A good illustration of how globalized our world is and why any autarchy will roll back in terms of technology many, many years ago.
The processor for the iPhone is being developed by Apple itself in the US; display interface — in the Netherlands; SIM card controller — in Switzerland; memory in Japan; 5G module in the US, but no longer Apple, but Qualcomm; WiFi module in China; display — in South Korea. And only large knots. If you get into any of them in more detail, it turns out that in their production, developments and materials from a huge number of companies from different parts of the Earth are used.
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Bloomberg has compiled an approximate «Green rating» of the impact of electric vehicles on the environment. The least impact is from Lucid Air — its cost is about $170,000. Second place — Tesla Model 3 — $60,000, and Model S for $90,000 closed the top three. Model Y — fifth place, Model X — tenth.
When compiling, the charging speed (miles / minute) and how many miles the battery capacity lasts were taken into account
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Protesters broke into the home of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and set fire to the building, reports the Associated Press.
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down on July 13
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Canada has agreed to send to Germany a Gazprom-owned gas turbine manufactured by Siemens for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that was being repaired in Montreal, Canadian Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said.
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The Canadian authorities intend to impose additional sanctions against the Russian Federation, according to the Canadian Foreign Ministry.
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Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the website of the German newspaper Die Welt in Russia.
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A number of communes on the French coast of the English Channel received funding from the UK to install CCTV cameras to prevent attempts by illegal migrants to cross the strait.
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Twitter has hired law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to sue Tesla CEO Elon Musk for pulling out of a deal to buy the social network.
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French energy companies are preparing action plans in the event of a reduction in Russian gas supplies and converting boilers to fuel oil, media reports citing participants in the Economic Meetings conference held in the city of Aix-en-Provence in the south of the country.
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Although the largest banks formally declared a serious reduction in interest rates on loans, the minimum nominal amount of which in May was less than 10% per annum, the real level turned out to be much higher. According to the Central Bank, if rates were reduced, then on long-term loans, while the cost of short loans even increased significantly.
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Mercedes-Benz is revising the format of its presence in Russia — according to Kommersant, the company may sell the property of its distributor Mercedes-Benz Rus to one of the dealers. A possible scheme is the transfer of the distributor’s rights to the dealer. The Mercedes-Benz plant in the Russian Federation is not included in the deal, it does not work, like most automotive industries in the country. If the deal goes through, Mercedes-Benz will stop working in Russia directly.
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The Moscow prosecutor’s office asked the Moscow City Court to liquidate the interregional public organization Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to the court ruling on the suspension of the organization’s activities dated July 4.
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Probably the oldest human remains in Europe have been found in Spain. According to the researchers, the fragment of the jaw, discovered during the excavations of the cave sites of Atapuerca, is about 1.4 million years old, France 24 TV channel reports. Apparently, it belongs to the so-called human predecessor — Homo antecessor, a possible common ancestor of the Neanderthal and Homo sapiens.
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The cost of food for a traditional «English breakfast» in the UK has increased by 18% in a year. In terms of price growth, breakfast has overtaken inflation, which reached a maximum in 40 years.
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China has fined tech giants Alibaba and Tencent, as well as a number of other companies, for failing to comply with disclosure rules. Tencent fined over $896,000, Alibaba fined nearly $349,000
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Electrolux Professional, a manufacturer of electrical equipment, has announced the termination of its activities in Russia. The company will sell the Russian business to the top management of the division — Reuters
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The regime of restrictions on flights to 11 airports in the south and central part of Russia has been extended until July 18, 2022, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency told RBC.
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Lithuania has banned the transit of cement and alcohol to Kaliningrad since July 10 due to the entry into force of EU sanctions. From August 10, coal and other solid fossil fuels will also be banned. From December 5 — oil, and from February next year — oil products
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Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a robotic arm that can quickly search for a target object in a pile of heterogeneous trash. The secret of the success of the robotic arm lies in the orientation of the radio frequency tags. Tests have shown that this development is much faster and more accurate than analogues.
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The Krasnodar Regional Court on Monday lifted the ban on the operation of the terminals of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium in the port of Novorossiysk.
The operation of the terminals, through which 80% of Kazakhstan’s oil exports went abroad, was stopped on July 6 for 30 days after Rostransnadzor revealed environmental violations at the CPC. Now the company will only pay a fine of 200 thousand rubles.
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A draft law has been submitted to the Belarusian parliament, prohibiting citizens from traveling abroad. According to the document, it will not be possible to leave the country if it is necessary to «ensure national security.» The authorities will be able to establish a regime of closed borders for a period of six months.
According to the new law, the travel ban will apply primarily to the army, border service, internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other departments. However, it can also apply to citizens who are not in the public service. A travel ban will be imposed on those who have become a defendant in administrative cases of protests and disobedience to the authorities.
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A center for assistance to Ukrainian refugees has resumed its work in Prague. The center did not work for almost a month. The decision to reopen it was made by the Czech government
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The German federal government has approved a new migration bill. It applies to those who have lived in Germany for at least 5 years on January 1, 2022. At the moment, it is about 136 thousand people. They will be able to obtain a permanent residence permit. In addition, persons under the age of 27 will be able to apply for permanent residence after three years of stay in the country.
First of all, candidates for a permanent residence permit must earn enough money and must speak German, as well as prove that they are “well integrated” into German society
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The Bundeswehr is being inspected in Germany. Checking the operational readiness of the headquarters, units and divisions of the country’s armed forces, which was started by German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, will end on August 24.
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The Guardian, based on 124,000 confidential Uber documents they obtained, described how the world’s most famous taxi aggregator violated laws, obstructed law enforcement, used violence against its drivers to achieve its PR goals, and attempted to lobby, covertly persuade governments of different countries and politicians such as Joe Biden and Olaf Stoltz to cooperate.
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The Italian Eni announced a reduction in gas supplies from Russia by a third — up to 21 million cubic meters per day. In recent days, Russia has been supplying the country with an average of 32 million cubic meters of gas per day. Last month, the company received a notification from Gazprom about a 15% reduction in supplies.
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Venezuela has agreed to provide Iran with 1 million hectares of agricultural land for food security projects, the London-based Iran International TV channel reports, citing the head of the Iranian Agrarian Association, Ali Rezvanizadeh.
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Great Wall Motor (GWM), China’s largest SUV and pickup maker, saw its first-half sales drop 16% to 518,525 vehicles, the company said.
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Scientists have created a 3DKnITS smart fabric that adapts to the body by recognizing its position. The fabric contains a special type of thread that melts when exposed to heat. This improves the accuracy of interwoven pressure sensors. These sensors are located on the plexus of conventional and functional threads and collect data on the movement of the body.
Movement does not interfere with the sensors. This allows smart fabric to be made into any shape, such as a sock. The scientists made prototypes of smart shoes and a mat, and then created a program to record body movement data. The system predicted yoga movements and poses performed by a person standing on a smart textile mat with 99% accuracy.
Such fabric could be used to make smart shoes that track the quality of your gait, or socks that track pressure on a person’s foot to prevent ulcers.
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