located on […]