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The Times, referring to its sources in the US Department of Defense, who wished to remain anonymous, writes that the US no longer insists that Ukraine does not carry out strikes, including drone strikes, on the territory of Russia. Previously, the Pentagon feared that strikes on Russian territory would lead to an escalation of the […]
TSMC this week broke ground on a state-of-the-art facility in Arizona. Before the ceremony, the Taiwanese company made a statement in which it talked about its future plans. As it turned out, the manufacturer intends to build two factories in the United States at once. The first enterprise will appear by 2024 and will produce […]
The USA is considering providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with cluster munitions. CNN writes about it. It is noted that cluster weapons are prohibited by the international convention, which came into effect in 2010, but neither Ukraine, nor the USA, nor Russia joined it. American officials see the transfer of these weapons only as […]
The German news agency FAZ, citing its own sources, reports that the United States supports the provision of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. According to the publication, the United States authorities several times tried to influence German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and persuade him to supply combat vehicles to Ukraine. All this time, the German government […]
The ban included the products of Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Dahua Technology, as well as their subsidiaries and affiliates. The Federal Communications Commission of the United States of America will no longer authorize certain products of Chinese companies to be supplied to the United States. They will no […]
China and the United States compete in many areas, and it looks like the moon could become another point of contention for the two nations. The Asian country plans to build its first lunar base by 2028, and the White House wants to bring people to the surface by 2025. The South China Morning Post […]
Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision, Hytera, and Dahua supply telecommunications equipment and video surveillance technology in the US, but these products are now subject to the ban. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it will no longer issue licenses for certain products from Chinese companies — so they will no longer be able to legally […]
Billionaire Elon Musk continues to massively lay off employees of the social network he acquired, Twitter. This is reported by Mashable. As the publication learned, Twitter announced the dismissal of thousands of contractors. At the same time, no warnings were given to those affected by the reduction. Contractors were simply denied access to Slack and […]
The persons who supplied the Wagner Group with kamikaze drones, as well as those responsible for the development and production of UAVs, came under the restrictions of the US Treasury. The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the Iranian company Shahed Aviation Industries, which is responsible for the development and production of Shahed-136 kamikaze […]
The American defense sector is considering the possibility of modifying the Gray Eagle drone to remove the potential danger of losing sensitive technology and thus be able to transfer it to Ukraine, CNN reports. The Ukrainian side has long been asking the US to hand over Gray Eagle MQ-1C multipurpose drones equipped with Hellire missiles. […]