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The WhatsApp team continues to work on expanding the functionality of the messenger. According to the established tradition, Meta Platforms developers borrow new features from competitors. This time, video messages were added to Whats App. The developers explained the need to launch Instant Video Messages as a way to supplement voice messages with instant video […]
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said that after 18 years of break, the country will create the first rocket and artillery brigade and open the HIMARS Academy This was reported by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. The newly created rocket and artillery brigade will be deployed in two cities – Torun and Ozhysh. It will be part […]
Another novelty of the Turkish defense industry was announced at IDEF 2023 in Turkey. ARES Shipyard and Meteksan Defense presented the ULAQ KAMA surface kamikaze drone. The maritime drone is designed to protect Turkey’s territorial waters and defend the country’s maritime interests. The drone can carry up to 200 kg of payload, but it doesn’t […]
The vehicle was updated based on the experience of using Novator in the Ukrainian army. The armored vehicle is currently being prepared for state testing. At the IDEF-23 arms exhibition, the Ukrainian Armor Design and Production Company presented an updated version of the Novator armored vehicle. This was reported by ArmyInform. Vladyslav Belbas, the CEO […]
Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and mapping company TomTom have developed a competitor to Google Maps. Last year, four companies formed the Overture Maps Foundation to create the maps, and now the project is ready. This is not a map application in the usual sense: an open API allows third-party developers to create their own projects based […]
Even if this development is only at the conceptual level, it is worth paying attention to Chinese UAV developer Aerospace CH UAV Co Ltd has announced that it is working on a family of barrage munitions based on the AR family of air-to-surface missiles. It is alleged that such kamikaze drones will be developed for […]
Last week, the social network Twitter was renamed X. A few years ago, a user created the @x account, but recently Elon Musk took it away. The @x account belonged to Gene Hwang, a photographer from San Francisco. He created his account in 2007 but recently discovered that the username no longer belonged to him. […]
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) wants to arm the fifth-generation F-35C Lightning II fighter jet with a new missile. If all goes well, the deck aircraft will be able to destroy enemy ships using the AGM-158C LRASM. The news about the integration of LRASM and JASSM-ER missiles on the fifth-generation F-35 fighter […]
Seven of the world’s largest automakers will create an unprecedented new joint network of electric vehicle charging stations that will significantly expand access to powerful chargers in North America. BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group, Stellantis NV will install at least 30,000 powerful charging stations in cities and on highways to provide […]
The UCA smart mine made its debut at the EDEX’23 exhibition event in Istanbul. It consists of a Gokce winged module, a Mk-84 bomb, and a computer unit. A special coating makes the mine invisible to radar. The developers claim that the UCA is equipped with an intelligent target detection device and a mine launcher. […]