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Last Sunday, billionaire Elon Musk announced on Twitter that his Boring Company would launch a project in the coming years to build the Hyperloop high-speed transportation system, a concept he outlined in 2013. Thus, Musk reacted to the publication of a rating of cities with the worst transport situation. The head of Boring said that […]
What everyone has been writing about in recent days has become a fait accompli. Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) has announced that it has entered into a final acquisition agreement for a wholly owned company owned by Ilona Mask for $54.20 per share in cash under a deal worth approximately $44 billion. After the operation, Twitter […]
On April 22, Ukrainian postage stamps carrying a Russian warship in a well-known direction, as well as envelopes signed by the author of the legendary phrase, Marine Roman Gribov, and Ukrposhta CEO Igor Smilyansky, were sold at a charity online auction. This is 200 times more than the starting price, which was UAH 25,000. The […]
The US Naval Research Laboratory has demonstrated the possibility of terrestrial microwave radiation to transmit a 1.6 kilowatt electrical signal over a distance of 1 kilometer. The tests took place at the US Army test site in Maryland. This demonstration was the largest in 50 years. The tests were performed by two-point transmission of electrical […]
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has resumed booking tickets for flights from Kyiv and Odessa to Europe. Tickets will be available from July. This is evidenced by the information on the company’s website. In particular, the following destinations are available for booking: Poland, Latvia, Great Britain, Austria, UAE and other countries. Bookings are available from Kyiv, […]
Lada with “automatic” is already in short supply. And in the next 1-2 years, their supply is not planned because sanctions against Russia have made it impossible to produce Lada models with automatic transmission. There will be no Lada cars with automatic transmission in the near future. AvtoVAZ currently cannot produce versions with two pedals. […]
Apps that used the API to access audio recording during a phone call will soon disappear from the Play Store. From May 11, Google will change its store policy to remove the workaround in the form of access to the Accessibility API. XDA notes that Google is struggling with call recording and has already removed […]
Zewa, Tork, Libero, Libresse and TENA products will no longer be available for Russian users. Conditions for doing business in Russia have deteriorated, the manufacturer said. The Swedish company Essity, which is one of the leading manufacturers of personal care products and medical products, has decided to leave Russia. This is stated in the company’s […]
The use of the card of double payment systems “Peace” from UnionPay is no longer available to Russian banks that have come under sanctions China’s national payment network UnionPay has refused to cooperate with Russian banks that have come under sanctions. This was announced by Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov. “Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, VTB and […]
The United States has granted Ukrainians Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This was announced by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak. According to him, the decision has been entered in the federal register and will be made public and registered on April […]