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Microsoft is testing a VPN-like service for its Edge browser. The support page on the official Microsoft website details a feature called Microsoft Edge Secure Network that will encrypt data and prevent online tracking. It is not yet available. Microsoft Edge Secure Network is similar to Cloudflare 1.1.1.1. It is essentially a proxy or VPN […]
Almost immediately after the start of the war in Ukraine, the private American space company SpaceX sent the first batch of Starlink equipment to make the Internet work. As of April 27, there are already more than 10,000 such terminals in Ukraine. In an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said that […]
2021 became a record for the parent company Google – Alphabet. Then the annual revenue reached $257 billion. The new year was less successful for the company: despite the growth of revenues in the first quarter by 23%, compared to the same period last year, costs increased. Net income fell to $16.4 billion from $17.9 […]
The non-profit organization Halifax International Security Forum is trying to raise $10 million to create a network of surveillance satellites for Ukraine. Satellogic, an Earth observation company, was selected to produce the satellites after the fundraiser was completed. It is noted that Halifax International has established the Ukraine Victory Fund to raise $10 million to […]
The Large Hadron Collider was restarted. On April 22, he started working again, but so far, in test mode. And on April 25, scientists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced a record. Two pilot beams of protons were accelerated to record energy for the first time: 6.8 teraelectronvolts per beam. The Large […]
The Elec reports that in the second quarter of 2022, Apple will increase production of older models of the iPhone 13 line – iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Why? Even though the second quarter is usually the off-season, sales of the iPhone 13 remain high, and demand for the Pro console has […]
China’s private company DJI, which makes quadcopters and drones, has announced the beginning of an “internal reassessment” for various jurisdictions. The manufacturer said in a statement that it would “temporarily suspend all its activities in Russia and Ukraine.” “We are working with customers, partners and other stakeholders to temporarily suspend business operations in the affected […]
Launching launch vehicles not from the Earth, but from the atmosphere, saves fuel and reduces costs. The greatest savings can be achieved by launching a rocket from a balloon, the cost of manufacturing and maintenance of which is very low. And although with the current development of technology such a medium will not go into […]
Unknown people released the cryptocurrency Elon Buys Twitter, and it soared by 6000% almost immediately after its creation. At the moment, the cryptocurrency is 2980th in the list of major cryptocurrencies in the world of the CoinMarketCap catalog, and its market capitalization was about 240 thousand dollars. Interestingly, the creators of the token take it […]
The Drones for Ukraine Foundation offers to become the owner of the SU-34 strike fighter, at least in part. For a donation of $1,000, anyone can get a token made from a downed Russian plane. “You can get a limited series keychain from the original piece of the Russian Su-34 “Fullback” attack aircraft, shot down […]