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French billionaire Xavier Niel says his investment company NJJ Capital has agreed to pay $500 million for Turkcell’s Iletisim Hizmetleri AS unit in Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg Niel said the deal price was cheap compared to the profits of Ukrainian telecom operator Lifecell. The deal will give NJJ Capital control over Lifecell LLC, […]
A battery of the Skynex air defense system manufactured by Rheinmetall Italia was delivered to Ukraine. The complex was delivered on December 31 as part of a USD 174 million deal funded by the German government. This was reported by Defence News on January 26. The contract was signed in December 2022. The first battery […]
Edwards & Sanborn’s solar energy production and storage project in California is fully operational: the 875 MW DC solar photovoltaic system and 3287 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) are the largest in the world. The Edwards & Sanborn system covers an area of 1.8 square meters. km, located in Kern County. It consists of […]
A two-year-old British boy became the youngest person to reach Everest Base Camp. This was reported by Mirror. Carter Dallas climbed to the southern site in Nepal, located at an altitude of 5300 meters above sea level, on October 25. He made the climb on the back of his father Ross, along with his 31-year-old […]
The Ukrainian app Impulse, created by EdTech company Headway, has risen to the top of the global ranking in terms of the number of downloads in the App Store in the Health & Fitness category. According to Sensor Tower, Impulse has held the lead for two years, outpacing its competitor, the women’s health app Flo, […]
In a new study, scientists have linked faults located in the moon’s South Polar Region to one of the most powerful lunar earthquakes recorded by Apollo seismometers more than 50 years ago. According to a new study, the Moon is gradually shrinking, leading to a growing number of landslides that could endanger future astronauts. The […]
A group of chemists at the University of Amsterdam has developed an autonomous chemical synthesis robot called RoboChem that can outperform human chemists in terms of speed, accuracy, and ingenuity. The robot is equipped with an AI-based machine learning unit that enables it to optimize reaction conditions, identify new molecules, and even reproduce previously published […]
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a photo of a 250 thousand meter long star bridge. light years, stretching between two galaxies from the Arp 295 group, NASA reports. When galaxies are so close that they gravitationally affect each other’s shape, they are called interacting galaxies. The process of interaction takes place over billions […]
Scientists plan to send a new robot surgeon to the ISS. Its successful test will pave the way for the use of similar facilities on Earth. A manipulator will also be sent into space to move various cargoes in zero gravity. A robotic surgeon may soon enter the orbit of our planet. Although it won’t […]
German defense giant Rheinmetall will build a new ammunition plant to ensure uninterrupted supplies to Ukraine. The head of the German concern, Armin Papperger, told BILD. In response to the German federal government’s accusations of insufficient support for Ukraine, Papperger emphasized the good cooperation between the government and the arms industry. “A lot has changed […]