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The Meraki Cisco company decided to disconnect all network devices located in Russia and Belarus from cloud services from December 21. Russian clients who received a letter from the service provider told the ‘Habr’ portal about this. Meraki temporarily restored Russians’ access to cloud services, but warned that it will begin to disconnect devices from […]
Genesis GV60 becomes the brand’s first model in Europe with facial recognition technology. The feature is already available in the US market. The Genesis GV60 for the 2023 model year gets a technological boost in the European market in the form of new biometric features, including the world’s first facial recognition technology for keyless entry. […]
As Bloomberg reports, citing knowledgeable sources, Apple employees are working on changes to iOS that will allow applications to be installed on the iPhone from outside the Apple App Store. The Cupertino-based company intends to implement these changes by 2024 in response to EU regulatory requirements such as the Digital Markets Act. The changes could […]
The government of the United States of America is going to approve the supply of MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine. The information was shared by the American edition of CNN, referring to its sources. Presumably, we are talking about one SAM battery. It includes a radar that detects and tracks targets, a mobile […]
The Estonian authorities have banned the state railway company Operail from transporting Russian and Belarusian goods from January 1, 2023. The order was signed by the Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Riina Sikut. The management of Operail was instructed to ‘assess the ethicality of commercial relations’ with Russia and Belarus and to gradually abandon them, […]
Holcim, a manufacturer of construction materials, is leaving the Russian market. ‘Interfax-Ukraine’ writes about this with reference to the company’s press service. It is noted that assets in Russia are sold to local managers. The contract on the transfer of the property has already been signed, but the deal will be closed only after the […]
The Chinese authorities have decided to reserve Loongson chips for their army, but for now Russians can even buy them through AliExpress. The Chinese government has banned the supply of Chinese Loongson processors used in military technology to Russia and other countries. The Russian publication ‘Kommersant’ writes about this, referring to its own sources. A […]
Northrop Grumman engineers successfully tested the AARGM-ER anti-radar missile with an increased flight range for the fourth time. This became known from a representative of the defense giant. The US Navy used an F/A-18 aircraft to launch the missile. During the tests, a moving sea target was destroyed with the help of a missile. The […]
The total volume of sales of Sonic Frontiers exceeded 2.5 million units, which was announced by Sega itself. The game also garnered good reviews from both critics and casual players, scoring 75 and 8.6 on Metacritic, respectively. Players praise the convenient controls (this is the PC version), great soundtracks, a well-thought-out story and a well-developed […]
Seven units of equipment and 35 rescuers were involved in extinguishing the fire. On the morning of December 13, a large-scale fire broke out in St. Petersburg. This is reported by the Russian mass media. The fire broke out in a building on the territory of the ‘Zirka’ machine-building plant on an area of 200 […]