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From July 7, 2022, ‘Nova Poshta Global’, which is part of the ‘Nova Poshta’ group of companies, is changing the tariffs for international shipments and delivery from international online stores through the NP Shopping service. For example, the tariff for the delivery of personal belongings within the framework of the ‘Things from home abroad’ service […]
Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security Council, gave an interview to the American publication The Wall Street Journal. He told journalists how many American MLRS are already used by Ukrainian defenders. According to Danilov, Ukraine has already received 9 rocket launcher systems from the USA and partners. It is about HIMARS. The secretary of […]
NASA’s CAPSTONE mission is progressing with mixed success. After the successful launch of the Rocket Lab Electron rocket and the launch of the satellite into space, the mission was met with failure. After launch, CAPSTONE spent almost a week in orbit around the planet to gain enough momentum to travel to the Moon. But shortly […]
Cryptocurrency investors have started withdrawing bitcoins from exchanges for offline storage. This was reported by Glassnode analysts. Probably, the reason for this was the unstable situation on the platforms. Obviously, crypto-investors are trying to eliminate unnecessary risks associated with the instability of cryptocurrency exchanges. In this regard, the balances of the largest services decreased by […]
The device allows you to store solar and wind energy until the onset of winter, when the price and demand for heat increases. The installation is located at the Watayankoski Power Station in Western Finland. The battery should solve one of the main problems of green energy – seasonality. The device works according to the […]
The German concern Deutsche Bahn and the British energy company Bankset are testing the use of photovoltaic systems on railway tracks. During the tests, solar batteries were installed on the sleepers. This design, according to Bankset’s calculations, can produce up to 0.1 MW of electricity per kilometer. If we consider the entire length of the […]
After several months of rumors and leaks, the automaker Geely announced that it is buying the Meizu company. Xingji Times (part of Geely Group) became the new owner of the smartphone manufacturer. It now owns 79.09% of the controlling stake in Meizu Technology. Xingji Times chairman Shen Ziyu will join the brand’s board of directors. […]
Switzerland will invest in the implementation of Ukrainian public and private climate projects of “green” recovery. A corresponding agreement was signed today in Lugano, reports Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. We are talking about projects in the field of electricity, heat supply, industry, transport, construction, agriculture, and waste. “Ukrainian business will get access to […]
Construction of the world’s largest CO2 air purification factory has begun in Iceland. The installation of 80 fan units, called Mammoth, is assembled by Swiss startup Climeworks, one of the leaders in the field of Direct Air Capture (DAC). Mammoth is an order of magnitude more powerful than the similar Orca plant that has been […]
Meta is shutting down its Novi digital cryptocurrency wallet. It was previously known as Calibra. From July 20, the company will stop adding funds to the wallet, and on September 1, the platform will be completely closed. Meta recommends that users withdraw existing funds from their balances ‘as soon as possible’. It also states that […]