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On January 2, a Japan Airlines vessel collided with a Coast Guard plane. The plane landed at Tokyo airport, 5 people died, 379 were evacuated. This was reported by the BBC, citing the NHK TV channel. An Airbus A350 taking off from Sapporo collided with a Coast Guard plane. …羽田の航空機火災、胴体着陸で機体を擦りながら滑走中に炎が上がったかな…？ pic.twitter.com/UmS4lUk9SD – 棒振り (@bouhuri) January […]
On the morning of January 2, Kyiv experienced the largest Internet outage in recent months. This was reported by the Netblocks service. The reason was a missile attack by the Russian Federation aimed at the civilian and critical infrastructure of the Ukrainian capital. Internet access in Kyiv has dropped to 80% of normal levels. The […]
Since January 1, Poland has introduced new toll rates for heavy trucks and changed the chemical composition of E5 gasoline with an octane rating of 95. On the eve of the new year, the new tariffs were announced by the official gazette of the electronic toll collection system of the National Tax Administration of Poland. […]
No other country in the world has ever fought with such weapons and repelled such attacks, said the head of the Come Back Alive Foundation. On the morning of January 2, 2024, Ukrainian air defense was able to repel a massive missile attack using a large number of ballistic missiles. Taras Chmut, a Ukrainian volunteer […]
The value of the most popular cryptocurrency has exceeded $45 thousand for the first time since April 2022 amid optimism about the possible approval of exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds. In 2023, bitcoin rose by 156%. This was reported by Reuters. The excitement around bitcoin is related to investors’ optimism that the US Securities and Exchange […]
According to Bloomberg, on instructions from the White House, ASML has canceled several contracts with Chinese firms to supply equipment for the manufacture of state-of-the-art chips ahead of schedule. These measures are part of a broader US campaign against the development of the Chinese semiconductor industry, as a new package of sanctions is due to […]
Apple did not release a single new iPad in 2023, breaking a tradition that had been maintained for 12 years. This is the first year that the company has decided not to launch any new tablet computers in a calendar year since the original iPad was introduced in 2010. Since its debut, the iPad has […]
Poland scrambles F-16 fighter jets because of Russia’s new massive missile attack on Ukraine. This was reported by eurointegratio with reference to the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces. “In order to ensure the safety of Polish airspace, two pairs of F-16 fighters and an allied refueling plane were taken into the air,” the […]
In an internal New Year’s message to employees, Huawei’s interim chairman Ken Hu said that 2023 was a very successful year for the company, and annual revenue is approaching the levels that were before the US sanctions, Reuters reports. What is known Huawei predicts that by the end of 2023, revenue will exceed 700 billion […]
Dr. Zhao Hongjie, Executive Vice President of Nationstar Aerospace, speaking on Chinese TV, said that China has implemented laser communication at a speed of 10 Gbps in outer space. “For example, we need less than 1 second to complete the transfer of a 1 GB movie from Earth to the Chinese space station,” said Zhao […]