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Old video of Erdogan slamming costly space travel goes viral as president applauds first Turk in orbit
Back on Earth manipulated AI-generated footage shows Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor praising Turkish leader’s party ahead of upcoming local elections.
Russia imported $1.2bn worth of sanctioned technology in 9M23
Russia imported $1.2bn worth of sanctioned advanced microchips from US and European firms in the first nine months 2023, Bloomberg reported on January 25.
Russia sets hopes on supercomputers
Russian authorities hope to step up the development and manufacture of supercomputers. However, high costs and the sanctions slapped on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine make the supercomputer program a challenging enterprise.