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Google and Apple have removed apps from their stores by Russian banks that have been sanctioned by the US and EU. This was reported by Mediasat, citing the Russian newspaper Vedomosti.
Applications such as:
These apps were also removed from the App Store, with the exception of Russian Standard and Home Bank.
There is a possibility that banks will try to circumvent the sanctions and release their apps under other names, disguising them as unknown services. Sber, VTB, and Alfa-Bank, which were also subject to sanctions, have done this before.
The Starbase production site is getting an expansion called Starfactory, which should help SpaceX’s plans to produce at least one megastar per day. The construction cost of the Starfactory, which will occupy 9,290 square meters of Starbase’s factory space, is $100 million. After the extremely successful fourth test flight of the Starship (both stages were […]
Yesterday, on May 29, we wrote that Sweden is handing over a new aid package to Ukraine worth $1.3 billion, which includes a Saab 340 AEW&C (ACS 890) aircraft. As it turned out, there will be two planes. The information was clarified by the press secretary of the Swedish Prime Minister, Tom Samuelsson, on Twitter. […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite Internet division, Starlink, has resumed operations after a large-scale outage that lasted almost an hour. The outage occurred on May 29 and affected more than 41,000 users worldwide. The official Starlink page on the social network X (Twitter) reported: “Starlink is currently experiencing a network outage and we are actively implementing […]
The United States has completed testing of the Manta Ray underwater unmanned vehicle prototype developed by Northrop Grumman. The tests took place off the coast of Southern California in February and March 2024. The tests demonstrated the hydrodynamic characteristics of the vehicle at sea. In addition, the engineers successfully tested all the ways to set […]
We are talking about the exoplanet WASP-76 b, which delighted researchers with a bright light show, better known as a “gloria” – until now, it has been observed only within the Solar System. The planet of hell WASP-76 b is located about 637 light-years from Earth and was first discovered in 2013. It is believed […]
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, has strongly criticized the recent actions of the Russian Federation, which has struck at Ukraine’s vital infrastructure. As a result of these actions, large areas of Ukraine, including the cities of Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia, faced power and water outages, which deepened the humanitarian catastrophe in […]