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Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink faced unforeseen technical problems after implanting its device into the brain of patient Nolan Arb. A few weeks after the surgery in January, some of the threads with electrodes that were supposed to measure neural activity began to come out of the brain tissue, which led to a malfunction of […]
Warner Bros. Discovery and its CEO, David Zaslav, have announced a new movie in the Lord of the Rings universe, titled The Hunt for Gollum, scheduled for release in 2026. Peter Jackson, the director of the famous Tolkien adaptations, will resume his collaboration with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens to produce the new project and […]
Over the past two weeks, residents of Beijing and Shanghai have been able to use WhatsApp freely without the need for a VPN, despite the app’s official ban in China. This case seems strange against the backdrop of the Chinese government’s tough measures against foreign Internet services, including platforms such as Signal and Instagram, which […]
In May 2024, despite the ongoing hostilities and the closure of Ukraine’s airspace, three Ukrainian airlines were actively operating abroad. Currently, air transportation is not possible in Ukraine, and because of this, the entire civil aviation industry has come to a complete standstill. However, some airlines have oriented themselves and moved almost their entire fleet […]
Immediately after the Kremlin announced the start of exercises with tactical nuclear weapons, Minsk hastened to take similar steps with the weapons of mass destruction that they received from the racists last year. And as the Belarusian Defense Ministry reported, the troops have begun training with Iskander missile systems and Su-25 attack aircraft, which Minsk […]
Samsung is actively working on a new version of its One UI 7.0 firmware, based on the newly released beta version of Google’s Android 15. The work is focused on the flagship model Galaxy S24 Ultra. The new firmware version, designated as S928BXXU2BXE2, has already appeared on the company’s internal servers, initially for the European […]
It is proposed that if a driver accumulates more than 12 penalty points during a year, he or she should be deprived of a driver’s license without a trial The Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to introduce penalty points for drivers at the legislative level in the future. This was stated by Oleksiy Biloshytskyi, First […]
Ukraine is considering toughening penalties for those who avoid mobilization. According to Andriy Osadchuk, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement, the initiative includes blocking bank accounts and seizing property through administrative proceedings. These measures have been taken because increasing fines may not work, as not everyone will be able or willing […]
Using the latest data and supercomputer power, NASA specialists created a video of a black hole falling into a black hole and flying around the event horizon. It would be a one-way ticket, so humanity is unlikely to ever see real footage of such a maneuver. NASA’s modeling gives an idea of incredible phenomena in […]
LIG Nex1 has developed and introduced Sea Sword maritime drones for reconnaissance and strikes against enemy targets, similar to Ukrainian surface drones. Sea Sword-II is a reconnaissance drone capable of performing surface and underwater reconnaissance missions. It is equipped with an ROV module for detecting sea mines and underwater vessels. For additional firepower, a 20 […]