Russia
Apple is not buying titanium from Russia for the new iPhone 15 Pro
One of the updates to this year’s flagships from Apple was the replacement of the chassis materials of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max from steel to titanium. Of course, this implies that the company has to buy materials somewhere, and in large quantities, since the Pro ... Read more
The Russian trace in “suspicious” edits in Wikipedia has been exposed
The study, published on Monday, October 17, revealed a network of shadow Wikipedia editors who try to influence the narrative of the Russian-Ukrainian war by making changes to articles on the site. The study doesn’t point the finger at the Russian government, but it does find plenty of cause for ... Read more
Microsoft restricted Windows 11 update for Russians
This was reported by DTF.ru with a link to Izvestia and TASS. Yes, Russian users are currently unable to upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 via Windows Update — instead, the system redirects them to the official Microsoft site, where when they try to download the update, a blank page ... Read more
Space race 2.0: winners and losers (in memory of Rogozin)
To remember Dmitry Rogozin, the “talented” head of the Soviet Russian space industry, who is famous for screwing up tweeting a lot, let’s see who is really dominating space now. And the infographic from the site Visual Capitalist will help us in this. Since the beginning of the space age, ... Read more
Russian spy satellite Cosmos-2555, launched on April 29, 2022, is burning in the atmosphere
Cosmos-2555 optical reconnaissance satellite, launched with fanfare from the Plesetsk cosmodrome with the help of a new Angara 1.2 light launch vehicle, “decorated” with the ruscist symbol Z, on April 29, 2022, will burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere today. Russia, as usual, reported on the successful launch of the ... Read more