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Agility Robotics has enhanced its Digit warehouse robot with a large language model (LLM). Now it understands people’s requests, even if they are formulated in a complicated way. The company is developing the Digit robot with the goal of eliminating the need for people working in warehouses to deal with significant physical activity in the […]
A number of Chinese state-owned companies and agencies have begun to ban their employees from using Apple and Samsung equipment at work. This was reported by Bloomberg. According to sources familiar with the matter, several state-owned firms and government departments in at least eight provinces have instructed their employees to use smartphones and other mobile […]
Apple faces a huge fine in Europe for restricting competition in the App Store. The fine could reach 10% of annual revenue, which could exceed tens of billions of dollars, Bloomberg reports. It all started with a complaint from Spotify, a music service that accused Apple of imposing a mandatory 30% commission and banning the […]
Amazon, which launched its first Project Kuiper Internet satellites in October, says it will use space lasers to provide reliable broadband coverage even in the middle of the ocean. This technology will enable the satellite to deliver data to the cruise ship even if the spacecraft is out of range of Amazon’s Internet-connected ground station. […]
SpaceX has scheduled the launch of a new batch of its Starlink Internet satellites for December 15. The company announced this on its website. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites will be launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This batch of satellites will include six of the latest devices with Direct […]
The General Staff of the Polish Army showed the appearance of the new version of the Rosomak APC. For the first time in history, the armored personnel carrier was equipped with a remote-controlled combat module ZSSW-30. The 21st Rifle Brigade was the first among the units of the Polish Armed Forces to receive the new […]
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is the first smartphone in Apple’s lineup to receive a tetraprism-based telephoto camera with a five-fold optical zoom. In the future, Apple may switch to a tetraprism with a 10x zoom. Apple will reportedly replace LG Innotek, which is currently supplying the tetraprism module, with ICT (a subsidiary of Luxshare) […]
Ukrainian engineers have developed and launched the production of Cobra airplane-type attack drones. The drone has a metal body made of riveted steel. This technology has simplified and reduced the cost of UAV production. The body of the Cobra UAV is made using the same technology as the airplane body. This allows to increase the […]
Not long ago, Rheinmetall presented one of its latest developments. We are talking about the Caracal airborne armored vehicle. It has not yet passed operational tests. There is a high probability that Ukraine will become the first Caracal operator in the world. A trial batch of five armored vehicles will be delivered to the Ukrainian […]
The racist propaganda “media” showed the first kamikaze marine drone produced by the Russian industry, which is supposed to be used in the Black Sea combat zone. The racists claim that this product of theirs has the index BBKN “Dandelion”, an acronym that stands for “fast-moving unmanned carrier boat”. They also claim that this remote-controlled […]