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Russian ‘Sber’ will close its representative office in the United Arab Emirates at the beginning of 2023. The reason is that the office faced restrictions in its work due to sanctions. The Bell writes about it. ‘Unfortunately, due to the sanctions, we are facing serious restrictions on the work of our office in Abu Dhabi […]
Ukrainian engineers designed a high-speed kamikaze quadcopter. It can be used not only for striking enemy armored vehicles and destroying manpower in dugouts, but also for intercepting ‘shaheeds’. According to the developers, high-class operators will be needed to control the high-speed drones of the Armed Forces. The high-speed drone was developed by specialists of the […]
So far, engineers have only supplied reconnaissance versions to the Armed Forces, but soon they plan to create an impact modification. Serial production of new reconnaissance drones ‘Dovbush T10’ has begun in Ukraine. The project organizer and co-founder of Monobank, Volodymyr Yatsenko, told the details on the TV channel ‘1+1’. According to him, developers have […]
The company ‘Ukrposhta’ (Ukrainian Post Office) is reducing the tariffs for sending parcels to Poland by 75% from January 1, 2023. This was reported by the general director of the company Ihor Smilyanskyi. ‘I just signed an order that starting January 1, tariffs for sending parcels to Poland via Ukrposhta EMS service will be reduced […]
In the Xiaomi line, a thermos appeared for the first time in history. Pure titanium is used to make Mijia Ti. The thermos has a capacity of 450 ml. Its weight is 215 g. According to the IT Home online edition, the thermos can keep the liquid temperature at +58 °C for six hours. It […]
The Ukrainian R18 unmanned aerial vehicle destroyed a state-of-the-art Russian tank worth several million dollars. The R18 is equipped with several RKG-3 anti-tank grenades. The unmanned aerial vehicle discovered the T-90M ‘Breakthrough’ tank, which was immobilized. Probably, the combat vehicle ran over a mine. The drone operators waited until evening and dropped several missiles at […]
The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered Mastercard to begin providing rival payment networks with the information they need to process debit card payments. In the proposed enforcement actions, the FTC said Mastercard allegedly violated a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, known as the Durbin Amendment, by prohibiting merchants from transferring transactions through alternative networks. […]
On the twenty-second of December, the first H-book MAK4 laptop store in Belarus opened in the Galleria mall in Minsk. They are assembled at the production facilities of the Horizont holding under the control of the MPOVT enterprise. On December 25, journalists did not find a retail outlet with Belarusian laptops in the Galeria shopping […]
Minimax Cubo has two seats and can be delivered without doors. Many different modifications are offered on the company’s website. The Italian brand Tazzari EV presented a compact electric truck for urban transportation. Minimax Cubo received an unusual design with a panoramic roof. Details about the new product are available on the company’s website. Minimax […]
Android 14 may require smartphones to support AV1 video decoding. This codec significantly reduces traffic consumption when watching online video. In some cases, a video compressed with AV1 can ‘weigh’ half as much as a video compressed with today’s popular codecs. AV1 is a codec developed by the Alliance for Open Media. It is a […]