Ukrainian Armed Forces turn Toyota Mirai into a miniature hydrogen bomb
The Ukrainian military created a bomb using a fuel cell from a Toyota Mirai hydrogen car. This made it possible to strike the enemy with a very small hydrogen bomb. This happened during the July counteroffensive in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region.
Chinese analog of Hyperloop successfully passes tests: the goal is — 1000 km/h
China has carried out another successful test of its Hyperloop analog, a superfast magnetic cushion train that is planned to accelerate to 1000 kilometers per hour.
Ministry of Education Approves Updated Program «Defense of Ukraine» — OSINT and Drone Control for High School Students
Starting this September, students will receive improved lessons in the subject «Defense of Ukraine» — a new modular program with OSINT, UAVs and EW has been given the status of recommended.
«3 Body Problem» creators forced Aisa Gonzalez to learn a fake 3-page monologue written by ChatGPT
Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, known for their work on «Game of Thrones» and «3 Body Problem», often cast the actors they love the most.
Three displays and a price of more than $4000: a new foldable smartphone from Huawei
Folding smartphones made of three elements have not yet reached the stage of mass production by well-known players. Huawei plans to become a pioneer in this market by releasing the world’s first phone with three displays. However, it is unlikely to be a mass gadget, as its price may exceed $4000. Thus, the device may be twice as expensive as…
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Japanese appreciated the demo, and developers promised 100+ hours of content
The Japanese edition of Gamer has published a review of the current demo version of «S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl» and interviewed the game’s developers.
«PrivatBank» has launched a digital tip option in the Terminal app
«PrivatBank» launched a new option in the Terminal app that will allow Ukrainian businesses to accept tips from customers using a smartphone.
The Cabinet of Ministers banned issuing driver’s licenses and technical passports abroad without updating the data in the register «Oberih»
Those who have not updated their military registration data will not be able to obtain or exchange driver’s licenses or register or re-register cars abroad, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided.
Germany issues an arrest warrant in the case of undermining «Nord Stream» — Ukrainian Volodymyr Z.
In addition to Volodymyr Z., two other Ukrainian citizens are suspected of acting as divers and attaching explosives to gas pipelines.
Ukrainian games festival returns to Steam — more than 430 titles, demos, and a sale
From August 19 to 26, the third Ukrainian Games Festival will take place on Steam, presenting more than 430 games created by Ukrainian developers to the global community.
Boxer Iman Khelif filed a complaint about online bullying — Elon Musk is involved in the lawsuit
Helif became an Olympic champion, but faced a torrent of online bullying after failing the «gender test» — Now the boxer has filed a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling of cyberstalking, among others.
Xiaomi 15 Ultra is credited with 4 cameras, including a 200-megapixel periscope
Xiaomi is currently working on the Xiaomi 15 line of smartphones. The basic Xiaomi 15 and 15 Pro models are expected to be released later this year, and the top-end Xiaomi 15 Ultra version will go on sale in early 2025. It will have an improved camera, an insider assures Digital Chat Station.
Residents of «Diia.City» paid ₴8.4 billion in taxes in 2024 — Monobank, Favbet Tech, and EPAM are in the top
In the first 6 months of 2024, residents of «Diia.City» contributed more than ₴8.4 billion to the Ukrainian budget, almost as much as in the entire last year (₴8.5 billion).
Google unveiled Pixel 9 Pro Fold — with Tensor G4, Gemini, large screen and $1799 price
At the Made by Google 2024 event, the company confirmed the change in the naming scheme of its smartphones and introduced the foldable Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which is now part of the main Pixel line.
Pixel 9 Pro and Pro 9 XL: new flagships with Tensor G4 chip and AI features starting at $1000
In addition to the basic model Pixel 9 Google also introduced premium versions of the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL. They are similar to the standard model in many ways, but have better displays and cameras.
Google introduces Pixel Studio — an offline image generator for Pixel 9 smartphones
Google has announced Pixel Studio, a new AI-powered image creation app that will work offline on Pixel 9 smartphones.
Google Pixel 9: powerful Tensor G4 processor, improved cameras, and Gemini AI starting at $800
As part of the Made by Google 2024 presentation, the search giant unveiled its new Pixel 9 line of smartphones. In addition to including the foldable Pixel 9 Fold Pro in the series, the company offered a wider variety of traditional monoblock devices.
Google showed Pixel Buds Pro 2 — TWS headphones with Tensor A1 chip and improved ANC for $229
Google has announced new wireless headphones Pixel Buds Pro 2, which are smaller, lighter, and have twice the active noise cancellation compared to the previous model.
The Martian interior hides an ocean of water — new discovery of the NASA InSight mission
Researchers have found evidence of liquid water beneath the surface of Mars by analyzing data from NASA’s InSight rover.
Intel vs AMD: «red» succeed in the battle for the processor market
Despite facing a difficult financial situation, Intel still holds the lion’s share of the global processor market. Its products for desktops, mobile devices, and data centers account for more than 70% of the market share. However, AMD is gradually eroding this dominance like warm water dripping onto a huge glacier.
Cybertruck owners say Tesla secretly replaced faulty engines under the guise of research — before massive failure
Last month, several Cybertruck owners reported that Tesla offered them a free replacement drive train at their next service visit. The company explained this offer by researching the first copies of the Cybertruck. However, some Cybertruck owners have recently experienced engine failure. Some believe that under the guise of research, Tesla has been…
«Slow Horses» — first trailer for season 4 of the spy series with Gary Oldman (starting September 4 on Apple TV+)
Apple TV+ has released a trailer for the fourth season of one of the platform’s most popular series, the spy thriller «Slow Horses», based on the Mick Herron novel series «Slough House».
HMD Hyper revives Nokia Lumia design and gets Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip – insider
HMD is expected to release a new mid-range smartphone, the HMD Hyper, soon. Insider @smashx_60 has already shared the characteristics of this model on Twitter.
The Fallout London team wants to set up their own studio: «free mods don’t pay the bills»
Free mods are great, but working on them is expensive. The creators of Fallout London want to create their own game studio.
Opera One browser available for iPhone — with AI assistant, image generator and voice input
After several weeks of beta testing, the new Opera browser with built-in artificial intelligence is now available to all iOS users.
OnePlus Buds Pro 3: flagship headphones with 2 speakers and 43 hours of battery life
An insider has revealed information about the new OnePlus Buds Pro 3 wireless headphones, which will replace the Buds Pro 2 model released in February 2023.
Safety first: a six-wheeled robot checks unreliable gutters instead of humans
New Zealand-based engineering company Beca has developed the PIPE-i six-wheeled robot to inspect dangerous drainage systems, replacing humans in risky environments.
First reactions to «Alien: Romulus» — one of the best films in the series, making «gasp with horror»
The first journalists’ reviews of «Alien: Romulus» and they are extremely positive — Fede Alvarez is praised for the perfect «horror atmosphere» and special effects, and the cast is called powerful.
More secrets of Chernobyl: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will have two storyline add-ons
«Secret» published the Ultimate edition of the game.
First teaser for «Monkey» based on Stephen King’s work — writer joins the script
It’s very easy to describe the teaser for «Monkey» Osgood Perkins, based on the story by Stephen King. In the 44-second video, the monkey makes threatening puppet movements, and Theo James, covered in blood, looks on.
«Reserve+» will help to avoid queues in the MCC: there will be an automatic deferral for certain categories of persons liable for military service
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is currently working on the function of automatic deferrals for certain categories of persons liable for military service. The corresponding service is planned to be introduced in the «Reserve+» application.
A million listeners, a DDOS attack and Putin’s praise — the main thing about Elon Musk’s interview with Trump
Trump called a conversation with Musk one of the «largest interviews in history», and Elon expected at least 8 million listeners. However, everything went wrong from the start.
Kit Harington has admitted that the finale of «Game of Thrones» was a mistake: «We’re just f-ing tired»
The final episode of «Game of Thrones» was released 5 years ago, but the controversy over it hasn’t died down to this day.
Developers hint at Borderlands 4 despite the movie’s failure, as the third part of «comes to life on Steam
Despite the huge losses from the Borderlands adaptation, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford assures that the team is not abandoning the franchise and may soon announce the fourth installment of the game.
Google Wallet gets the ability to create digital passes with image recognition
The Google Wallet Android app has received a new Everything else feature, announced during the I/O 2024 event in May. The company has started its wide deployment among users.
Golden parachute: Intel gives up to €500,000 in severance pay for voluntary departures
In Ireland, Intel has offered employees from the Leixlip team a severance package of up to €500 thousand for voluntary resignation. Recently, Intel announced that it would lay off 15% of its employees to cut costs.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl returns to Xbox — pre-orders and Discord channel for questions open
Microsoft has resumed pre-orders for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on the Xbox platform, and GSC Game World developers have opened a channel for communication with fans.
Second-generation Intel graphics card — Battlemage cores, more memory, better ray tracing
Specifications for Intel’s new second-generation Battlemage architecture graphics card have been leaked ahead of its likely launch. The GPU has 24 Xe2 cores and 12 GB of memory
Windows 11 beta brings back tiles in the Start menu, which will sort programs
Users of the Windows 11 beta have the opportunity to see the new category mode in the «Start» menu. It is very similar to the live tiles in Windows 8.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl — 30 minutes of gameplay (in Ukrainian!), new details of the game world and developer comments
GSC Game World studio held a 30-minute presentation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 gameplay, revealing new details about the game’s world and its mechanics.
NVIDIA RTX 4090D video cards with 48 GB of internal memory are now available
NVIDIA’s China-focused RTX 4090D graphics card based on the AD102 processor, designed to circumvent US export restrictions, is now available with double the memory capacity of 48 GB.
Ukrainian IT professionals go abroad: -2.4 thousand specialists in the top 50 Ukrainian IT companies in six months
The specialized resource DOU has compiled a rating of the top 50 largest Ukrainian IT companies in the first half of 2024. It was not the best period for the Ukrainian IT industry, which continues to lose specialists.
GPD Pocket 4: the first pocket laptop-transformer based on AMD Ryzen AI 300 Strix
GPD has prepared for release the first pocket device based on the AMD Ryzen AI 300 Strix processor. The new GPD Pocket 4 netbook has a modular design that allows you to customize the device to your own needs.
China’s light-driven robotic bullet could change the rules of the ballistics game
A group of researchers led by Chinese scientists has developed a system for launching miniature robots powered by light. This invention could revolutionize ballistics and the aerospace industry.
«The world exists because of Solas»: Dragon Age The Veilguard closes the finale of Inquisition
Dragon Age: The Veilguard completes the story that began in the finale of Dragon Age: Inquisition, when players learned who Solas was. The developers say that this was always in the plans.
«Just Don’t Fail». Director «Alien: Romulus» showed instructions for the movie from Ridley Scott
The father of the «Alien» Ridley Scott franchise did not ignore the upcoming film and sent director Fede Alvarez brief instructions.
The sysadmin went for a smoke break and left half of Africa without the Internet
An engineer at a South African Internet service provider accidentally deleted important network settings while rushing out for a cigarette break, causing the largest Internet outage on the African continent at the time.
The end of YouTube and website monetization: Google AdSense deactivates Russian accounts
Russia continues to implement large-scale technological import substitution. Although sometimes it is forced. The other day Russian authorities decide to block YouTube in the country. And now Google has decided to block AdSense for Russia. We are talking about a contextual advertising service that allowed video authors and website owners to earn…
You’re mooring it wrong: Steve Jobs’ yacht rammed into a Mexican billionaire’s boat
In perhaps the slowest boat collision in history, Steve Jobs’ yacht Venus rammed into the Mexican billionaire’s vessel. Fortunately, no one was injured.
«Reserve+» will get new features: online recruitment and electronic referral to the HCPC. There will be no electronic summonses
Deputy Minister of Defense for Digitalization Kateryna Chernogorenko spoke about some plans for the «Reserve+» app. New features are expected in the fall.
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