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From the evening of December 24 and into the night of December 25, Russian terrorists attacked Ukraine with Shahed kamikaze drones and two aircraft missiles. Air defense forces managed to shoot down almost all enemy targets. This was reported by Channel 24. On the morning of December 25, the Air Force Command reported the results […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have received a new military aid package from Germany, according to the German official government website bundesregierung. This assistance will help Ukraine’s defense capabilities and includes: Three Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, which provide powerful air defense; Ammunition for Leopard 2A6 battle tanks, known for their high combat effectiveness, and spare […]
The Netherlands supports Ukraine in its fight against Russian invaders. In particular, as of December 2023, the country has already begun preparing the first F-16s for delivery to Ukraine. This is reported by 24Kanal with reference to Zelensky’s Twitter (X). The news is supplemented by…
Hackers of the Blackjack group, allegedly with the support of SBU cyber specialists, carried out a powerful cyber operation and destroyed the IT infrastructure of Rosvodokanal. This is reported by a number of Telegram channels and Urinform with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. During the attack, they encrypted more than 6,000 computers and […]
Recently, in the Stanislaus River in Northern California, a diver who was cleaning up the reservoir to preserve the salmon population came across an iPhone 12. Interestingly, despite being underwater for three months and covered in algae, the smartphone managed to turn on. Apple rates the iPhone 12 and newer models as IP68 according to […]
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has found that Chinese groups are actively using artificial intelligence to create and spread anti-American memes, focused on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, according to Vice. These memes are aimed at strengthening anti-American sentiment, especially in the context of US President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s military operations […]
On Thursday, December 20, the Armenian Television and Radio Commission has decided to suspend the activities of Tospa, the company responsible for broadcasting the pro-Russian Sputnik Armenia program, for 30 days. This decision was made as a result of the program “Friday with Tigran Keosayan”, aired on November 17, 2023, where the Republic of Armenia […]
A study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University and BerriAI found that Google’s Gemini Pro language model was less efficient than the GPT-3 model.5 Turbo from OpenAI in most of the test tasks, writes VentureBeat. The test included multiple-choice questions in various subject areas, as well as logic tasks. Gemini Pro showed weaker results, especially in […]
On the morning of December 19, Ukraine’s largest passenger aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, was evacuated from Boryspil Airport to Europe. The aircraft with the tail number UR-AZR, owned by Skyline Express (formerly Azur Air Ukraine), has successfully landed at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées airport in France, which is used as a place for maintenance and long-term storage of […]
ByteDance, the company known as the owner of the popular TikTok platform, has been accused of secretly using the OpenAI API to develop its language model known as Project Seed. According to the information, ByteDance violated OpenAI’s terms of use, which prohibit the use of their API to train its own AI models, writes The […]