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SpaceX has launched a new batch of Starlink Internet satellites into low Earth orbit, Space reports. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on February 10 at 02:34 a.m. Kyiv time. The launch took place on SpaceX’s third attempt, as the first two attempts were […]
Aerobavovna creates balloons for the Ukrainian military, which are used for surveillance, relaying communications and control signals to drones. Some models of balloons have already been tested at the front. Balloons filled with helium can stay in the air for weeks. Aerostats are used to install a signal repeater for FPV drones and unmanned aerial […]
The U.S. Department of Defense has helped develop technology that allows one person to control 130 drones for military operations. The project is backed by the defense company Raytheon, which cooperates with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). According to the company’s press release, the team has successfully tested its cloudy new technology in […]
In 2023, it became known that the United States was going to supply Ukraine with VAMPIRE mobile missile systems. It looks like they are already in Ukraine. On February 11, the Ukrainian Navy released a video showing the destruction of an Iranian-Russian Shahed-131/136 drone. According to @Osinttechnical, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used the VAMPIRE system […]
F-16 fighter jets from the Turkish Air Force of the NATO mission in Romania took to the air during the Russian attack on Ukraine’s port infrastructure on the Danube on the night of February 9-10. This is stated in the message of the Romanian Ministry of Defense. “The Ministry of National Defense monitored the situation […]
Polish radicals sponsored by the Kremlin, who recently started blocking the checkpoints between Ukraine and Poland for all vehicles entering the EU from Ukraine, have dumped grain from three Ukrainian trucks. Police in the region where it happened have launched an investigation. What happened? According to the publication RMF24, on February 11, at about 11:30 […]
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Rosaviatsiya has illegally sold 60 aircraft abroad. As a result, three Mi-8 helicopters and an Il-76 airplane were sent to Ukraine, according to the Russian media. The FSB accused Rosaviatsiya of illegally exporting nearly 60 airplanes and helicopters from Russia. Some of the flights ended up in “unfriendly […]
Apple, in collaboration with researchers from the University of California, has introduced an innovative MGIE neural network that allows editing images using natural language. The new approach to photo editing, presented as part of the joint project, opens up opportunities for convenient and intuitive interaction with images without the need for traditional editing tools. According […]
At one of the London Underground stations, video surveillance cameras were combined with artificial intelligence to track violations of the subway rules. During the trial, more than 44 thousand notifications were issued, most of which concerned fare evasion. This was reported by Wired. From October 2022 to the end of September 2023, TfL, the transport […]
The iOS operating system has hardly undergone any major interface changes in recent years. The Verifier website reports that this will soon change – the iPhone OS will receive elements of visionOS. The Apple TV app on iPadOS 18 is said to have a translucent navigation bar. This is the same design language that Apple […]