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The President confirmed that Ukraine has long-range drones of its own production and ATACMS. In 2025, it is planned to produce 3,000 cruise missiles and 30,000 long-range drones.

Ukraine has long-range drones of its own production, the Long Neptune, and now the Atacams – all of which will be used. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, UNN reports.

"Ukraine has long-range capabilities, we have long-range drones of our own production, we have Long Neptune and more than one. Now we have Atacams, and we will use all of this," Zelensky said.

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Zelenskyy set a task to produce 3,000 cruise missiles and 30,000 long-range drones next year.

US and Ukrainian officials told The New York Times that two days after US President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use US-made long-range weapons to strike targets in Russia, the first strikes were carried out.

On November 19, the 67th arsenal of the Russian Armed Forces in the Bryansk region was hit. The warehouse stored military weapons, including artillery ammunition from the DPRK, CABs, anti-aircraft missiles and MLRS ammunition. The damage was confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There were 12 secondary explosions and detonations in the target area.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced an attack by US-made ATACMS missiles on a military facility in the Bryansk region and the alleged downing of five missiles.

Four different artificial intelligence systems – GPT-4, Gemini Pro, Llama 3, and Claude 3.5 – presented their lists of the most melodious Ukrainian names. Each system offered its own list of female and male names with explanations.

These names have a good sound and deep Ukrainian roots. These names are often considered pleasant to the ear and popular in Ukraine. They combine tradition and modernity. This is how Claude 3.5 artificial intelligence describes the Ukrainian names that this neural network considers the most euphonious.

UNN asked various AI's which Ukrainian names they consider the most euphonious. Read what they answered.

GPT-4o GPT-4o

For girls: Sofia, Anna, Victoria, Alexandra, Maria, Ekaterina, Daria, Anastasia, Eva, Lilia.

For boys: Maxim, Alexander, Daniel, Artem, Timur, Nazar, Vladislav, Egor, Dmitry, Svyatoslav.

These names are popular in Ukraine and are usually associated with positive traits and traditions

– GPT believes.

Gemini Pro

Women:

* Sofia, Sofiyka: gentle, associated with wisdom.

* Anna, Anna, Anyutka: classic, affectionate.

* Maria, Masha: traditional, associated with tenderness and motherhood.

* Elena, Alyonka: light, associated with beauty.

* Ekaterina, Katya: majestic, but at the same time gentle.

– Yaroslava, Yasya: strong and melodic.

* Melania, Melanie: rare, gentle, associated with music.

Men's:

– Artem, Artemko: strong, courageous.

* Dmitry, Dima: energetic, determined.

* Alexander, Sasha: classic, masculine.

* * Maxim, Maksimko: popular, associated with success.

– Andriy, Andriyko: strong, traditional.

* Marco, Marjan: rare, associated with power.

* Luka: short but euphonious.

Лама 3

In Ukrainian culture, names are often a combination of Slavic and Christian traditions

– explained the artificial intelligence.

Lama not only suggested names, but also provided information about the meaning of each name (however, we noticed that the meaning of some names provided by AI does not coincide with the generally accepted one).

For girls:

– Oksana means “voice” or “song”;

– Maria is a classic and timeless name, meaning “bitter” or “desired child”;

– Sophia means “wisdom”;

– Anastasia means “resurrection”;

– Daria means “gift of God.

– Nina means “girl” or “daughter”;

– “Love” means “love”;

– Anna means “grace” or “favor.

– Elena means “shining light”;

* Faith-means "faith".

For guys:

* Alexander-means "defender of the people";

* Michael-Means " who is like God?";

– Andriy means “strong and courageous”;

* Igor-means "fiery" or "passionate";

* Sergey-means "servant of the people";

* Daniel-means "my God is the judge";

* Oleg-means "Saint";

– Vitaliy means “life”;

* Roman-means "strong and powerful";

* Eugene-means "of noble origin".

Клод 3.5

For girls: Sofia, Oksana, Miroslava, Yarina, Bogdana, Kalina, Zoryana, Lada, Olesya, Daria.

For children: Bogdan, Taras, Nazar, Yaroslav, Ostap, Lubomir, Svyatoslav, Dmitry, Daniil, Maxim.

These names have a good sound and deep Ukrainian roots. Of course, the perception of euphony can be subjective, but these names are often considered pleasant to the ear and popular in Ukraine. They combine tradition and modernity, and often have a beautiful meaning

– believes artificial intelligence.

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The director of the Technological Forces announced that the army has purchased millions of drones. According to the Defense Ministry, Ukraine is capable of producing several million UAVs, 95% of which are manufactured domestically.

Today, the Ukrainian army is already buying million drones. This was stated by Kateryna Mykhalko, executive director of the Technological Forces of Ukraine association, during a telethon.

Two years ago, of course, the military used drones and various robotic systems, but not so much. Today, our army is buying millions of drones, literally

– Michalko said.

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In September of this year, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Ukraine is capable of producing several million drones, part of which is financed by the state budgetand the rest by international partners.

In August, Mykhailo Fedorov stated that more than 95% of drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces are produced in Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that it was quite possible for Ukraine to start producing 1.5-2 million drones in, but that it would require very little money.

X users are sharing medical images with Grok chatbot on a massive scale at Elon Musk's urging. Experts warn of privacy risks, as such data is not protected by federal law.

Elon Musk, the owner of the social network X, has called on the platform's users to share medical images with the Grok chatbot to train it. Over the past few weeks, X users have been sending X-rays, MRIs, CT scans, and other medical images to the platform's artificial intelligence chatbot. This was reported by The New York Times and UNN.

"It's still early days, but it's already pretty accurate and will be extremely good," Musk wrote in his post.

He believes that if enough users submit their images to , the chatbot will eventually learn to interpret them accurately. Patients will be able to get results faster without waiting for notifications on the portal, or use Grok as a second opinion.

Some users talk about Grok's failures, such as a broken collarbone that was misidentified as a dislocated shoulder. Others praise it: "Checked a brain tumor, not bad at all," one user wrote under a brain scan. Some doctors even played along, wanting to see if the chatbot could confirm their own results.

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Although there have been no similar public appeals from Google's Gemini or OpenAI's ChatGPT, people can send medical images to these tools as well.

The decision to share sensitive information such as your colonoscopy results with a chatbot has alarmed some medical privacy experts.

"It's very personal information, and you don't know exactly what Grok is going to do with it," said Bradley Malin, a professor of biomedical informatics at Vanderbilt University.

According to The New York Times, when you share your health information with doctors or on a patient portal, it is protected by a federal law that protects your personal health information from being shared without your consent. But it only applies to certain organizations, such as doctors' offices, hospitals, and health insurance companies, as well as some companies with whom they do business.

In other words, what you post on social media or elsewhere is not subject to the law.

X can provide users who don't pay for the social network with the ability to use the Grok chatbotNov 11 2024, 04:12 PM • 17957 views

In its privacy policy, Company X stated that it would not sell user data to third parties, but would share it with "related companies." (Despite Musk's offer to share medical images, the policy also states that X does not seek to collect sensitive personal information, including health data.

The State Employment Service of Ukraine has launched a mobile application for job search with enhanced functionality. The app allows you to search for vacancies, make appointments and receive educational vouchers via your smartphone.

The State Employment Service has developed a mobile application for job seekers. Now Ukrainian job seekers will be able to join an electronic queue, find a vacancy or receive a voucher for training in their smartphone. UNN reports this with reference to the Ministry of Economy.

Zastosunok available in App Store ta Google Play.

After authorization using a qualified electronic signature (QES), Bank ID, Diia.Signature, or in guest mode, the user is taken to a single job portal where they can view available jobs.

The application is not limited to job search. You can also use it to:

• to join the electronic queue;

• to talk to a career counselor;

• schedule a meeting with a potential employer;

• to get the necessary help;

• apply for a voucher for specialized training or take an online course from the State Employment Service.

It is noted that in 2023, the State Employment Service provided services to 665 thousand Ukrainians, and this year 548 thousand people have already used the services of the service. With the launch of the mobile application, it is expected that the load on physical employment centers will decrease, and the number of users will increase due to the convenient functionality of the application.

The mobile application was developed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine with financial support from the governments of Poland and Germany at the request of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the State Employment Service of Ukraine.

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SpaceX has launched 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base, 13 of which have Direct to Cell capability. The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket made its 20th flight.

The day before, on a foggy California night, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched 20 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, including 13 with direct access to cellular communications.

Writes UNN with reference to Satnews.

On Sunday, November 17, residents of Sonora (Tuolemi County, California) witnessed a spectacular phenomenon in the sky during the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. At 10:53 p.m. California time (9:53 a.m. Pacific time), a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, carrying 20 satellites from the Starlink constellation, 13 of which have Direct to Cell capability (providing direct communication between satellites and mobile phones).

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This is the 20th flight for the first stage of the launch vehicle supporting this mission, which has previously launched Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-85, NROL-87, SWOT, SARah-1, NROL-146 and 12 Starlink missions. After the stages are separated, the first stage will land on an unmanned ship that will be deployed in the Pacific Ocean.

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Three leading research groups predict a 1.5°C rise in global temperatures in 2024. Experts recognize the impossibility of achieving the climate goal due to prolonged inaction.

Three of the five leading research groups that monitor global temperatures believe that 2024 will be at least 1.5C (2.7F) hotter. This is because the internationally agreed goal of keeping global temperature rise below 1.5C has been "deader than a nail in the door" for some time.

Writes UNN with reference to The Guardian.

2024 will once again be the hottest year on record, with temperatures exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time.

The goal of avoiding exceeding 1.5C is dead on. It is almost impossible to avoid it now because we have waited too long to act

– said Zeke Housfather, head of climate research at Stripe and a researcher at Berkeley Earth.

Moreover, the expert noted that "we are crossing the 1.5°C threshold at an accelerated pace, and this will continue until global emissions stop rising." The conclusions were confirmed by three of the five leading research groups that monitor global temperatures.

At the same time, diplomats and experts at COP29 keep talking about 1.5°C.

Obviously, 1.5°C is getting harder and harder. Regardless of how difficult it is, I don't want to give up on this goal, knowing full well what harm lies on the other side of that 1.5°C

– said Wopke Hoekstra, European Union Commissioner for Climate Action.

However, the 1.5°C goal now seems more rhetorical than scientifically achievable, unless we take into account the huge amounts of carbon sequestration in the future with the help of yet untested technologies, the Guardian writes.

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"I never thought that 1.5C was a conceivable goal. I thought it was a ridiculous thing. I'm not surprised at all, like almost all climate scientists, that we're slipping past it at this rate," said Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientist at NASA.

The big problem, climate and policy experts say, is that no one knows what target to adopt next. Should it be 1.6°C, or 1.7°C, or even more? What is realistic but also motivating? Should the new target be a different target temperature or something else?

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"If we can't reach 1.5C, it's better to get 1.6C than 1.7C, which would be better than getting 2C or more," experts say.

"In any case, we are not going to have a good result. It is difficult. But every tenth of a degree matters," added Hausfather.

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All countries must submit their new climate targets by February. To keep global climate goals ‘alive,’ ‘every country must submit economy-wide National Climate Action Plans (NDCs) that meet the degree limit,’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a speech to SOR29. ‘The G20, as the largest source of emissions, should lead the phase-out of fossil fuels.

Recall

Earlier, UNN reported that climate change has made it possible to grow new crops in regions of Ukrainewhere they were not previously grown, creating opportunities for the development of the agricultural sector. This was stated by Taras Vysotsky, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, at the conference "Climate Change: Challenges for Agricultural Education and Science".

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A group of people who created an artificial shortage of railway tickets to Europe through unauthorized access to accounts was exposed in Kyiv. The criminals resold tickets at three times the price via social media.

A group of people reselling international railway tickets at triple the price was exposed in Kyiv. The offenders gained unauthorized access to accounts and created an artificial shortage. And then resold the tickets through social media. This was reported by the Cyberpolice, UNN reports .

Details

According to the Cyberpolice, the high demand for rail travel has provoked the emergence of a black market and those wishing to make money by reselling tickets for the most popular flights.

The investigation found that the criminals, gaining unauthorized access to third-party accounts, bought tickets to popular European rail destinations, creating an artificial shortage for other passengers. The criminals then resold the tickets at a price three times higher than their real value on various Internet platforms, including in Telegram groups.

The police identified at least five people who sold "trips" under this scheme and conducted a series of searches at their residences in Kyiv and Kyiv region, from where they seized computers and gadgets containing third-party accounts, bank cards and a large number of purchased tickets to different destinations.

Criminal proceedings were initiated under Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud) and Part 5 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (unauthorized interference with the operation of information (automated), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks committed during martial law). They face up to fifteen years in prison.

The UN has reported more than 1,200 methane leaks in the oil and gas sector, but only 15 cases have been responded to. Satellite data show that actual emissions are 10 times higher than previous estimates.

While the UN summit is trying to reach an agreement on financing climate projects, hydrocarbon producers are hiding their emissions.

Written by UNN with reference to Rai, France24 and MethaneSAT.

Companies and governments ignore almost all UN reports on methane leaks. This is the result of a new UN report. According to MethaneSAT (a satellite that will monitor methane sources around the Earth), emissions from oil and gas plants are much higher than estimated.

Losses from some large oil and gas fields are 10 times higher than previously thought

The United Nations Environment Program has notified governments and companies of more than 1,200 methane leaks in the oil and gas sector detected using satellite data. However, governments and oil and gas companies have taken action to fix the leaks in only 15 of these cases or have promised the UN that they will take action.

Context

At the COP28 in Dubai in 2023, more than 150 countries committed to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030 compared to 2020 levels.

For reference

A few tens of kilometers south of Baku, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, an invisible climate-changing gas is leaking into the atmosphere with impunity. In April and June, a sensor mounted on the International Space Station detected six separate plumes of methane (CH4) coming from oil and gas fields on the outskirts of the Azerbaijani capital, where world leaders, negotiators and lobbyists are meeting to agree on funding to fight global warming at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29).

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In Europe, Romania is the country with the largest oil reserves and the largest number of methane leaks, in part due to the deterioration of its infrastructure. Romania was the first country to start oil production in 1857.

If the new European rules come into force in May 2025, it is not yet clear how Romania, like all other oil-producing countries in the world, will be ready to take actions that are crucial for the climate, according to the article by france24.

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China has unveiled its new stealth fighter, the J-35A, at the Zhuhai Air Show. Experts note that the real capabilities of the aircraft remain a black box, despite the stated advantages of the design.

It is noted that the J-35A is designed as a multi-purpose aircraft that can conduct combat operations both in the air and against ground targets. But in reality, experts say, little is known about its actual capabilities.

Written by UNN with reference to Reuters and La Razón.

Details

The J-35A stealth aircraft, which is the centerpiece of this year's Zhuhai Airshow, has been under development for more than a decade, but experts say it is still a black box, as little is known about its capabilities.

“Because of the 'black box' that typically surrounds PLA military developments, we can't be too sure about the J-35's performance,” said Colin Koch of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

The first public display of the J-35A ground-based variant will take place on Tuesday, the day after the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force. A flight demonstration is expected.

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The article by La Razón compares the J-35A to the American F-35.

The F-35 is often described as “a high-performance computer that can also fly,” while the J-35A has yet to demonstrate whether it adheres to a similar philosophy of advanced technology

– the publication writes.

Experts suspected that the American design might be copied. However, copying the functions of an aircraft such as the F-35 is not an easy task, experts say, as an aircraft of this class has complex subsystems integrated into its structure.

The J-35A is claimed to have fewer visible seams and a more unified structure, as well as a more compact landing gear design with fewer visible elements. In contrast, the F-35's landing gear is more complex and has additional components to help reduce radar visibility.

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Analysts believe that the J-35A may initially be intended for Beijing's aircraft carrier fleet, “complementing China's air power at sea”

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