Android without Google — Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and OnePlus plan to get rid of American services
After Donald Trump became president of the United States for the second time, a trade war between America and China has reignited. Trump imposed incredibly high duties on Chinese products and may impose other restrictions. Chinese smartphone manufacturers have already begun to prepare for possible problems.
First Texas, then Mars: Elon Musk created a separate city for SpaceX with his golden statue in the center
SpaceX officially has its own city, Starbase —, with a golden statue of Elon Musk, control over development and infrastructure.
How fat is Kim Jong-un? HR found a way to identify hidden candidates from the DPRK
Thousands of IT workers from North Korea have been employed by Fortune 500 companies using fake documents and continue to be employed illegally.
The US imposes duties of up to 3521% on solar panels from Asia — the region accounted for 75% of total imports
US President Donald Trump’s administration continues its tariff war, which in some cases seems to be hurting the Americans themselves more than other countries. Another such example was the newly imposed tariffs on solar cells from four Southeast Asian countries that were major suppliers to the United States. In some cases, the duties…
Movie review «Sinners»
On April 17, the vampire action horror film «Sinners» was released in Ukraine, and it is the fourth time that director Ryan Coogler and actor Michael B. Jordan have worked together after «Fruitvale Station» (2013), «Creed» (2015), and «Black Panther» (2018). Some may think that this is a kind of «From Dusk Till Dawn», only […]
US CEOs with «the highest» intelligence: Nvidia boss leads, Elon Musk is not in the ranking
Website Visual Capitalist in collaboration with Preply, has created a ranking of the 15 smartest CEOs in the United States, which includes the names of many tech leaders — the bosses of Nvidia, Adobe, and OpenAI, among others.
Computed tomography provokes up to 5% of cancer cases, — study
Scientists from the University of California, San Francisco have discovered the risk of oncological diseases in patients undergoing computed tomography.
«The end of the Transatlantic Alliance»: EU starts issuing disposable «anti-spyware» phones to workers traveling to the US
The European Commission has begun issuing disposable phones and basic laptops to some staff traveling to the United States to avoid espionage, a security measure traditionally applied only to travel to China or to war-torn Ukraine for fear of Russian tracking.
Movie review «G20»
On April 10, the Prime Video streaming service released the action movie «G20» starring Viola Davis and Antony Starr. Davis played the main role of the US president and also produced the movie. What is the result of the next version of «Die Hard» and even with a political tinge — we will tell you […]
TSMC may pay $1 billion to the US for inadvertent supply of Huawei chips
TSMC, the world’s largest chipmaker, may face a fine of more than $1 billion, according to knowledgeable sources. Although this amount is not critical for TSMC, it is hardly a trifle.
Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks out «hostile to Trump» government officials using AI, — Reuters
Elon Musk’s team behind DOGE — «Department of Government Efficiency» — is working not only to cut costs, but also to monitor surveillance.
It’s all the iPhone! White House finds «Apple trace» in scandal with journalist and secret Signal chat
The White House has found the «of the extreme» in the scandal of secret military chat and a journalist — Apple iPhone is said to be to blame.
Intel and TSMC set up joint venture to produce chips in the US, — insiders
Unofficial sources report that Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement to establish a joint venture to manage Intel’s factories in the United States
You can exhale: Trump’s tariffs do not apply to semiconductors… for now
Everyone was frightened by Trump’s new duties, but according to the US State Department, they will not affect the semiconductor industry. At least not yet.
Trump’s duties: Apple is getting cheaper, iPhones will become more expensive
When Trump imposed tariffs on China in his first term as president, Apple began to move production of iPads and AirPods to Vietnam and iPhones to India. This won’t help now.
Did ChatGPT invent Trump’s tariffs? A crazy new social media theory reveals «conspiracy» the US government and AI
Twitter users / X promote a new crazy theory that suggests that the US government turned to artificial intelligence to calculate new tariffs. The evidence in this case is that all the leading chatbots — ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok — use the same formula that the US government used to calculate the new tariffs.
75% of scientists want to leave the US because of Trump’s policies, — Nature survey
According to a survey conducted by the journal Nature, 75% of American scientists are considering leaving the United States because of the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Technological progress at the cost of ecosystem destruction. How humanity is paying for the extraction of rare earth metals
It is impossible to imagine the modern world, which is rapidly evolving and seems to be accelerating time in its embrace of technological progress, without smartphones, tablets, powerful computers and other electronic gadgets, including high-speed Internet infrastructure and satellite communications. At the same time, there is a large-scale…
Elon Musk: «The winner will be the one who controls the production of AI chips, and it may be China»
In a podcast with Ted Cruz, Elon Musk talked not only about strange things about «money computers» State Department, but also shared his view on the global tech confrontation.
Elon Musk: «We found 14 magical money computers that sent money from nowhere»
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, Tesla CEO and owner of SpaseX, freelance advisor to the US government, and head of DOGE, talks about magic computers that take money from nowhere.
Elon Musk vs. Trump? Tesla and SpaceX complain about duties
Two companies led by Elon Musk — SpaceX and Tesla — have submitted letters to U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer. The main purpose of the letters is to lobby the U.S. Trade Representative regarding the tariff policy of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
One minute before the end of the world: scientists link the Doomsday Clock to rising mortality in the US
In a new study, American scientists have linked the approach of the Doomsday Clock to midnight to an unprecedentedly high mortality rate in the United States.
The US State Department has created an application for «self-deportation» illegal migrants
The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched the CBP Home app, which will allow illegal immigrants to «self-deport» from the country.
«Disable» F-16: will Ukrainian fighters fly in case of a US ban?
With the new US administration in place, American weapons in Ukraine seem less reliable. However, the Americans will not be able to render the F-16s completely inoperable.
Review of the series «Paradise»
On March 4, the first season of the political thriller «Paradise» ended on the Hulu platform, but in fact, such a characterization would be incomplete because the project is a bizarre cocktail of several genres. Read our review to find out which other genres the show’s authors refer to, what other hit series it is […]
Maxar disconnects Ukraine from satellite imagery
American Maxar Technologies has denied Ukraine access to its satellite imagery, which was also used for military purposes.
HIMARS’ last strike: Spectacular video of Russians being hit by cluster munitions and why it may not happen again
The video of the defeat of the Russian occupiers’ manpower over a large area is published by the media and social networks. However, due to the deterioration of relations with the United States, such strikes may no longer occur.
Everybody fires, Apple hires — the company will create 20 thousand jobs and invest $500 billion in the US
Apple unveiled its Napoleonic plans shortly after Tim Cook’s meeting with Donald Trump. It is also important for the company to compensate for the new US duties.
Review of the series «Zero Day»
On February 20, Netflix released a political thriller «Zero Day» starring Robert De Niro. The actor also served as one of the show’s executive producers. In the review below, we analyze how exciting and tense the local story about «a devastating global cyberattack» turned out to be. «Zero Day» Genre political thriller Director Leslie…
Acer announces 10% increase in laptop prices due to Trump’s tariffs
The head of Acer announced a 10% increase in prices for goods subject to the new duties. We should also expect a rise in the price of technology products from other companies.
Elon Musk has launched government sites for DOGE: one is a WordPress stub page, and the other is available for anyone to edit (it’s fun)
The official government website of Elon Musk’s Department of Efficiency (DOGE) appears to be receiving information from a database that can be edited by any third-party developers.
US military tests PSAP Voyager underwater scanner probes powered directly from the water
The PSAP Voyager hydrophones are self-contained, as they use the temperature difference in the surrounding water to power them. Until now, underwater communications have required surface or subsea infrastructure.
The X Files: real-life Mulder and Scully may be fired from the FBI
Two pieces of news: the FBI does have an informal UFO task force, like the series The X Files, but its employees can be fired for being unreliable.
Elon Musk received the status of «special civil servant» in the United States — without salary, but with access to state secrets
The White House has granted Elon Musk the title of «special US civil servant», reports CNN.
«Let them blame Trump»: Starlink loses $100 million contract with Canada due to US tariffs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has canceled a 100 million Canadian dollar ($68 million) contract with Starlink. He also banned contracts with the US in the province.
US Department of Defense personnel ran DeepSeek on work PCs for 2 days before access was blocked
The Pentagon has blocked internal access to DeepSeek’s AI models after discovering that employees in some departments had been connecting to Chinese servers for at least two days, reports Bloomberg.
DeepSeek: Chinese AI has turned the crypto market upside down, but is it really such a villain?
The launch of generative artificial intelligence DeepSeek became the main event of the week. It would seem that news about affordable and useful technologies is positive. However, the DeepSeek R1 model not only undermined the positions of the leading American AI companies, among which OpenAI is the leader with its ChatGPT, but also caused the…
It’s on: people are camping out in tents to buy NVIDIA RTX 5090
NVIDIA RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards will go on sale this week. Desperate buyers are already lining up in tents as shortages are expected.
TikTok and Donald Trump announce the resumption of the service in the United States
Newly elected US President Donald Trump has announced the return of TikTok to the country. The social network itself made the corresponding statement.
TikTok stopped working in the United States — the application is removed from stores, video viewing is not available
It happened: following the US Supreme Court’s decision to support the law banning TikTok, the video social network is not working in the country. Other ByteDance applications are also unavailable.
TikTok will pay for Trump’s inauguration party scheduled for January 19 — the day the social network is blocked
TikTok will contribute about $50,000 to Donald Trump’s inaugural party, effectively becoming one of its main sponsors, according to Politico.
China may sell TikTok to Musk to avoid US ban – Bloomberg
Chinese officials are assessing the possibility of selling TikTok’s US unit to Elon Musk if the company fails to avoid a ban on the app in the country. Bloomberg reports, citing knowledgeable sources.
Meta cancels diversity programs due to «changing political landscape»
Meta has joined the list of American companies that have abandoned internal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Pentagon adds Tencent and CATL to «blacklist» for helping Chinese army
The US Department of Defense has updated its blacklist of companies linked to the Chinese military, adding gaming giant Tencent, the world’s largest manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles CATL, as well as companies such as HangXin Memory Technologies, Quectel Wireless, and drone maker Autel Robotics.
China bans exports to the US of gallium, germanium, antimony, important for the production of electronics and weapons
Also, it is forbidden to export ultra-hard materials (diamonds) to the USA. Additionally, China has implemented enhanced end-use control of graphite products.
The Pentagon has published a new report on UFOs: 750+ objects with «anomalous» behavior, most — unidentified
The US Department of Defense has published a new report on UFOs (the term was replaced with UAP — «unidentified anomalous phenomena») with intriguing statistics.
TSMC is being sued for racism and discrimination — they import Taiwanese and do not hire Americans
Current and former TSMC employees, including a director, sue for discrimination. An American factory hires Taiwanese citizens and refuses to hire Americans.
Intel is disappointed with the CHIPS law: «Invested $30 billion in two years and got zero»
Intel’s CEO is disappointed with payments under the US CHIPS law. Since its adoption, the company has invested $30 billion in factories in the United States and has not received direct investment from the state.
The US introduces a rule of «one click» — for one-click subscription cancellation
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized a new rule requiring companies (including streaming services such as Netflix) to provide one-click subscription cancellation for products or services
US Department of Justice wants to split Google — the Ministry has prepared recommendations for the court
The U.S. Department of Justice has made recommendations to split Google to prevent a monopoly.
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