The White House has instructed NASA to create a «new time zone» for the Moon by 2026
Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) will establish an official time to help guide future lunar missions.
Microsoft and Quantinuum announce «breakthrough» in quantum computing — 14 thousand experiments without errors
Quantum computers could make real scientific calculations that would take conventional machines millions of years to complete. At the same time, the fundamental unit of quantum computers — the so-called «qubit» — although fast, is very finicky.
monobank 2.0: the largest neobank in Ukraine has a new design — for the first time in 6 years
The new interface has been tested since November 2023.
China has oversaturated the market with solar panels — in some places they are used to build garden fences
The country accounts for 80% of the world’s solar panel production.
The movie «Joker: Folie à Deux» is rated R for scenes of «strong violence» and «full nudity»
R-rated movies are allowed for viewing by persons under the age of 17 only in the presence of a parent or legal guardian.
Copilot in Microsoft 365 will offer access to GPT-4 Turbo «unlimited» and improved image generation
Microsoft 365 business subscribers will be able to use GPT-4 Turbo through Copilot (AI assistant) without daily session limits.
With Lucas and Spielberg in the lead, but not without Taylor Swift. Forbes compiled the top 14 richest celebrities of 2024
Ten celebrities on the list have become billionaires over the past 4 years, while singer Taylor Swift and television mogul Dick Wolf achieved this status for the first time last year. In general, the total wealth of the richest stars of 2024, represented in the of the Forbes ratingThe total debt of the company reaches $31 billion.
Amazon closes cash registers Just Walk Out — «AI triumph» was the result of thousands of Indian workers
The Just Walk Out technology allowed people to shop without a cash register — they simply scanned a QR code at the entrance, and Amazon relied on sensors and cameras to track what people were leaving the store with.
All on AI. How NVIDIA's revenue structure has changed over the past 5 years (infographic)
Following the AI boom, the key revenue drivers of the largest US chipmaker have changed dramatically.
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan — TSMC evacuates factories
According to seismologists, this is the most powerful earthquake in Taiwan in 25 years — there are deaths, dozens of buildings collapsed.
About piracy and content in Ukrainian. Interview with ITC.ua editor-in-chief Timur Vorona
Timur Vorona, CEO of Creators Media Group and editor-in-chief of ITC.ua, gave an interview to Oleksandr Glushchenko, host and author of the YouTube channel «Perevozovka», where he discussed, among other things, the problems of piracy in Ukraine.
AT&T data breach affected about 73 million active and former subscribers of the American telecom giant
The American telecommunications company AT&T began to study the data published on the darknet about two weeks ago and preliminarily found that the leak affected approximately 8.6 million active account holders and 65.4 million former customers.
The Register of Damages for Ukraine Caused by Russia's Invasion has been launched in The Hague — application can be submitted via «Diia»
The service will be available after the mobile app is updated and will be available on the portal later
«Gladiator 2» makes the dramatic ending of the original «absolutely meaningless»
The sequel adds a new emperor to the plot, who breaks the promise of peace and republican status for Rome.
Gmail is — 20 years old. April Fools' Day «joke» Google, which has become the world's most popular email service
On April 1, 2004, Google revolutionized email by launching Gmail.
Space debris lands on Florida home — likely from the International Space Station
A few weeks ago, a 1 kg piece of debris broke through the roof of Alejandro Otero’s two-story house in Florida. The Nest camera recorded the noise at 14:34 local time — this is important because at 14:29, debris from the ISS re-entered the atmosphere. At that time, the object was moving over the Gulf of Mexico, heading to southwest Florida.
Apple says iPhone 6 Plus is now «obsolete» and iPad Mini 4 — «vintage»
Apple calls a product «obsolete» if 7 years have passed since it was last officially distributed for sale — this means that the Apple Store and Apple Authorized Service Providers will no longer offer repair or other hardware service for the device.
Not just in the EU: Microsoft to separate Teams and Office 365 for customers worldwide
Teams, which was added to Office 365 for free in 2017, later replaced Skype for Business and became popular during the pandemic in part due to video conferencing. However, in 2020, Salesforce, which offers a rival messaging app called Slack, filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft over the merger.
«Hoped for better than 50/50»: the creators of Game of Thrones about the wave of gate after the season 8 finale
The hit HBO fantasy series based on George R.R. Martin’s books premiered back in 2011 and kept viewers’ attention for eight intense seasons, but few people were happy with the show’s ending.
Microsoft is testing a grid layout for programs in the «Start» menu in Windows 11
The new design is somewhat reminiscent of the «Start» menu in Windows 10X and the Microsoft Launcher on Android.
Adobe Firefly now generates images and styles from thumbnails — 10 examples of how to use Structure Reference
Structure Reference allows Adobe Firefly users to generate images and styles based on existing sketches or sketches without wasting time on text prompts that the model usually doesn’t understand the first time.
Customs has launched an online service for declaring and paying taxes on parcels from abroad
Ukrainians will be able to declare express shipments independently in their Personal Account on the web portal «Single window for international trade» by filing an electronic customs declaration M-16 — this can also be done using a smartphone.
«Oppenheimer» on the way to a billion — Christopher Nolan's film debuted in Japan, increasing its total box office by another $2.5 million
Eight months after its world premiere (and triumph at the «Oscars»), the biopic about the creator of the atomic bomb is still finding new viewers.
Goodbye, Lenna. Scientists were banned from using the legendary 1972 Playboy photo to illustrate articles
A fragment of a digitized portrait of Swedish model Lena Forsen, featured in a November 1972 Playboy spread, has been widely used in scientific papers to test and illustrate image processing algorithms (compression, noise reduction, blurring, etc.).
«Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire» — the third highest-grossing movie of the year with $194 million in three days of release
Currently, the next film in the MonsterVerse movie universe from Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment is second only to «Dune» ($626 million in five weeks of release) and «Kung Fu Panda 4» ($347 million after four weeks of release).
Microsoft's new security system «catches» hallucinations in Azure customers' AI programs
Microsoft’s Responsible Artificial Intelligence team has developed several new security features for customers of the Azure AI Studio platform.
Sir Christopher Nolan: the director of «Oppenheimer» will receive a knighthood for his services to cinema
Following the triumph of «Oppenheimer» at this year’s «Oscars», British King Charles III has approved a knighthood for Christopher Nolan. The director’s wife, producer Emma Thomas, will be knighted, writes Variety.
Netflix's adaptation of the sci-fi classic «The 3 Bodies Problem» has angered China
In the first scenes of the series, which is partly set in 1960s Beijing, a scientist is brutally beaten by Red Guards because of his belief in the theory of relativity.
Apple sues ex-IOS engineer who «leaked» data on Vision Pro and other products to journalists
Former iOS software engineer Andrew Ode is accused of leaking information about more than a dozen Apple policies and products — including the Journal app and Vision Pro headset.
Each additional hour of leisure time computer use increases chances of impotence, — study
Analyses of data from more than 200,000 men showed that every 1.2 hours of additional leisure time computer use predicted a 3.57-fold increase in the likelihood of erectile dysfunction (or impotence), according to a research article in Andrology (via Interesting Engineering).
Kristen Stewart says she's unlikely to star in a Marvel movie because it sounds «like a f***ing nightmare»
Don’t expect to see the star of «Twilight» in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — in the new interview Kristen Stewart has said that the studio system has to change dramatically for her to sign a contract (or unless she is asked to) director «Barbie» Greta Gerwig).
Apple to release new iPad Pro with OLED and first 12.9-inch iPad Air in early May, — Mark Gurman
Earlier launch was planned for March-April, but was postponed to May to finalize the software.
Actress Ivanna Sakhno terminates her contract with Netflix to avoid playing a Russian woman
Ivanna Sakhno was born in Ukraine, but moved to the United States with her family as a teenager. Currently, the actress is actively acting in Hollywood — and is best known for her work in in the series «Ahsoka», where she played «Dark Jedi» Shin Gati.
From now on, each of the US federal agencies must appoint a «chief AI officer»
According to the latest guidelines from the US Office of Management and Budget, all federal agencies must appoint a senior officer and governing boards to oversee all AI systems used internally.
Last year, the EU hourly wage reached €54 — more than a third of the nominal «minimum wage» in Ukraine
According to Eurostat in 2023, the lowest hourly wage was recorded in Bulgaria at €9.23, while Luxembourg had the highest wage at €53.9 per hour.
GPT Store «deflated»? In February, customized chatbots accounted for 1.5% of visits to the ChatGPT website
OpenAI expected personalized chatbots to boost its business, but recent data shows that few people are interested in them.
The EHT has recorded for the first time the magnetic fields surrounding Sagittarius A — a supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy
Since 1980, physicists have been claiming that a supermassive black hole is located in the center of the Milky Way, but the first «photo» was obtained only two years ago (and another one is currently available) — thanks to the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT).
«The Crow» — Ukrainian trailer for the remake of the cult 1990s thriller starring Bill Skashgord
Like the original film with Brandon Lee, the new «The Crow» adapts the comic book series of the same name by James O’Barr.
Xi Jinping on restrictions on chip exports: «No power in the world can stop China's technological progress»
Recently, the Chinese president and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte met in Beijing to discuss the semiconductor industry. Relations between the two countries have deteriorated after the Netherlands, along with the United States, blocked the export of advanced chip technology to China over concerns that it could be used for military purposes.
10 largest oil producers in 2023 — USA + Saudi Arabia = 28% of production
Last year, the three countries contributed a total of 32.8 million barrels per day to global oil production, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Israel has launched a massive facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, — The New York Times
The images are compared to a database of Palestinians allegedly linked to Hamas.
Trailer of the comedy action movie «Bad Boys: Ride or Die» — Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back in the game
«Bad Boys: Ride or Die» — is the fourth film in the popular comedy franchise. Smith and Lawrence first teamed up as police detectives investigating illegal drug trafficking in Miami in 1995.
Musk says Tesla Optimus robot should cost «half the price of a car» — and will soon support 5G
It’s been a little over two years since Elon Musk announced that Tesla was moving toward developing humanoid robots. The company has moved quickly enough showed the first prototypes (one assembled model that barely moved, and another that stood on a stand and waved to the audience), and later the second generation of robots that have received…
«Tamagotchi for buzzers» from Rabbit gets a voice thanks to ElevenLabs technology
Rabbit plans to release the first series of its pocket companions with artificial intelligence next month for $200.
«Damaged» — Ukrainian trailer of the action adventure starring Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel
Samuel L. Jackson («Captain Marvel», «The Avengers») stars as Detective Dan Lawson, who is searching for a serial killer in Scotland and discovers that his handwriting closely resembles the killer who murdered five women in Chicago a few years ago — but one of them was the detective’s girlfriend.
Zuckerberg was photographed wearing Jensen Huang's new leather jacket and compared him to «Taylor Swift in the world of technology»
It seems that Zuckerberg likes Huang’s style, but the Nvidia boss looks a bit embarrassed in the picture, as he had to try on Mark’s sheepskin coat instead.
Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti appeared in Fortnite — map for donations to rebuild destroyed hospital in Mykolaiv
Now in Fortnite, one of the most popular online games in the world, TheDonationMap was launchedwhich accurately recreates Kyiv’s Independence Square.
Timothée Chalamet signs multi-year deal with Warner Bros. following success of «Dune» and «Wonky»
The agreement provides for Shalame’s participation in the studio’s projects as an actor and producer.
HBO denies rumors that Pedro Pascal has finished filming Season 2 of «The Last of Us»
The first update on the actor’s schedule was published by Daniel Richtman, who IGN publication calls «a reliable insider».
iOS 18 with artificial intelligence and a new home screen — what to expect from the «biggest update» in iPhone history
It is expected that iOS 18 will be presented at this year’s Apple WWDC 2024 developer conference, scheduled for June 10.
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