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We can’t believe we’re writing this, but… welcome to the extraordinary world of technological toilet seats! At CES 2024, Kohler plans to introduce its new PureWash E930 model with support for voice assistants – Google and Amazon Alexa. The manufacturer insists that this innovative toilet bowl device will provide you with the highest level of […]
Shift Robotics has announced an updated version of its Moonwalker X robotic shoes with rollers, which allows you to move much faster than usual. In 2022, Shift Robotics presented the first version of its Moonwalker, which it called “the world’s fastest shoes.” These were special robotic shoe pads with 10 wheels, which allow you to […]
Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology claim to have created “the world’s first functional semiconductor made of graphene.” The epitaxial graphene they created is compatible with traditional methods of microelectronics production, so it can be considered a real alternative to silicon. Technological experts constantly point out the need to preserve the possibility of using […]
L3Harris has announced the completion of the CDR project and PRR production readiness verification for 16 real-time hypersonic missile tracking satellites for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s (SDA) tracking program. The completion of the CDR indicates that the L3Harris project meets mission requirements, and the PRR means that the SDA has approved the start of […]
Chinese startup Ziyan has unveiled a new generation of heavy unmanned cargo helicopter Grey Whale G1. This was reported by the Defence Blog. Grey Whale G1 has a payload of 21 kilograms and a flight range of up to 60 kilometers. The safety of the UAV and cargo is ensured by a built-in emergency parachute. […]
Ukrainian special forces hit radar detection systems located in the occupied Crimea. The object was monitored for several months. The Russians were caught off guard thanks to pro-Ukrainian partisans from among the peninsula’s residents. The guerrillas who successfully guided the missiles to the target call themselves the ATES Group. According to the underground, the Yevpatoria […]
monobank has blocked the possibility of paying with its cards at the Cosmolot online casino. According to the bank’s co-founder Oleg Gorokhovsky in Telegram, this was done as part of “medical and preventive measures.” “As part of preventive measures, payments with Monobank cards in the Kosmolot casino have been blocked. This link led to this […]
Imagine a computer program that can quite accurately guess the character of any person (for example, whether they are an introvert or an extrovert) and even calculate the approximate year of their death – solely based on the facts of their biography. This is exactly what the life2vec website, launched last month in Denmark, is […]
Developer Dylan Roussel discovered in the code of the web version of Google’s Bard chatbot references to a number of new features that may appear in the future, as well as a paid version of the Bard Advanced service. According to the information revealed, access to Bard Advanced will be included in the Google One […]
The investigation revealed that Russian hackers who attacked the telecommunications giant Kyivstar had access to the system since at least May 2023. A cyberattack on a mobile operator should be a “big warning” to the West. Ilya Vitiuk, head of the SBU’s cybersecurity department, told Reuters that the Security Service of Ukraine has determined that […]