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Recent rumors about upcoming consumer graphics card models have raised concerns about their increased power consumption. And while AMD and NVIDIA have yet to reveal the full specifications of the next generation of graphics cards (Radeon RX 7000 and GeForce RTX 40 series) expected later this year, Lisa Su’s “red” team this week released some […]
Tesla has asked its customers in Texas not to charge their electric cars during peak hours to avoid overloading the state’s power grid. Meanwhile, the Texas Grid Operator (ERCOT) is urging residents to conserve electricity due to extremely high temperatures, with the power system in a near-emergency state. Tesla sent a warning to customers’ car […]
During his visit to Israel, the US President asked Prime Minister Yair Lapid to increase military aid to Ukraine and provide weapons. This is reported by Walla. It is also noted that the supply of weapons to Ukraine is the latest point of contention between the US government and the Israeli government regarding the Russian […]
Explosions occurred in Vinnytsia (Ukraine) due to enemy rocket fire. The head of the Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Borzov, reported on the dead and wounded. The head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, clarified that a civilian object was hit in Vinnytsia. ‘Another terrorist act by a terrorist country in Vinnytsia. Rocket shelling of […]
According to Nikkei, Nikon will stop producing new SLR cameras that were once a technological mainstay of professional photography. Such devices have lost popularity some time ago, as the quality of shooting mirrorless cameras, which also have smaller sizes and weight, has improved significantly. In the amateur segment, SLR cameras are being replaced by smartphones. […]
A launch vehicle developed by the SpaceX company for flights of a new generation of ships caught fire during ground tests taking place in Texas. It is likely that because of this, the launch of the Starship ship into orbit, planned by the company’s founder Elon Musk (Elon Musk) this year, will have to be […]
As planned, the James Webb Telescope team has demonstrated the first full color images obtained with this new space observatory. The telescope made the deepest and most accurate infrared image of the distant universe to date. This is a detailed image of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 (in the cap to this article). The James […]
Lithuania on Monday extended restrictions on transit through its territory to Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, as European Union sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine took effect. As Reuters writes, additional goods banned from Monday morning include concrete, wood, alcohol and alcohol-based industrial chemicals, a Lithuanian customs spokesman said. On Friday, Russia warned […]
SpaceX launched 46 satellites and landed a rocket on a ship at sea on Sunday (July 10). A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket carrying 46 SpaceX Starlink Internet satellites lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Base on Sunday at 9:39 p.m. EDT (04:39 July 11 Kyiv time). On the broadcast of the launch before the launch, […]
On July 7, 2022, the X-37B unmanned spacecraft of the US Space Force broke its own record for the duration of its stay in orbit, spending 781 consecutive days in space. This happened during the Orbital Test Vehicle-6 (OTV-6) mission – the sixth flight of the reusable vehicle. Boeing, which designed and built the X-37B, […]