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The Chinese did what Apple couldn’t: they released the world’s first flexible iPhone. It took over 200 days and 37 broken screens to develop. The flexible smartphone segment is booming, but Apple’s flexible iPhone has only been rumored for many years. An engineer was able to create a foldable iPhone using custom parts and a […]
Synthetic fuel is not science fiction. It is already used in some applications, in particular in racing. It is economically impractical to use it on ordinary cars. A fuel made for sports cars isn’t necessarily right for all vehicles, but YouTube channel Seen Through Glass ventured into an experiment to evaluate the company’s use of […]
The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region were able to shoot down a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle Supercam S350. The drone is built according to the ‘flying wing’ aerodynamic scheme. The wingspan is 3.2 meters. An unmanned aerial vehicle can fly for up to 4.5 hours at an altitude of 150 meters to […]
Binance reviewed the FTX documents and decided to cancel the deal. FTX won’t be saved by its biggest competitor — a day after announcing the takeover, Binance said it didn’t like what it found in the documents. Bloomberg writes that the management of FTX faced a “financial black hole” – a gap between liabilities and […]
Volkswagen tried its hand at developing an unusual type of transport – for office workers. VW’s new high-tech office chair comes complete with an electric motor, headlights, horn, entertainment system and even a hitch. VW engineers explained that they had the task of transferring as much of the capabilities of their work vans as possible […]
An international air show opened in China on November 8. The Airshow China exhibition event in Zhuhai will continue until November 13. According to the network publication The Drive, a model of the sixth generation fighter was shown at the exhibition. Outwardly, the layout looks quite rough. Most likely, with its help, Chinese aircraft manufacturers […]
The European EIT JumpStarter fund launched a new acceleration program for Ukrainian startups and offers grants of 2,000-9,500 euros for the development of their projects. The fund focuses on innovative concepts of technologies that will ensure sustainable reconstruction of the country in the future. Applications will be accepted until November 28, and all willing citizens […]
The company SpaceX, which is owned by the American billionaire and inventor Elon Musk, is introducing restrictions on the Internet service Starlink. From now on, users of high-speed satellite Internet from SpaceX will have to monitor how much traffic they consume. The company reported that approximately 10% of service customers use more than one terabyte […]
Members of the Bundestag from Scholz’s Social Democratic Party, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party – the three parties in the ruling coalition – have called for the suspension of the EU’s 7.5 billion payment to Hungary if Budapest does not demonstrate a serious understanding of the rule of law. Rolitico writes about it […]
The drone is not even in service with the Russian Armed Forces yet, it was supposed to enter the army in 2025. It was developed by the Russian Design Bureau ‘Promin’ from Rybinsk. The Ukrainian military shot down the Russian Corsair drone, several of which were released in the Russian Federation. This is reported by […]