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Twitter has officially switched to the new x.com domain, as announced by Elon Musk, a well-known entrepreneur, visionary, and former CEO of Twitter. After acquiring the social network in July 2023, Musk immediately renamed it to X and changed the logo, although the site continued to operate at twitter.com for some time. Now, when users […]
For those who dreamed of having a drink with friends without consequences, this news may seem like a reality. Researchers at ETH Zurich announced the creation of a revolutionary edible gel that prevents intoxication from alcohol. What is known This gel, successfully tested on mice, can reduce blood alcohol levels by up to 50 percent […]
Today, May 10, the United States government will announce a new military aid package worth $400 million to Ukraine. This became known from a report by RBC-Ukraine, cited by the American publication Politico. According to two U.S. officials, the new aid package will include a wide range of military equipment stored in U.S. warehouses. The […]
The so-called environmental activists are protesting against the expansion of Tesla’s only factory in Europe (Gigafactory), located near Berlin. They are demanding that the production of what they call “dirty cars” be stopped, and they have focused their actions under the StopTesla tag on social media. According to the German newspaper Bild, the protesters, who […]
According to The Standard, Ukraine will receive the first F-16 fighter jets from the West by June or July of this year. A senior military source confirmed the transfer, but did not specify which country the fighters would come from. On May 21, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden approved training for Ukrainian pilots on the […]
Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink faced unforeseen technical problems after implanting its device into the brain of patient Nolan Arb. A few weeks after the surgery in January, some of the threads with electrodes that were supposed to measure neural activity began to come out of the brain tissue, which led to a malfunction of […]
Warner Bros. Discovery and its CEO, David Zaslav, have announced a new movie in the Lord of the Rings universe, titled The Hunt for Gollum, scheduled for release in 2026. Peter Jackson, the director of the famous Tolkien adaptations, will resume his collaboration with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens to produce the new project and […]
Over the past two weeks, residents of Beijing and Shanghai have been able to use WhatsApp freely without the need for a VPN, despite the app’s official ban in China. This case seems strange against the backdrop of the Chinese government’s tough measures against foreign Internet services, including platforms such as Signal and Instagram, which […]
In May 2024, despite the ongoing hostilities and the closure of Ukraine’s airspace, three Ukrainian airlines were actively operating abroad. Currently, air transportation is not possible in Ukraine, and because of this, the entire civil aviation industry has come to a complete standstill. However, some airlines have oriented themselves and moved almost their entire fleet […]
Samsung is actively working on a new version of its One UI 7.0 firmware, based on the newly released beta version of Google’s Android 15. The work is focused on the flagship model Galaxy S24 Ultra. The new firmware version, designated as S928BXXU2BXE2, has already appeared on the company’s internal servers, initially for the European […]