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Cybercriminals ship pretend notices to Ukrainians about money owed to Nova Poshta. The corporate denies any involvement within the mailing and offers suggestions on tips on how to defend in opposition to cyberattacks.

Messages to customers about "money owed" to Nova Poshta are pretend, the Nationwide Safety and Protection Council's Heart for Countering Disinformation reported on Telegram on Wednesday, UNN reviews.

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"Messages to customers about 'money owed' to Nova Poshta are pretend. Nova Poshta emphasizes that these letters don’t have anything to do with the corporate. The aim of the scammers is to get your private information. Reliably defend your private information and don’t open suspicious emails and hyperlinks," the Nationwide Safety and Protection Council's Disinformation Countermeasures Heart emphasised.

"This morning, cybercriminals despatched pretend messages to Ukrainians about alleged money owed to Nova Poshta. Please be aware: these letters don’t have anything to do with Nova Poshta," Nova Poshta stated on Fb.

It’s indicated that the corporate's cybersecurity unit is already working to dam the community of servers from which the mailings are despatched.

"The corporate's cybersecurity group analyzed the phishing exercise," the corporate added.

"To all customers who’ve tried to open attachments in these emails, we suggest the next:

1. Set up an antivirus program (with an up-to-date database) and carry out a full scan of your system for malware.

2. Utterly reinstall the working system to get rid of doubtlessly hidden threats if malware is detected throughout the scan or in the event you suspect that the system has been compromised.

These actions are vital to guard your information and forestall additional dangers," Nova Poshta stated in an announcement.

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A uncommon IL-76PP jamming plane is being disposed of at a former coaching airfield in Irkutsk. The distinctive plane, which was purported to counteract Patriot programs, was unable to carry out its features as a consequence of technical issues.

The Russian media reported {that a} uncommon IL-76PP jamming plane is being disposed of on the former coaching airfield in Irkutsk, which was scrapped for a fairly prosaic motive – to make manner for building, UNN stories as regards to Protection Specific.

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In response to the publication, this story is a couple of fairly fascinating and particular Soviet-designed monster that, in concept, ought to have been capable of "jam" even Patriot anti-aircraft missile programs.

The precise time when work on the Il-76PP started is just not talked about, solely a basic reference to the "mid-Nineteen Eighties". This airplane was produced in a single copy, remained on the stage of experimental growth, and by no means went into mass manufacturing.

A serialized IL-76MD transport was used for the conversion to the IL-76PP, and the work was carried out on the Beriev ASTC in Taganrog, which focuses on A-50 radar surveillance plane. It was assumed that the Il-76PP can be used primarily to "jam" radars of Western SAMs of assorted varieties, together with the Patriot.

Probably the most fascinating and particular element that appears to have "buried" the Il-76PP mission is that this plane was geared up with an digital warfare system designated "Lily", which was additionally used on the Su-24MP (the jamming model was produced in 12 models).

The very fact is that the set up of the Landysh digital warfare system on the IL-76PP required, amongst different issues, the set up of further energy sources. To unravel this drawback, the designers of the plane put in two further turbines based mostly on the AI-24VT plane engine, every of which was to provide 4 AC energy strains on board the IL-76PP. Nevertheless, it appears that evidently this was not sufficient to reliably energy the digital warfare gear.

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However essentially the most problematic factor was that in the course of the work and checks, the designers of the IL-76PP failed to attain electromagnetic compatibility between the plane's onboard gear and the Landysh advanced, whose containers had been put in on the wingtips.

"In different phrases, the Il-76PP turned out to be a monstrous and on the similar time non-functional growth that was unable to satisfy its foremost job, so in 1993 this plane was put into storage on the territory of the aforementioned coaching airfield in Irkutsk. And apparently, they "remembered" about this Il-76PP solely when it was essential to liberate area for building, that’s, on the finish of 2024," Protection Specific summarized in .

Entry to YouTube has been severely restricted within the briefly occupied territories of Ukraine and in style VPN providers have stopped working. Lantern and NTHLink are fully blocked, and just some paid VPNs can be found.

Within the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, together with a major restriction of entry to YouTube, some VPN providers have stopped working. This was reported to Donbas Realii by native residents, UNN studies.

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In accordance with the publication, it’s at present not possible to open YouTube with many free VPN providers in Donetsk and Luhansk.

The monitoring of Lantern, NTHLink and Psiphon carried out by native residents for Donbas Realities confirmed that Lantern and NTHLink providers should not absolutely operational.

At the moment, each the paid and free variations of Psiphon present entry to YouTube (however it’s not attainable to obtain the free model of the developer, solely Psiphon Professional is obtainable).

As well as, residents report that VPN Clear, Planet VPN, VPN Ukraine, and Tremendous VPN are nonetheless working. Clear is developed by the Ukrainian firm MacPaw, and Planet VPN is developed by the Romanian Free VPN Planet. The opposite two providers would not have clear details about their builders: "VPN Ukraine is owned by AltApps, whose nation of registration is unknown, and Tremendous VPN is owned by SuperSoftTech, additionally with an unknown registration, and in 2020, this VPN was concerned in a big knowledge leak.

Donbas Realiy's subscribers additionally write in regards to the VPN shutdown of their feedback, particularly, they discuss with the NTHLink service, on the premise of which an exploit was developed for residents of the occupied territories.

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The ZaTelecom telegram channel, authored by IT professional and government director of the Society for the Safety of the Web Mikhail Klimarev, recorded a document drop in YouTube site visitors in Russia on December 23. He analyzed site visitors knowledge via Google's monitoring service and based mostly on it made a graph of YouTube's slowdown, which exhibits that entry to the video internet hosting service had been considerably restricted for a number of days earlier than. The channel said that "YouTube is de facto blocked in Russia.

The Web within the occupied territories of Ukraine is managed in keeping with the identical precept as in Russia.

Audi has introduced new automotive fashions for 2025 after a big drop in earnings. The corporate will current up to date A5, A6 e-tron, Q5, Q6, A7, Q3 and different fashions with new specs.

Within the third quarter of 2024, the German automaker's working revenue fell by 91% as a result of numerous causes, together with financial features and restructuring. However Audi hopes for ends in 202, and is at present asserting new fashions of SUVs and station wagons – for the primary time in 3 years.

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Audi has needed to take care of a backlog of modernization for a very long time. As well as, 2024 confirmed the difficulties with earnings: a 91% drop to 106 million euros as a result of poor economic system and restructuring measures.

Nevertheless , Audi's new mannequin portfolio for 2025 is attempting to carry a breath of recent air, together with to the premium automotive collection.

An important improvements of 2025 and the next years:

A5

Audi has modified its names: electrical collection will get a good quantity, inside combustion engines will get an odd quantity. That’s, the traditional profitable A4 and A6 fashions will grow to be A5 and A7 sooner or later. With the A5 collection (internally B10), Audi is eliminating numbers which can be complicated for a lot of and point out totally different engines.

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A6 e-tron

Anticipated to be accessible in early 2025, the electrical Audi is designed to mix fashionable seems to be with the custom of upper-middle-class Audi. The Sportback sedan provides a trunk quantity of 502 to 1,330 liters, whereas the Avant provides as much as 1,422 liters. The sedan and wagon can tow trailers weighing as much as 2.1 tons and have a variety of at the very least 627 kilometers.

The curved OLED show serves because the management heart. The brand new driving assistant makes use of map information and knowledge from different autos to help the motive force.

Q5 and Sportback

The brand new Q5 relies on the brand new PPC technical platform and is an SUV. The third era Q5 seems to be sportier than its predecessors and might be accessible in a Sportback coupe model from the autumn of 2025. Inside, vacationers will discover a “digital stage”, a panoramic show with a curved design and OLED expertise, which consists of an 11.9-inch heart instrument and a 14.5-inch multimedia show.

It’s famous {that a} two-liter turbocharged gasoline engine or a diesel engine of the identical quantity might be accessible initially.

Later, the corporate plans to supply two hybrids that may journey about 100 kilometers on electrical energy alone, the corporate explains.

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Q6

The Q6 e-tron might be accessible as a Sportback hatchback. As with all new fashions, the inside has a large number of shows. The trunk has a capability of as much as 1,373 liters – 150 liters lower than the common Q6. The entry-level electrical Sportback model is supplied with 185 kW/252 hp and an 83 kWh high-voltage battery. The Q6 Sportback e-tron Quattro provides a system output of 285 kW (387 hp).

A7

The A7 Avant might be launched in the summertime of 2025, adopted by the Sportback a number of weeks later. Most probably, the earlier four-liter eight-cylinder engine (EA825) might be faraway from the highest variations. It would give strategy to a three-liter V6 with growth code EA839 evo, which is at the very least as highly effective.

Q3

It’s anticipated on the finish of 2025. The corporate guarantees that the mannequin might be primarily based on the MQB evo modular system for transverse engines. Solely four-cylinder models will work beneath the hood. The Sportback variant will go into mass manufacturing in early 2026.

Q7 and This autumn e-tron

The third era Q7 can also be anticipated in 2026. Drive techniques – electrified diesel and gasoline engines, in addition to hybrids. They’re more likely to be much like these used within the A7.

Q9, successor to A3

The Q9 tremendous SUV could lastly hit the roads in 2027. It would in all probability be the final all-new mannequin in Audi's historical past to nonetheless have an inside combustion engine beneath the hood. Q9 is primarily meant for the Chinese language and US markets

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GSC Sport World has confirmed that it doesn’t plan to launch S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2 on PS5, focusing solely on PC and Xbox variations. The sport has already grow to be a industrial success, promoting over 1,000,000 copies within the first 48 hours.

S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2 rapidly grew to become one of the crucial anticipated and profitable releases of the 12 months, however regardless of the spectacular gross sales outcomes on Xbox and PC platforms, the builders haven’t any plans to launch the sport on PS5.

Writes UNN just about Tech4Gamers.

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S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2 grew to become one of the crucial profitable releases of the 12 months. The eagerly anticipated recreation rapidly gained an enormous viewers on Steam.

The most recent installment of the franchise was additionally accessible on Xbox Sport Go, and its improvement paid off in lower than a month. Though the precise variety of copies bought shouldn’t be but identified, greater than 1 million copies had been bought within the first 48 hours alone, which is a powerful achievement.

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Given the success of the sport on Xbox and PC, many PlayStation house owners are taken with the potential of its launch on PS5. Nevertheless, the builders don’t plan to launch S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2 on this platform in the mean time.

Given the constructive evaluations of Stalker 2, many followers on platforms aside from Xbox and PC have grow to be within the recreation. Do you propose to port it to different consoles?

He mentioned that the developer is concentrated solely on PC and Xbox ports.

We now have been absolutely targeted on creating (and are at present supporting) the PC and Xbox X/S Sequence variations… We don’t touch upon leaks, rumors, or hypothesis. We reiterate that the PC and Xbox Sequence X/S variations of S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2 are the one ones now we have developed and assist

– mentioned Evgeniy Grigorovich, Sport Director of GSC Sport World.

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The Ukrainian laptop recreation “S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl” created by GSC Sport Worldhas grow to be one of the crucial widespread on the earth.

Apple plans to launch new MacBook Airs with the M4 chip in early 2025. The replace will embrace improved AI help and new iPad, iPhone SE, and iPad Air fashions.

Apple is nearing the launch of up to date MacBook Air fashions with the M4 chip, which can be launched in early 2025. This can be a continuation of the wave of latest computer systems that the corporate will current subsequent week.

Bloomberg studies citing sources, UNN studies.

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The brand new MacBook Air mannequin will hold the design that was launched in 2022, however can have a brand new M4 chip. In accordance with the sources, the corporate will quickly start manufacturing of latest 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air fashions, that are codenamed J713 and J715.

However an Apple consultant declined to remark.

Apple will improve all Macs to M4 chips, which can enhance the velocity and effectivity of processing AI-related duties. This replace will embrace new MacBook Professional, Mac mini, and iMac fashions that can be launched subsequent week.

MacBook Airs with M4 chips can be accessible after the December software program replace. The brand new fashions are scheduled to be launched between January and March 2025.

The final replace of the MacBook Air with the M3 chip befell in March 2023, and in June the corporate launched a 15-inch model with the M2 chip.

The discharge of a brand new Mac Studio geared toward professionals has been postponed. This mannequin, which doesn’t have a built-in display screen, will now seem between March and June 2025.

The corporate can also be engaged on a model of the Mac Professional with the M4 chip, which can be Apple's most costly pc.

The M4 chips will carry important updates to Mac Studio and Mac Professional, together with ray tracing expertise to enhance graphics in video games. They may also enhance the Neural Engine, which is answerable for processing synthetic intelligence duties within the new Apple Intelligence platform.

In the identical spring interval, the corporate plans to launch new iPhone SE, iPad Air, and improved iPad keyboards. The corporate additionally expects to launch finances fashions of the eleventh era iPad with codenames J481 and J482.

Synthetic intelligence will change into an necessary part of Apple's new merchandise. The corporate lately launched an up to date iPad mini that helps Apple Intelligence Bloomberg Terminal.

The brand new Macs are anticipated to show the capabilities of the M4 chip within the discipline of synthetic intelligence.

The brand new iMac and MacBook Professional fashions will look much like earlier variations, and the Mac mini will obtain its first exterior replace in additional than a decade, changing into extra compact and much like Apple TV.

Apple may also arrange demonstrations of the brand new Macs for video creators, notably in Los Angeles. There aren’t any main occasions in Cupertino, as there have been for the iPhone 16 presentation in September.

The corporate can also be engaged on new iPhone fashions for 2024, together with a slimmer model of the iPhone 16 Plus. As well as, it’s planning to launch a brand new dwelling machine with a small sq. display screen in 2025 as a part of its technique within the sensible dwelling market.

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NASA's Parker Photo voltaic Probe will method the Solar to a file distance of 6.2 million kilometers on December 24. The system will journey at a velocity of 690,000 km/h at a protect temperature of 930°C.

NASA's pioneering Parker Photo voltaic Probe is getting ready for its closest method to the Solar on Christmas Eve, at a file distance of 6.2 million kilometers from the floor, UNN stories citing France 24.

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Launched in August 2018, the spacecraft is on a seven-year mission to deepen scientific understanding of our star and assist predict house climate occasions that might have an effect on life on Earth.

Its closest method thus far shall be on Tuesday, December 24, at 6:53 am (13:53 Kyiv time).

If the space between the Earth and the Solar is equal to the size of an American soccer subject, then at this level the spacecraft shall be about 4 yards (meters) from the top zone.

"That is one instance of NASA's daring missions doing what nobody else has ever completed to reply long-standing questions on our universe," stated Arik Posner, Parker Photo voltaic Probe program scientist, in a press release.

"We’re wanting ahead to receiving the primary standing replace from the spacecraft and can begin receiving scientific information within the coming weeks," he added.

Throughout this closest method – often known as perihelion – mission groups will lose direct communication with Parker, counting on a "beacon sign" this Friday to verify the spacecraft's standing.

Whereas the warmth protect will face up to sizzling temperatures of about 870-930 levels Celsius, the probe's inside devices will stay at "room temperature" – 29 levels Celsius – whereas it explores the Solar's outer environment, referred to as the corona.

Not solely will the temperature be excessive, however the Parker may also journey at an unbelievable velocity of about 690,000 km/h, which is quick sufficient to fly from the US capital Washington to Tokyo in lower than a minute.

"No human-made object has ever handed this near a star, so Parker will actually be returning information from uncharted territory," stated Nick Pinkin, Parker Photo voltaic Probe mission operations supervisor on the Johns Hopkins Utilized Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.

"We’re wanting ahead to listening to from the spacecraft when it circles the Solar once more," he stated.

By venturing into these excessive environments, Parker helps scientists remedy a number of the Solar's largest mysteries: how the photo voltaic wind arises, why the corona is hotter than the floor beneath it, and the way coronal mass ejections – large clouds of plasma which are ejected by house – are shaped.

This Christmas Eve flyby is the primary of three record-breaking shut flybys; the following two, on March 22, 2025 and June 19, 2025, are anticipated to carry Parker Photo voltaic Probe to the identical shut distance from the Solar once more.

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The Ministry of International Affairs of Ukraine has awarded the developer of S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 the title of Honorary Ambassador within the subject of digital diplomacy. The sport has turn into a logo of resilience and bought over 1 million copies within the first 36 hours.

On December 23, the Ministry of International Affairs of Ukraine offered the Honorary Ambassador of Ukraine 2024 award . Maxim Krippa's GSC Sport World, the developer of S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2, acquired the award of Honorary Ambassador of Ukraine within the subject of digital diplomacy, UNN stories.

S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 was acknowledged for its contribution to the worldwide popularization of Ukraine. The sport has turn into not solely a logo of the invincibility of the Ukrainian folks, because it was created throughout a full-scale invasion, but in addition a cultural heritage: it incorporates many digitized components of Ukrainian structure, inscriptions with nationwide motifs, books, and is dubbed in Ukrainian with folks and trendy Ukrainian songs.

"Thanks for this nice honor and recognition. I’m proud to be part of the GSC Sport World crew. I’m grateful to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the chance to create and work for the good thing about our homeland," mentioned Maxim Krippa, the proprietor of the corporate.

On November 20, GSC Sport World offered the second model of the S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. online game, which takes place in a fantasy post-apocalyptic world within the Chernobyl zone. The sport was enthusiastically acquired everywhere in the world: greater than 1 million copies had been bought within the first 36 hours, and Twitch customers spent greater than 20 million hours watching the sport's streams.

The US and Russia have agreed on a timeline for the completion of the Worldwide House Station. Russia plans to make use of the ISS till 2028, whereas NASA has prolonged its operation till 2030.

Russia plans to make use of the ISS till 2028. Earlier, Roscosmos proposed to increase the operation of the Russian section of the Worldwide House Station till at the least 2028.

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The US and Russia have agreed on a timeline for the completion of the Worldwide House Station (ISS).

With a purpose to keep away from interruptions within the manned program, we’ve got synchronized the estimated completion dates of the ISS, which we’re discussing with our American colleagues

– Yuri Borisov, head of the state company ROSKOSMOS, advised the Russian media.

The Russian Federation can use the ISS till 2028, whereas the “luxurious house” trade doesn’t rule out that the time period will likely be prolonged. To date, NASA has prolonged the lifetime of the ISS till 2030.

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NASA has postponed the launch of the SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the ISS to the tip of March 2025. The postponement is because of the want to finish the processing of the brand new Dragon spacecraft.

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The Cupboard of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Daniil Menshikov as Deputy Head of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine. He will likely be liable for digital growth, transformation and digitalization.

The Cupboard of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Daniil Menshikov as deputy head of the State Aviation Service, the federal government's consultant in parliament, Taras Melnychuk, stated on Telegram on Tuesday, UNN experiences.

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"The Cupboard of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed Daniil Menshikov as Deputy Head of the State Aviation Service of Ukraine for Digital Improvement, Digital Transformation and Digitalization," Melnychuk wrote.

No different appointments or dismissals have been reported.

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