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Arctic Institute's director: We are close to year-round navigation on Northern Sea route

Alexander Makarov told TASS about what scientists can do to extend the navigation term

IN BRIEF: On progress of construction of NPP in Uzbekistan, statements by Rosatom

The State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom and the Atomic Energy Agency of Uzbekistan signed a roadmap for cooperation in the nuclear and related fields

Delays, doubts and redesigns: is NASA’s Artemis program losing the new space race?

Repeated delays and shifting strategy raise a bigger question: can the US still reach the Moon first, or is Artemis ceding ground to China?

EU alarmed over Germany’s satellite plan

Germany’s proposed national military satellite network, separate from EU’s IRIS2 project, has raised concerns in Brussels, Reuters has reported

Russia launches first 16 Rassvet satellites to rival Starlink

Space company Bureau 1440 has successfully deployed the first 16 satellites of its Rassvet broadband network, Russia’s alternative to Starlink

Prioritizing AI sovereignty could be a ‘disaster’ for EU

Prioritizing Europe’s own AI infrastructure over existing tools risks a “disaster” for EU, Siemens CEO Roland Busch has warned

Namibia denies Starlink operating license over ownership rules

Namibia has rejected Elon Musk’s Starlink telecom license application, citing ownership rules, as African regulators tighten oversight of satellite internet services

Pokemon Go’s 30 billion user-made images are now powering delivery robots

Pokemon Go players unknowingly helped build a 30‑billion‑image map now used to guide delivery robots. Critics call it unpaid labor; Developer Niantic says scanning was optional.

July finds Elon Musk guilty of misleading investors during Twitter purchase

A California jury has found Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk guilty of misleading investors during his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in 2022

French sailor exposes Charles de Gaulle location via Strava app

Le Monde reports that a French sailor using the Strava fitness app exposed the location of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier strike group

Iran claims F-35 hit (VIDEO)

Iran has claimed striking a US F-35 fighter jet with anti–aircraft fire, circulating video of the plane purportedly sustaining a hit.

Thousands of students joined Russia’s international PROD IT Olympiad

The international PROD Olympiad in Russia drew thousands of teenagers from 34 countries, who developed real‑world IT solutions for business tasks