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Naudi and Altair Technologies have unveiled their new Thor unmanned aerial vehicle, which features a composite matrix structure and versatile power options, including both lithium-polymer and lithium-ion batteries. A special feature of the Thor is its communication capabilities, operating on multiple channels, including 900 MHz and 433 MHz for control and 1200 MHz and 5.8 […]
Last year, the German-made LUNA NG drone made its debut at Eurosatory. Recently it became known that the German government decided to include it in the next defense support package. The Ukrainian army received an improved version of the LUNA drone for the first time. The aircraft complex was developed by Rheinmetall. It was he […]
McDonald’s announced a partnership with Google to implement generative artificial intelligence technologies. The update will affect thousands of restaurants starting in 2024. According to the company, AI will help optimize operations and services based on big data analysis. As a result, visitors will be able to get “hotter and fresher food”. In particular, Google technologies […]
On December 5, a Russian Su-24M was performing a remote mining mission in the “grain” corridor. While flying near Zmeinyi Island, the bomber was attacked by an unknown weapon from the Odesa region. A message posted on the British Ministry of Defense’s X-account suggests that the Russian plane was shot down in the sky over […]
Apple has patented an external modular flashlight for the Apple Watch, and it may appear in future versions of the smartwatch. Your trusty Apple Watch is just great, isn’t it? Not only does it have an incredible amount of health tracking capabilities such as ECG, blood oxygen, stress, and sleep monitoring, but it also has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cars equipped with the Android Auto software platform will help their owners find themselves in the parking lot. This system was able to save the parking space after arriving at the destination. The car’s geolocation will be available on Google Maps. Back in 2017, Google Maps for Android and iOS added a very useful option […]