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32 сюжетовApple and LG co-develop smart home devices including doorbell, lock and thermostat
Bloomberg reports that Apple and LG have co-developed a line of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, smart deadbolt lock, indoor and outdoor security cameras and a floodlight camera. The products are expected to carry…
Turkey's Aselsan announces Astralink network of 198 low-orbit satellites
Aselsan CEO Ahmet Akyol said at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya that Turkey is building Astralink, a low-orbit satellite constellation of 198 spacecraft, with the first launch planned within two years. Akyol said work be…
Южная Корея повторно определила 92 региона с сокращением населения, добавив Пусан Кымджон, Тондүчхон и Тхонъён
Министерство внутренних дел и безопасности Южной Кореи 7 октября повторно определило 92 города, уезда и района как регионы с сокращением населения — на 89 больше, чем при первом определении пять лет назад. Пусан Кымджон-гу, Кёнги Тондүчхон …
Musk says his companies will build and run Terafab chip plant, rules out TSMC role
Elon Musk said on Oct. 7 that his companies will independently build and operate the Terafab chip manufacturing project in Texas, ruling out an operational role for TSMC. He said TSMC could lease part of the planned site or capacity if inte…
Hoban Construction develops AI design tech to auto-apply per-unit buyer options
Hoban Construction said it developed AI-based design technology that automatically reflects apartment buyers’ option contract choices in each unit’s building information model (BIM). The technology was developed jointly with building and in…
Президент ОАЭ призвал совершить молитву о ниспослании дождя во всех мечетях в пятницу 9 октября
Президент ОАЭ шейх Мухаммед бин Заид Аль Нахайян призвал совершить салат аль-истиска, молитву о ниспослании дождя, во всех мечетях страны в пятницу 9 октября, за полчаса до пятничной молитвы. Президент призвал всех молиться о дожде и милост…
Kumamoto University, AIST sign comprehensive semiconductor cooperation agreement
Kumamoto University and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the semiconductor field on Oct. 7. The deal covers joint research, technical support for reg…
Apple and LG Electronics jointly develop smart home devices under LG brand
Apple and LG Electronics are jointly developing smart home devices — a camera-equipped video doorbell, a smart door lock, a security camera and a smart temperature sensor and thermostat — to be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomber…
Magadan authorities check reports of grave dug up at city cemetery
Authorities in Magadan are checking reports that a grave at a city cemetery was dug up. TASS reported officials are trying to establish whether a bear was responsible, and that no remains of a body or parts of a coffin were found. No result…
Patriarch Kirill congratulates Putin on his 74th birthday
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his birthday, with the text published on the Russian Orthodox Church's official website. Putin turns 74 on 7 October; the Kremlin said he would spend the day o…
Korean Catholic Church replaces 50-year-old domestic Mass wine with imports
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea said the church's official Mass wine will switch from the domestic “Majuang” to Australia's “Sevenhill” and Italy's “Alagna Vini”, starting in the 2026 Advent season. Majuang, produced by Lotte Chil…
Seoul singles' asset gap widens with age, welfare foundation says
The Seoul Metropolitan Welfare Foundation said an analysis of 921,328 single-person households in Seoul found asset levels differ sharply depending on whether the person owns a home, and that the gap widens with age — from about 2.5 times a…
Panasonic plans to start making humanoid robots for factories and warehouses by 2029
Panasonic Holdings plans to begin producing humanoid robots by 2029, for use on production lines and in warehouses, the company’s AI director Akira Sakakibara said in an interview with Nikkei. Work is already under way at the company’s AI &…
Shanghai music teacher out of contact in Thailand returns safely, embassy says
A Shanghai music teacher who had been out of contact in Bangkok, Thailand, has returned safely to Shanghai, China's embassy in Thailand said on 7 October. The embassy statement, reported by China News Service, gave no dates for when contact…
Скончалась пережившая Нанкинскую резню Го Сюлань, ей было 94 года; осталось 20 зарегистрированных выживших
Го Сюлань, пережившая Нанкинскую резню, скончалась у себя дома около 10 утра 7 октября в возрасте 94 лет, сообщает Мемориальный зал жертв Нанкинской резни, устроенной японскими захватчиками. Ей было пять лет, когда японские войска оккупиров…
43.6% of foreign children in state care miss living expense support, data show
Data obtained from the Health and Welfare Ministry show that 17 of 39 foreign children in national child welfare facilities (43.6%) received no separate living expense support as of June 30, and 24 (61.5%) had no record of local government …
KCTU vote on rejoining Korea's social dialogue council collapses
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) failed to hold a vote on returning to the Economic, Social and Labor Council at an extraordinary delegate meeting in Goyang on October 7, after opposing delegates walked out and quorum was los…
YouTubers patrol Busan waterfront at night to shield stranded shark from lanterns
YouTube streamers including “Busan Jam” and “Heunggugi” have been broadcasting live from Busan's North Port waterfront park at night and, according to Maeil Business and Asia Economy, also keeping watch for visitors who shine strong lights …
France school protests draw 250,000 nationwide as clashes and arrests continue
High school students and supporters demonstrated across France on Oct 6 against teacher shortages and run-down school buildings. The interior ministry put nationwide participation at about 250,000, with one outlet citing about 256,000, and …
MSI Japan to launch two 16-inch gaming laptops with 40th anniversary bundles
MSI Computer Japan will release two 16-inch gaming laptops, the Crosshair-16-Max-HX-E2WGK-2740JP and the Stealth-16-AI+B3WI-2741JP, from October 14, both at open pricing, as reported by Japanese tech outlets. The two models come with 40th a…