Brave1 has created PARASOL – an electronic warfare system for protection against FPV drones with a range of 200 meters
One of the members of the defense-tech cluster Brave1 has developed a trench electronic warfare (EW) system called PARASOL. It has two modifications that differ in their purpose. About it said Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov.
Google Phone now has Audio Emoji – sound effects (from laughing to farting) that can be inserted into a conversation
Google has updated the Google Phone app and added sound effects to the Android dialer. As a result, during a phone call, users will be able to press one of the six Audio Emoji buttons to play a short sound signal for both parties to the conversation.
China shows a project of a space base on the Moon — for some reason, the NASA shuttle, decommissioned in 2011, was there
The video by the Chinese National Space Administration details a large lunar outpost, but interestingly, it contains CGI of a NASA space shuttle taking off from the lunar surface.
The teenager broke 6 world records in Tetris on NES — and received a cash reward as the first player with more than 10 million points
The previous record set in Tetris NES last year was 6.8 million points, but 15-year-old Alex Touch has already scored 16.7 million points.
Flash over Ukraine — probably a superbolid (very bright meteor)
On May 1, at 1 a.m., a meteor-like phenomenon was observed in the sky over some regions of Ukraine, with reports of a flash coming from Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao will spend 4 months in jail — due to «inadequate protection» against money laundering on the crypto exchange
Zhao pleaded guilty in November, and on April 30 received a 4-month prison sentence.
You overslept — blame Apple. «Silent» iPhone alarms will be fixed via iOS update after massive complaints
Apple said it is working on fixing a bug on some iPhones that caused alarms to fail to play at the set time.
Scientists turn printed circuit boards into jelly for better recycling
Scientists from the University of Washington have invented new printed circuit boards that could significantly reduce the amount of electronic waste that ends up in landfills. These boards partially turn into jelly, which is easy to recycle.
Enthusiast converts Crucial QLC 512GB SSD to SLC 120GB with increased resource and speed
Tech enthusiast Gabriel Ferraz converted his Crucial BX500 512GB SSD from QLC (4 bits per cell) to SLC (one bit per cell). This reduced the drive’s capacity to 120 GB, while increasing the SSD’s performance and durability.
ASUS Vivobook S — the first announced laptop with Snapdragon X processors will be released on May 20
ASUS has announced that it will present the first laptop with Snapdragon X Elite on May 20. The presentation will feature speakers from Qualcomm and Microsoft. The event will be held virtually, but there is no talk of a live broadcast. However, ASUS has created a special page for the event that will go live on May 7.
Not just Paramount: CEOs in the U.S. are leaving in droves — due to stress, pressure and loneliness
It’s not a good time to be a CEO, judging by the recent wave of layoffs in the US. HSBC’s Noel Quinn unexpectedly announced on Tuesday that he will step down as CEO when the board selects his successor. Bob Bakish of Paramount Global resigned from the media giant on Monday, and Kenny Wilson of Dr Martens recently announced that this…
A US Defense Department hacker got loans and wanted to sell classified information to Russia
32-year-old information systems security developer National security agencies Jareh Sebastian Dahlke was sentenced to 22 years in prison for trying to sell «to a Russian spy» classified information.
Chris Hemsworth blamed himself for the failure of the movie «Thor: Love and Thunder» and says he looked like a parody there «»
Hemsworth says that he lost touch with his character in Taika Waititi’s latest Thor movie and improvised too much, which made him look like a «parody of himself».
Yelp launches AI assistant to help you communicate with companies
Yelp has announced a new AI-powered chatbot aimed at consumers and designed to help them communicate with relevant companies to complete their tasks.
Simple and cheap. Ukrainian Flytech launches mass production of ARES reconnaissance UAVs
The Ukrainian company Flytech has presented an intelligence ARES unmanned aerial vehicle. Its main advantages are low price and easy repair
«Megalopolis» Coppola: Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel in the first shot of the long-awaited sci-fi saga
The first still from Francis Ford Coppola’s new film «Megalopolis» has been released. Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei in «Game of Thrones») appear in an intriguing poster from Vanity Fairin a scene set against the backdrop of retro-futuristic New York.
Microsoft adds offline mode to OneDrive on the web — for now for certain categories of users
Microsoft is starting to roll out a new offline mode for OneDrive on the Internet for users of corporate and educational versions of the service. This is part of the OneDrive update, which also includes improvements to the user interface, folder colors, and more.
«We are talking about the potential for mobilization»: Ukraine has no plans to forcibly return Ukrainians from the EU
Ukraine will not forcibly return men of military age from abroad.
Apple lures AI specialists from Google and has a secret lab in Zurich — Financial Times
According to Financial TimesApple has lured dozens of AI experts from Google and created a «secret European laboratory» in Zurich. A new team of employees works there to create new AI models and products.
Hola, Nova Post! The first Nova Poshta branch has been opened in Spain — parcels from Ukraine will be delivered in 8 days
Nova Poshta opens its first branch in Barcelona — Spain becomes the 12th European country where Nova Poshta operates.
kyiv.ua is not kiev.ua: a new 3-month campaign to de-Russify the capital’s domain starts on May 1
Starting May 1, Ukrainian domain registrars will once again launch a campaign to de-sovereignize the Kyiv domain. The campaign to popularize the KYIV.UA domain is one of the steps in the movement to de-serialize domains across Ukraine. It was initiated by the domain name registrar and hosting provider Cityhost.ua in June 2022.
UAF has a women’s UAV unit — and it is already possible to pass a competitive selection
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have a women’s UAV unit. A competitive selection process for this unit is already underway.
Nokia 215 4G, Nokia 225 4G and Nokia 235 4G – «fun» button phones with adaptive functionality will go on sale in May
HMD has picked up on the idea of producing «boring» phones with limited social features that Heineken and Bodega recently proposed. But if then it was a limited edition clamshell phone called The Boring Phone, now HMD has several offerings for the mass retail market.
Ex-manager of Twitter X (the one who slept in the office), now works at Meta and tells interesting things about Elon Musk
Do you remember the woman who slept in Twitter’s X office and justified Elon Musk’s methods, and she was fired anyway? Well, now Esther Crawford is working for Mark Zuckerberg at Meta, which she talks about said on Instagram. Crawford was XTwitter’s director of product management for more than two years before she was fired in…
Documentary about Klitschko and the defense of Kyiv by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald to be screened at Sheffield DocFest
Kevin Macdonald directed legal drama «The Mauritanian» and the sports documentary «One Day in September», for which he won an Oscar».
GitHub to release Copilot Workplace — an AI assistant for developers next week
GitHub has announced Copilot Workspace, a development environment using «agents based on Copilot». The idea is to help developers brainstorm, plan, create, test, and execute code in natural language.
Google removes most 3D models of animals and other objects from Search
Over the past few years, Google has created a lot of 3D models of animals and other objects that can be viewed in augmented reality. However, Google recently removed the vast majority of these fun models from Search.
Nokia to launch LTE on the Moon in 2024… «It’s already happened»
Space.com reports that Nokia is developing an LTE/4G communication system for the Moon. Its first part may be launched as early as the end of this year. The hardware for a simplified version of the network is to be launched later this year as part of the IM-2 Intuitive Machine mission, which is to land at the south pole of the Moon.
Netflix will release a «live» series «Scooby Doo» — based on the script of the creators of the TV adaptation «Cowboy Bebop»
The original Hanna Barbera characters are being revived on Netflix — in a «live» series about Shaggy and his friends and his dog Scooby.
Multiview in YouTube TV (watching multiple streams on one screen) is now available on Android devices
Last month, YouTube TV added Multiview support to its iOS app. Now the feature is available on the Android platform as well.
The Fallout series on Prime Video was watched by 65 million people in 16 days — the second most popular after «The Rings of Power»
The first season of «Fallout», which adapts the popular game series of the same name, was released on Amazon Prime Video on April 10 and attracted 65 million viewers in the first 16 days.
«Hey, buy Fallout 4»: PlayStation Plus (non-Extra) users will not receive a free non-Extra update of the game — Bethesda
Bethesda has clarified which Fallout 4 owners will not be able to receive the free next-generation update. It turned out that the problems with the update and PlayStation Plus — subscription are not a bug, but a feature.
Computer with a coffee machine — no need to take a break from the game to roast beans and make coffee
On the YouTube channel Nerdforge showed a fully functional desktop computer with a coffee maker, coffee grinder, and bean roaster. The PC owner will be able to get fresh coffee with milk without getting up from the table — the device will roast, grind, and prepare the drink very quickly.
How Ukrainian Armed Forces drones mine Russian occupiers’ routes from the air
Mine clearance with the help of drones helps the Ukrainian Armed Forces to nullify the efforts of Russian sappers — the road can be mined after they have left. About said Ukrainian military officer and expert on radio communications, electronic warfare and drones, Serhiy «Flash» Beskrestnov.
The Manor Lords strategy was purchased more than 1 million times per day, with the number of simultaneous players exceeding 173,000
According to the publisher of Hooded Horse, the medieval city-building simulator Manor Lords, which was released on April 26, crossed the 1 million copies sold mark on the first day. Also, the maximum number of simultaneous players in Hooded Horse exceeded 173,000.
SET University offers military personnel and their families a free master’s degree in 4 specialties
The non-profit educational institution SET University is launching a scholarship program in a number of areas. Ukrainians can receive grants covering up to 100% of the tuition fee for SET University’s master’s programs.
Microsoft opened MS-DOS 4.0 code on GitHub — it was hacked due to UTF-8 and timestamps
In April, Microsoft published the code for its 1986 MS-DOS 4 operating system on GitHub. This is not the first release of DOS code, but this one seems to break some critical files.
The first trailer of «Mufasa: The Lion King» — the sequel to the Disney animated hit in the Ukrainian box office from December 19
The film will tell the backstory of Simba’s father Mufasa.
From EWR to «invisibility cloaks»: 1,671 innovative developments were created within Brave1 in a year
Over the course of the year, 1,963 developers created 1,671 innovative products within the Brave defense-tech cluster1 , ranging from invisibility cloaks with protection against enemy thermal imagers to short-range electronic warfare.
Ukrainian F-16s will be based in underground bunkers – Ukrainian Air Force spokesman
Ukraine is actively preparing the infrastructure for the deployment of F-16 fighters and a set of security measures for their storage. Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said this during a telethon.
«You’ve got a big mouth». Maya Hawke doesn’t tell her father about season 5 of «Stranger Things» because she’s afraid of spoilers
Maya, the daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, played Robin Buckley in the series «Stranger Things» — and reportedly prefers not to talk to her parents about her work while filming season 5 to prevent spoilers.
Need «cheap» labor: Google has completely laid off its Python team in the US
Google has fired the entire Python team in the United States.
«Game of Thrones» will become an online game — Nexon’s project is already in development
Website Redanian Intelligence found out that Nexon studio is developing an MMORPG based on series «Game of Thrones». Nexon is behind the recent successful shooter The Finals and some other games.
Ukrainian students win international AI hackathon with sign language app
The team from the KPI lyceum PL of KPI Igor Sikorsky won the international hackathon on artificial intelligence for teenagers — they developed an application that helps to learn sign language.
Apple iPad Pro will be released with M4 processor, iPhone 16 will get A18 chip with AI — Mark Gurman
According to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, the new iPad Pro will receive M4 processor will start Apple’s transition to AI devices. Earlier, he reported that Apple is accelerating processor upgrades for computers and plans to release the M4 chip with new iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac mini this year. According to the journalist, the first device with…
Tesla Model 3 in the leaders. In 2024, Ukrainians purchased almost 14,000 used cars under 5 years of age from abroad — 40% electric cars
According to associations «Ukravtoprom»In the first quarter of 2024, Ukrainians purchased almost 14,000 used cars imported from abroad up to 5 years old.
Apple in iOS 18 «will redesign» built-in apps for notes, mail and photos, — Mark Gurman
Previously, it was rumored that «Notes» in iOS 18 would support displaying more math equations and a built-in option for recording voice reminders, but the update for Mail, Photos, and Fitness was first reported — with by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg.
Telegram blocked «єВорог» and other Ukrainian military bots — only Russian fakes work
Telegram blocked Ukrainian military bots for data collection. About this, in particular, reports The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine on its official Telegram channel. The GUR has lost its «Main Intelligence Bot», and «eVorog» the Ministry of Digital Transformation, «Stop russian war bot» the SBU, and others, including the «Shahedov»…
Will there be no billion? The second «Dune» has earned more than $700 million worldwide, but is nearing the end of its run
The combined box office achievement of both parts of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic has now exceeded $1.1 billion — the first part has just over $400 million.
«I blame Facebook»: the screenwriter talks about the movie «The Social Network 2»
14 years after the release of the film about the creation of Facebook «The Social Network» by David Fincher, the film’s screenwriter Aaron Sorkin spoke about his work on the sequel.