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The son of former US President Donald Trump Jr. criticized US foreign policy toward Ukraine. He said that Ukraine has already lost the war with Russia. “No more big wars, no more funding for the military-industrial complex! For those of you who are idiots, Ukraine lost this war a long time ago, we are just […]
The world’s deepest and largest underground laboratory, built 2,400 meters below the surface in southwestern China, has begun operations, which could be a significant boost to the global search for dark matter. The launch of China’s Jinping Underground Laboratory comes after three years of massive modernization and expansion, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. […]
A series of experiments by American physicists have shown that sprinkling coffee beans with water before grinding can improve the taste of coffee. As scientists have found out, even a little moisture helps to avoid excessive electrification of ground coffee. This results in fewer clots during brewing and a richer taste. The scientists’ findings were […]
Google is working on a project that aims to use artificial intelligence technology to create a picture of users’ lives “in retrospect” using mobile phone data such as photos and search queries. This was reported by CNBC. The project, codenamed Ellmann and named after the literary critic Richard Ellmann, involves using Gemini to process search […]
Australia is experiencing a serious weather crisis as Tropical Cyclone Jasper (pictured in the upper right corner) has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane, leaving the country at risk of abnormally high temperatures and fire danger. According to CNN, the cyclone moving toward the southeastern coast of Australia may strengthen to Category 5. On Friday, […]
SpaceX continues to expand its achievements in the space industry, setting a new record with two rocket launches in two consecutive days. The company successfully sent another batch of its Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on Thursday and Friday, completing its 90th and 91st orbital missions in 2023. The first launch took place on Thursday, […]
Not wanting to lag behind Google‘s recent Gemini launch, Meta is introducing a new standalone AI-powered tool called Imagine with Meta. This web service allows users to create images by describing them in simple language. Imagine with Meta works similarly to OpenAI’s DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion. Using Meta’s existing Emu image generation model, the […]
The Kyiv City State Administration announced that traffic between Teremky and Demiivska stations was suspended, and Kyiv City Council member Ksenia Semenova posted a video of the tunnel being flooded. In Kyiv, starting December 8, the metro tunnel between Demiivska and Teremky is closed for six months for urgent repairs. The tunnels were constructed in […]
Linux will get its own version of the “blue screen of death” (BSOD). The latest version of systemd for Linux includes the systemd-bsod service, which is capable of generating a full-screen error message in Linux distributions. Just as the “Blue Screen of Death” originated on Windows, the Linux version will be used as an emergency […]
On Friday, December 8, Germany handed over a new military aid package to Ukraine. It includes the LUNA NG unmanned aerial vehicle, the latest development of the Rheinmetall Group. It is noted that this UAV was presented at the Eurosatory defense exhibition in the summer of 2022 in France. The LUNA NG drone can hover […]