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Israel’s construction along Alpha lines
Israel seized control of the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war. The U.N. Secretary Council voted to create UNDOF to patrol a roughly 400-square-kilometer (155-square-mile) demilitarized zone and maintain the peace there after the 1973 Mideast war. A second demarcation, known as the Bravo Line, marks the limit of where the Syrian
SpaceX ties up with LG for batteries
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will use batteries developed by South Korea’s LG Energy Solution for its Starship rocket, which is intended for Mars. The reports state that the South Korean battery manufacturing firm is planning to develop new cells based on its cylindrical batteries for the Starship rocket. The space firm based in the US generally
YouTube partnerships for Shorts creators
YouTube is rolling out new features to help Shorts creators partner with brands and gain better insights into their video performance. Creators with over 4,000 subscribers can now directly pitch their Shorts content to brands for potential partnerships. YouTube will recommend this tagged content to relevant advertisers. This provides creators with a 24-hour performance breakdown
iPhone’s new security feature
Apple released iOS 18.1 late last month. The update introduced a new security feature that will make it tougher for law enforcement agencies to use forensic tools to access pertinent data. While this might seem innocuous, Apple’s new reboot process prompts the iPhone to fall back into a Before First Unlock (BFU) state. This state
Germany to provide Ukraine with ICEYE’s entire satellite fleet
The German arms company Rheinmetall and the satellite company ICEYE SAR, which joined forces in September to support Ukraine, are reporting the first successes of their collaboration. Since early October, Ukraine has been receiving new satellite images from ICEYE’s SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellites as part of the collaboration between Rheinmetall and ICEYE. These images
Protein Prediction tool
AlphaFold3, unlike its predecessors, is capable of modelling proteins in concert with other molecules. But instead of releasing its underlying code as was done with AlphaFold2 DeepMind provided access via a web server that restricted the number and types of predictions scientists could make.The AlphaFold3 server prevented scientists from predicting how proteins behave in the
US investment in commercial Satellites
The US Department of Defense has opened the door for the US military to spend over $12 billion more on commercial satellite services, including SpaceX’s Starlink, up from $900 million. The increased budget will likely send billions to SpaceX’s Starshield, which uses the company’s Starlink technology to provide internet access to governments, including the US
Growth in Flying private popularity
The number of miles flown by private jets soared 53% between 2019 and 2023, while the number of private aircraft rose by 28%, according to a major new study published in Nature. Two big factors led to that spike in private flights: The pandemic and a spate of more affordable options for flying private. Meanwhile,
China Energy Weapon
China’s military is working on an experimental weapon system that converges multiple streams of microwaves into a powerful energy beam.accumulating sufficient electromagnetic waves in the same location remains incredibly difficult.The scientists say that combining streams of microwaves could end up with a higher output than the sum of the individual beams.Nonenthless, scientists claim to have
Robots in service industry
The robotics industry was once considered to eat human jobs and replace them with machines. However, robotics is not about replacing humans but it’s about improving and automating human tasks to reduce time and improve task efficiency. The AI boom has accelerated the adoption of automation in organizations. According to the International Federation of Robotics