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Tesla has announced the launch of its newest electric car in mid-2025. According to Avtopilot, the electric crossover codenamed Redwood will be produced starting next year. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has previously announced the company’s plans to produce electric cars at affordable prices starting at $25,000. This will allow Tesla to compete with economy-class gasoline […]
Tesla is preparing to build the next-generation Dojo supercomputer at its Gigafactory in Buffalo as part of a $500 million investment. The supercomputer is designed to process the huge amount of data coming from Tesla cars and train artificial intelligence (AI) systems for autonomous driving and other applications. It is expected to become one of […]
Scientists from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), together with colleagues from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, have discovered an amazing phenomenon. A short-term exposure to tellurite glass with a femtosecond laser turned it into a light-sensitive semiconductor. This makes it possible to produce photosensitive glass without any additional materials or effort, which scientists […]
Ukrainian polar explorers took photos of rare snow rolls or “donuts” in the Antarctic. This was reported by the National Antarctic Research Center. Snow rolls are multi-layered bundles of snow ranging in size from a few centimeters to more than 1 meter, usually with a void inside. This phenomenon is considered quite rare, as specific […]
The new combat unit for the Shahed-136 has the index “BST-52” and is obviously specially designed for this kamikaze drone The long-range kamikaze drones, Shahed-136 type aircraft missiles, have received a new version of the Russian-made warhead. This combat unit is a continuation of the development of the previous one with the MSNI index, during […]
The announcement of iOS 18 is scheduled for the WWDC conference in June, and it will be a major update with many new AI features. Apple considers iOS 18 to be “one of the biggest iOS updates, if not the biggest, in the company’s history.” Apple hopes that iOS 18 could be its most “ambitious […]
The construction of the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline to China, which Russia planned to start in the first quarter of 2024, may be postponed. This was reported by The Financial Times with reference to the leadership of Mongolia, through whose territory the highway is to pass, The Moscow Times reports. Russia and China […]
The Japanese authorities have so far banned the use of 5G communication standards in aviation, including the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles. As the development of technological progress cannot be ignored, regulators intend to lift this restriction starting this spring, opening up the possibility of streaming video from drones in 4K resolution over 5G networks. […]
How did Microsoft manage to catch up with Apple in terms of capitalization? In recent years, Microsoft and Apple have been competing for the top spot in Wall Street market capitalization. Moreover, this struggle reached its peak in early January 2024, as the iPhone manufacturer had already briefly lost its crown to the software giant […]
India is seeking to distance itself from Russia as its largest arms supplier after Russia’s war against Ukraine undermined its ability to supply components and spare parts. Reuters reports this with reference to sources. India, the world’s largest arms importer, is gradually reorienting itself to the West as the United States seeks to strengthen ties […]