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Residents of the Kanto region of Japan saw a bright meteor in the sky on Monday, January 15, in the morning, according to the Japanese edition of NHK. Fuji Daichi, a curator specializing in astronomy at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, spoke about the meteor. According to him, cameras installed in […]
The IMF has predicted that technological developments could lead to almost 40% of jobs worldwide being replaced by artificial intelligence. This was reported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). On Sunday, January 14, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva called on governments to create social safety nets and offer retraining programs to counter the impact of artificial […]
The SpaceX and Starlink founder presented his plans for 2024 at his annual press conference in Boca Chica. According to Elon Musk, SpaceX has reached a record number of Falcon rocket launches over the past year – 96 times, which is the largest number of rocket launches in one year in history. This is an […]
Asus Corporation has created the Zenbook Duo laptop. It has two built-in displays. This was reported by The Verge. Characteristics of the Zenbook Duo laptop The device consists of three hinged parts – two screens and a keyboard. The OLED screens are 14 inches in diagonal, have an aspect ratio of 16:10, a resolution of […]
On Sunday, January 14, the Icelandic Meteorological Office reported that a volcanic eruption occurred in the southwest of the country, the fifth on the Reykjanes Peninsula since 2021. Situated between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, the two largest on the planet, Iceland is a seismic and volcanic hotspot as the two plates move […]
The event raised over three million hryvnias for specialized equipment for the Ukrainian military. More than a thousand people gathered to set the record. A new record for mass caroling was set in Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian Book of World Records. On January 13, 2024, in the Strelkovo community of the Lviv […]
Elon Musk’s car company lost almost $100 billion in capitalization in two weeks of 2024. This is the worst start to the year for Tesla since it went public in 2010, Bloomberg reports. Since January 1, the company’s shares have fallen by 12% due to reports of plans by Hertz Global Holdings, one of the […]
Disabling more than 20 missiles with “active electronic warfare countermeasures” could be a breakthrough for Ukraine’s electronic warfare capabilities, ISW believes. Military analysts say that electronic warfare has usually been credited with disabling Russian drones, but not missile systems. ISW has previously assessed that Russia’s campaign of strikes against Ukraine and Ukraine’s adaptation to counter […]
Soldiers of the Shadow Defense Forces unit discovered one of the newest Russian electronic warfare systems, the RB-109A. Thanks to the successful actions of Ukrainian defenders, the occupiers’ modern equipment was destroyed. By the way, this is the first time that the Defense Forces have hit a Bylina electronic warfare system. Russia had planned to […]
Scientists in Iceland intend to drill a well directly into the Earth’s magma chamber, which will allow for the first time to look directly at the oceans of molten rock at a depth of many kilometers below the surface. But beyond scientific curiosity, it could also revolutionize geothermal energy, which could lead to this technology […]