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Recently, in the Stanislaus River in Northern California, a diver who was cleaning up the reservoir to preserve the salmon population came across an iPhone 12. Interestingly, despite being underwater for three months and covered in algae, the smartphone managed to turn on. Apple rates the iPhone 12 and newer models as IP68 according to […]
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has found that Chinese groups are actively using artificial intelligence to create and spread anti-American memes, focused on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, according to Vice. These memes are aimed at strengthening anti-American sentiment, especially in the context of US President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s military operations […]
On Thursday, December 20, the Armenian Television and Radio Commission has decided to suspend the activities of Tospa, the company responsible for broadcasting the pro-Russian Sputnik Armenia program, for 30 days. This decision was made as a result of the program “Friday with Tigran Keosayan”, aired on November 17, 2023, where the Republic of Armenia […]
A study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University and BerriAI found that Google’s Gemini Pro language model was less efficient than the GPT-3 model.5 Turbo from OpenAI in most of the test tasks, writes VentureBeat. The test included multiple-choice questions in various subject areas, as well as logic tasks. Gemini Pro showed weaker results, especially in […]
Japan’s Defense Ministry has announced that it intends to accelerate the development and deployment of an upgraded version of the Type 12 cruise missile. If until now the final point was announced as 2026, now the Japanese want to put these missiles into service and mass production as early as 2025, i.e. a year earlier. […]
The discovery has important implications for the treatment of herpes simplex virus, as well as many other viruses that replicate in the cell nucleus, such as HIV and hepatitis. Scientists can now develop more effective drugs because they better understand the mechanism of the virus’s attack on cells and the immune system’s work against the […]
On December 20, two attacks on Russian military units were carried out in the temporarily occupied Crimea, resulting in the injury of an FSB Border Guard Department officer and damage to equipment and a satellite communications antenna. This was reported in Telegram by ASTRA, citing sources, Ukrinform reports. “The first attack took place around 4 […]
At the beginning of next year, Quantum Systems intends to set up industrial assembly of spare parts for Vector drones in Ukraine. According to Forbes, the German company will launch full-scale UAV production in 2025. EUR 7 million will be invested in the project. Quantum Systems started working with our country in 2022. In late […]
Ukraine is planning to increase the maximum and minimum pensions starting from January 1, 2024. This initiative will apply to those pensioners whose payments are currently limited to 10 subsistence minimums. The maximum pension will increase by UAH 2.6 thousand. UAH, moving from UAH 20,930 to UAH 23,610. The subsistence minimum will also increase from […]
Raytheon’s RTX business unit will design, manufacture and test two powerful microwave antenna systems that will use directed energy to defeat airborne threats at the speed of light. The systems are designed to be rugged and transportable for use on the front lines. As part of a three-year contract worth $31.3 million, Raytheon will provide […]