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Satellites recorded a fire at a Navy arsenal near St. Petersburg after a drone attack. Authorities closed the forest between Bolshaya Izhora and Lebyazhye

The Insider studied NASA FIRMS data and discovered several thermal anomalies in the vicinity of an facility near Bolshaya Izhora, which is associated in open sources with the 15th arsenal of the Russian Navy. The anomalies were recorded after a massive drone attack on Petersburg and the Leningrad region on June 6.

Who will protect factories from drones? What is happening with VTB? From the front - to businessmen

In a new episode of the program "Cannons or Butter", Ekaterina Mereminskaya and economist Sergey Alashenko discuss what is happening with the money of Russians on brokerage accounts...

'This pressure is not on Zelensky, but on all of us.' Larisa Voloshina on the case of Yermak and Mendel's interview

A new episode of the program 'Honestly Speaking' with Ksenia Larina. Guest - psychologist and publicist Larisa Voloshina.

Limited Intelligence: How Civil Society is Trying to Take Control of AI

The scale of AI systems implementation in business processes is already such that the problem of algorithm "bias" is seriously affecting society: there are known cases where artificial intelligence has rejected women's resumes during hiring, mistakenly marked black defendants as high-risk recidivists, or denied medical care to the elderly.

Music as Artificiality. How AI Tracks Have Captured the Global Music Space

In April, the streaming platform Deezer reported that around 44% of the tracks uploaded to it daily are generated by AI. This amounts to 75,000 compositions each...

Rubio vs. Vance: Who Will Be Trump's Successor

In the new episode of 'American Accent,' journalist Ksenia Turkova and political scientist Yan Veselov discuss Marco Rubio – the US Secretary of State, who is increasingly called...

Fathers and Networks. How Banning Social Networks for Teenagers Became the Main Political Weapon Against Big Tech

In 2021, The Wall Street Journal published an investigation, The Facebook Files, which confirmed that the management of Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram platforms, knew about the harm its products cause to teenagers' mental health, but did not try to fix it.

The War of the Robots: How the Ukrainian Front Became a Testing Ground for Ground Drones

Modern ground robotic systems (GRS) originate from experiments over a century ago, when the first simple remote control systems appeared. In 1903, Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo created El Telekino, a system that received commands wirelessly (via radio waves) and converted them into mechanical actions.

Rosaviatsia Certifies Il-114-300 After Years of Delays

Rosaviatsia issued a type certificate for the regional turboprop aircraft Il-114-300, which authorities call a replacement for the outdated An-24 and An-26 on domestic routes. The ceremony took place at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, and the certificate was presented to the managing director of the Il company, Daniil Brenerman, by the head of Rosaviatsia, Dmitry Yadrov. Along with the Il-114-300, the PD-8 engine, intended for the import-substituted Superjet, also received a certificate.

FT: Meta plans to issue shares worth tens of billions of dollars to fund AI

Meta's management is exploring "unconventional" ways to raise capital, necessary for a sharp increase in AI infrastructure costs, including issuing shares worth tens of billions of dollars, according to the Financial Times. This year, the company intends to spend up to $145 billion on it, and even more in 2027. It is noted that discussions intensified after Google's parent company, Alphabet, successfully conducted a record $85 billion share offering for itself, with the initial volume increased by $5 billion due to high investor demand.

Pavel Durov accuses France of hypocrisy over Elon Musk X investigation

Telegram founder Pavel Durov blasted France over its investigation into Elon Musk’s X, accusing Paris of hypocrisy and illegal data harvesting

Pentagon unveils UFO archive with military sightings and NASA records

The Pentagon has published hundreds of UFO and UAP records, including military sightings, NASA transcripts, and intelligence files spanning decades