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SpaceX Starlink’s competitor, satellite Internet operator HughesNet, has started offering customers a 100 Mbps tariff plan, which became possible after the launch of the Jupiter 3 communications satellite into high geostationary orbit in July. After conducting a series of tests, HughesNet announced that Jupiter 3 is ready to go. The satellite weighing 9.2 tons was […]
Ukrainian soldiers demonstrated the use of the RBS 17 anti-ship system against Russian positions in eastern Ukraine. The RBS-17 is a Swedish lightweight man-portable short-range (5-11 km) anti-ship missile system designed to engage small surface targets, and can also engage ground targets. It uses Robot 17 anti-ship missiles. The missile of the complex is a […]
Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot can now compose songs thanks to integration with Suno, a music app powered by generative artificial intelligence. Copilot users can now enter text prompts such as “compose a pop song about traveling.” On their basis, Suno generates ready-made musical compositions with vocals, instrumental accompaniment and lyrics. The integration is available when using […]
The bizarre white lines on the man’s fingernails were a sign that he was taking cancer medication – as doctors say, fingernails can be a window into your health. Recently, quite by accident, a man discovered an unexpected connection between cancer treatment and his nails. At the age of 30, he noticed unusual white lines […]
The British edition of The Telegraph ridiculed the Russian military for the funny disguise of their equipment from attacks by Ukrainian drones. The most sarcastic was the “hairy” UAZ. To disguise the “loaf”, the Russians used improvised “screens” made of straw threads. This approach may be due to the desire to make the car less […]
GE Aerospace has announced that it has successfully conducted bench tests of a prototype hypersonic engine that combines the principles of a direct-flow jet engine and a rotary detonation engine at its base in Niskayuna, New York. In the future, such a power plant can be used not only in missiles, but also in drones […]
Elon Musk is a very busy man, he runs six companies. His several private jets have made 441 flights this year. The need for traveling has increased since the acquisition of Twitter, so Musk sometimes sleeps in Tesla’s workshops in Texas and sometimes in SpaceX and X’s offices in California, moving between them. According to […]
NASA has sent a video of a cat to Earth using a laser from deep space, Space.com reports. In the ultra-high resolution video, you can see Tatters, a ginger cat, running after the dot of a laser pointer. The video was sent as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment. DSOC technology allows […]
A factory for the production of Simorgh aircraft, which are actually a stolen copy of the Ukrainian An-140 aircraft, has allegedly appeared in Iran. According to the head of the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic, Mohammad Mohammadi-Bakhsh, on December 19, the production of aircraft is carried out with the participation of three departments, […]
One of the aircraft was captured on video. According to The War Zone, the video was filmed in Jenin. The Spike FireFly drone was originally designed for use in dense urban areas. It is equipped with an optoelectronic guidance system. The weight of the warhead of the barrage munition is 350 g. One of the […]