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'Slower burn.' Russia dodges economic collapse but the decline has started

  London (CNN Business)Six months after invading Ukraine, Russia is bogged down in a war of attrition it didn't anticipate but it is having success on another front — its oil-dependent economy is in a deep recession but proving far more resilient than expected. "I'm driving through Moscow and the same traffic jams are there as before," says Andrey Nechaev, who was Russia's economy minister in the early 1990s. The readiness of China and India to snap up cheap Russian oil has helped, but Nechaev and other analysts say Russia's economy has started to decline and is likely facing a prolonged period of stagnation as a consequence of Western sanctions. On the surface, not much has changed, bar a few empty storefronts that once housed Western brands that have fled the country in their hundreds. McDonalds (MCD) is now called "Vkusno i tochka", or "Tasty, and that's it" and Starbucks (SBUX) cafes are now gradually reopening under the barely dis

Dark matter harbored by ancient galaxies mapped

  The dark matter in the oldest known galaxies in the universe has been mapped. In the new map created by scientists, 1.5 million galaxies are seen as they were 12 billion years ago.   Scientists have mapped dark matter around the oldest, most distant galaxies ever recorded.     One and a half million galaxies are seen as they are, 12 billion years ago, or less than 2 billion years after the Big Bang. These galaxies distort the cosmic microwave background—light emitted from an earlier era of the Universe—as seen from Earth. This visual distortion, called 'gravitational lensing', reveals the distribution of dark matter around these galaxies, as scientists report Aug. 5 in the journal Physical Review Letters.

The clearest photo of the largest star R136a1

  Using the 8.1-metre Gemini South telescope in Chile, astronomers were able to take the clearest picture of R136a1, the largest known star in the universe. This discovery, led by Venu M. Kalari, is also important in terms of revealing that big stars are not as big as thought. How massive stars with masses at least 100 times that of the Sun arose is still a mystery to astronomers.   Previous observations have shown that the mass of R136a1 is 250-300 times that of the Sun, but the latest discovery suggests that the number may be 170-230. Even with estimates falling, R136a1 still remains the largest known star on record.

Cyber attacks against cars have increased

  Cars, which are at the forefront of transportation vehicles, have become the new favorites of hackers with IoT, 5G and autonomous driving technologies, which are increasingly used in the sector. Pointing out that cyber attacks against cars have increased by 225 percent in the last 3 years, experts underline that hackers can clone the signal of a key fob to steal cars, and use GPS locations to locate, unlock and operate vehicles remotely.   The Internet of Things (IoT) is often included in our routines in life. The process of becoming smart, especially the popular choice in transportation, proves this. The automotive world has been going through a period where IoT technology and autonomous vehicles have been talked about frequently in recent years.   So much so that research shows that vehicles are getting smarter, but they also bring many cyber threats. In fact, it is predicted that the automotive industry may lose 505 billion dollars to cyber attacks in a few years.

They will take 5G beyond the borders of the world and create a network of satellites

  3 companies operating in the field of communication, wireless and space technologies have rolled up their sleeves to bring 5G to space. With the satellite-based 5G non-terrestrial network project carried out under the cooperation of Ericsson, Qualcomm and Thales, it is aimed to include the seas, oceans and remote regions where there is no terrestrial connection.   Communications technology company Ericsson, together with French aerospace company Thales and wireless technology developer Qualcomm Technologies, plans to take 5G beyond the world's borders and create a network of orbiting satellites.     With the project, the usage area of 5G smartphones of the future will expand. In this way, it will not be limited to regions that can only be communicated through traditional satellite phones that offer data connection, but will also have the potential to benefit from 5G connection and broadband data services all over the world. The most challenging geographies of 5G connectivity

It is possible to play games via Steam on Tesla cars

  Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a new statement about the integration of the video game platform Steam, which will be added to Tesla car models. In his statement, Musk also stated the start time of the Demo process of the support. Very soon, it will be possible to play games on Tesla cars via Steam.  Tesla, which has become very popular with the electric cars it produces, continues to equip its vehicles with new technologies. Although games such as Cuphead, Tesla Arcade and Sonic the Hedgehog 1 can already be played on Tesla cars, more advanced games can also be played. It can even play Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 with the 10 teraflops power system in the Model S Plaid.   ELON MUSK AGREEMENT WITH STEAM  It is stated that AMD technologies are used in the system. To further this goal, Tesla is collaborating with Steam, the world's most popular game store and library platform. Responding to a Twitter post about Tesla being a game console at the same time, Elon Musk made a point about

NASA is sending a toy sheep to the Moon

  Preparations continue for the Artemis program, where NASA will send humans to the Moon again after 53 years. NASA has announced that it will use the animated character Shaun the Sheep as a test flight dummy on the rocket Artemis 1, which will be launched for testing on August 29.   The European Space Agency has announced that it will begin its unmanned mission later this year. While Shaun the Sheep isn't a live character, he will technically be the first European Space Agency astronaut to go to the Moon on the Artemis mission. Since the Artemis 1 mission will be carried out unmanned, choosing an animation character allows the project to attract more attention. The flight dummy chosen by NASA will be aboard the Orion spacecraft, which will be launched to the Moon. If everything is normal and there is no problem, the capsule will return to Earth after spending 39 to 42 days in space.