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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) will launch six satellites into Earth orbit. They will track hypersonic and ballistic weapons. The launch was scheduled for February 15 from the Space Launch Complex at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellites will be delivered to orbit by a […]
OpenAI has started testing ChatGPT’s memory management features. Now you can ask a chatbot to memorize something or forget what it already remembers, according to the OpenAI blog. The company believes that this will make communication with ChatGPT more efficient and convenient. When communicating with a chatbot, users can ask to memorize important facts or […]
Tech billionaires intend to build a new city near San Francisco, tentatively titled California Forever, which will have no local government. Gizmodo writes about it. Instead, the developers plan to keep the new urban center as an unincorporated area and leave the management to the Solano County government, which already controls the region. Gabriel Metcalfe, […]
The company cooperates with the Environmental Protection Fund to help fight climate change. While carbon dioxide gets the lion’s share of attention when it comes to global warming, there are other factors at play as well. According to the International Energy Agency, methane is responsible for about 30 percent of the global temperature increase since […]
The US Army will purchase 600 Coyote 2C drone interceptors from Raytheon at a price of $125 thousand. per unit. The contract is worth $75 million. The agreement was prompted by a series of drone attacks on U.S. bases in the Middle East. Several thousand such interceptors are planned to be purchased in the coming […]
The legendary global technology company IBM has its roots in the late nineteenth century. But the official birthday of IBM should still be considered February 15, 1924, when the Computing-Tabulous-Recording Co. was renamed International Business Machines Corp. The history of IBM reflects the development of the computing and IT industry. After all, the term “data […]
Mozilla has introduced a new service called Monitor Plus, designed to solve some of the problems with the privacy of Internet users’ personal data. According to the developers, it can “save” personal information from various companies that sell it. However, you will have to pay for it. According to the description, Mozilla Monitor Plus automatically […]
Merlin, which specializes in aircraft automation systems and converting them into drones, has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force to convert a KC-135 Stratotanker tanker aircraft into a drone. The company announced this on its website. It is reported that the contract was concluded with the participation of the Air Mobility […]
The equipment will be removed from the space network to prevent future problems. The satellites must burn up completely in the atmosphere and not harm any creatures or objects on Earth. As a precautionary measure, SpaceX plans to de-orbitalize 100 first-generation Starlink satellites, citing a potential flaw that could one day lead to a complete […]
In Ukraine, a network of thousands of acoustic sensors across the country is used to detect Shahed 136 kamikaze drones. This allows mobile air defense teams to respond to threats in advance. This was reported by The War Zone. This technological know-how has attracted the interest of the US military, which wants to test the […]