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The U.S. Congressional Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously (50 votes to 0) supported a bill that would require the Chinese company ByteDance to either get rid of the TikTok app or face a ban in the United States. The House of Representatives is to consider the draft “Protecting Americans from Apps Controlled by Foreign Adversaries […]
Next week, Elon Musk’s company X (formerly Twitter) will launch a video hosting app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs. It will encourage social media users to watch long videos. This was reported by Fortune, citing a source in the company responsible for the development of social networks. They noted that Musk wants to encourage […]
A trio of French arms manufacturers will cooperate with Ukrainian counterparts to create conditions for the opening of arms assembly plants in Ukraine, according to a statement by French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecorneuil. This step is intended to help Kyiv confront the Russian aggressors by setting up the production of spare parts, shells and ammunition […]
A 2.9-ton cargo pallet used for a battery modernization mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is flying toward Earth. It will soon re-enter the planet’s atmosphere, Gizmodo reports. The pallet was ejected from the ISS in 2021 and is expected to disintegrate in the atmosphere. However, Harvard-Smithsonian astronomer Jonathan McDowell notes that the pallet […]
The Diia app has successfully launched beta testing of uploading educational documents. The first diplomas and certificates were joined by other documents. This was announced by Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov on Telegram. “The beta of educational documents has started in Diia. All the docs have been pulled up, but without the Kangaroo certificate,” […]
The United Kingdom offers to help Germany overcome its differences and provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles. According to British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, the UK is determined to work closely with our German partners on all issues to help Ukraine. Cameron explained that a possible ring-fenced exchange is allowed. For example, Germany will provide […]
The Russian military painted decoy planes at nine air bases. The decoys did not cast shadows in sunny weather and did not change location, said Brady Africk, an analyst. The Russian armed forces have been painting decoy aircraft at their air bases for a year, including Su-27, Su-35, MiG-31, Tu-95MS, etc. In this way, the […]
France is looking for allies to potentially send troops to Ukraine, including the Baltic states. This deepens the disputes between Paris and Berlin. On March 8, French Foreign Minister Stéphane Sejourne visited Lithuania, where he met with his Baltic and Ukrainian counterparts to support the idea that foreign troops could eventually help Ukraine in areas […]
The D-30SN Unified Planning and Correction Module (UPMC) can have elements from Tornado missiles. However, the bomb is launched from an airplane because it has a pylon mount, analysts said. For the first time, the Russian Armed Forces used an analog of the US GLSDB bomb, the D-30SN UMPB. This was reported by the Ukrainian […]
Earlier this year, Microsoft revealed that Russian state-sponsored hackers had been spying on the email accounts of some members of its senior management team. Now the company additionally reports that the attack also led to the theft of some source code. This ongoing attack is being carried out by the same group behind the attack […]