Window Cleaning Championships

It turns out there are actual championships for window cleaning. According to the rules, you must clean three windows as quickly as possible without leaving streaks. For 15 years, the absolute record has been held by Brit Terry 'Turbo' Burrows - his best result of 9.14 seconds is recorded in the Guinness Book.

"Brainrot" is the Word of the Year

"Brainrot" is the Word of the Year according to the Oxford Dictionary. This term describes the consumption of low-quality and mindless internet content that is popular among Generation Alpha. Notable examples of this include "Skibidi", "Sigma", and "Rizz".

Squid Game series competition held in Paris

A competition from the Squid Game series was held on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. For the "Red Light, Green Light" challenge, 456 participants were divided into three teams led by French influencers. The team of blogger Inoxtag won - 69 participants reached the finish line.

Panasonic Revives Its Founder with a Digital Clone

Japanese company Panasonic has decided to bring back its founder Konosuke Matsushita by creating a digital clone of him. The AI was trained based on the works, speeches, and interviews of the brilliant businessman who passed away in 1989. The model, trained on 3000 voice recordings, will share wisdom and provide advice to the corporation.

Orcas Learn to Kill the Largest Fish on Earth

Orcas have learned to kill the largest fish on Earth - whale sharks. Scientists have discovered that the predators work together to flip the 18-meter-long fish, bringing them into a state of tonic immobility. When orcas hunt, they act as a unified team, striking the whale shark to turn it upside down. In this position, the sharks fall into a state of tonic immobility, losing the ability to move or dive deep. This allows the predators to access the less protected areas of the prey's body. After this, the killer whales feast.

Notre-Dame Reopens After Restoration

One of the world's most famous cathedrals and a symbol of France, Notre-Dame, has been restored five years after a devastating fire. The restoration cost the country almost a billion euros, and a significant portion of the investment was spent on a modern firefighting system. The official opening will take place on December 7.

New Chinese technologies

The Chinese have unveiled a technology for high-density optical data storage on a diamond disk. It is the size of a regular DVD and can hold 10,000 times more data than a standard DVD disk. Chinese researchers estimate that the diamond medium created using their technology will be able to retain information for millions of years. Ultra-fast lasers with pulses lasting about 200 fs are used to write and read data, encoding information into the atomic structure of the diamond. These laser pulses knock carbon atoms out of the crystal lattice, creating vacancies - voids in the material's structure that determine the brightness of the response and contain the recorded information that can be retrieved.

Pepsi Releases Ring for Girls Concerned About Nail Care

Pepsi has released a ring specifically for girls who are afraid of breaking their manicure. The design is arranged so that you can open a can with one finger movement, avoiding the need for a nail appointment the following week.

Miniature Wonderland: An Amazing Model Museum

«Miniature Wonderland» is the coolest model museum in Hamburg featuring the world's largest railway and airport models. Over 1200 trains travel over 16 km of tracks, 47 airplanes 'take off and land' at the airport, and thousands of miniature figures, cars, and various machinery are scattered across an area of 1500 m². The project costs €45 million.

Iceland: Lava Engulfs Infrastructure

Photographer Wilhelm Gunnarsson captured how lava engulfs Iceland's infrastructure. In Iceland, the eruption of the Sundhnukur Volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula has led to the evacuation of the town of Grindavik and the popular resort 'Blue Lagoon'. According to Icelandic meteorologists, this phenomenon has occurred for the seventh time this year. The length of the fissure is about three kilometers, and its southern end is located at Silingarfell.

Check Out Huawei Smartphones' Jedi Wow Feature

Check out the Jedi wow feature of Huawei smartphones - file transfer by air drag-and-drop. Huawei has introduced the Mate 70 series, the foldable Mate X6, and the MatePad Pro 12.3 tablet - all of them support the new 'AI-Teleportation' feature. This allows you to make a grabbing gesture over the device's screen to 'take' content, and release your hand over another to transfer data onto it. A simple and intuitive movement that requires no settings or button presses.

Dolph Lundgren Completes Eight-Year Cancer Treatment

Dolph Lundgren has completed his cancer treatment, which lasted eight years. Initially, doctors predicted he had no more than three years to live. Throughout this time, he continued acting in films, such as two parts of 'Aquaman' and 'The Expendables 4'. Lundgren was first diagnosed with a kidney disease, and later, lesions were found in his liver, lungs, stomach, and spine. Now, he has gotten rid of the last tumor in his lungs.

Starbucks with Viewing Deck Opens in South Korea

In South Korea, a Starbucks has opened with a viewing deck overlooking North Korea. It is located in the demilitarized zone, two kilometers from the border with the North. Access to the café is only possible after passing through a checkpoint. On the veranda, there are binoculars through which one can observe the life of North Koreans on a clear day.

Academic Bars Gain Popularity in China

"Academic bars" are gaining popularity in China, where you can listen to lectures over a mug of beer or something stronger. These educational gatherings take place in real bars in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other major cities, with teachers and professors invited to give talks on a wide range of topics - from philosophy to AI.

Australia Bans Social Media for Teenagers Under 16

Australia has become the first country in the world to enact a law banning social media for teenagers under 16 years old. According to the law, children will not be able to create accounts even with parental approval, and the social networks themselves must ensure compliance - violations can result in fines up to $32 million. The restrictions will come into effect in a year, but they will not affect those who have already registered.

American Startup Creates Rocking Beds for Adults

The American startup Ensven is creating slider legs that transform beds into soothing cradles for adults. The gadget can support weights of up to 544 kg and offers several rocking modes, including a 'shaking' mode that might appeal to those who enjoy sleeping on trains or ships.

LEGO Releases Historical Leonardo da Vinci Set

LEGO has released a historical set featuring Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine. During the inventor's lifetime, the ornithopter was never built and existed only in drawings (and even with it, a person wouldn't have been able to fly). Now, however, it can be placed on your shelf. The set includes 493 pieces and a da Vinci minifigure. The price is $50.

Weather-Responsive Color-Changing Jacket

In Australia, a jacket that changes color with the weather has been invented. The chameleon clothing, Heat Reactive Puffer Jacket, quickly darkens during rain or snow, and displays bright patterns from the warmth of hands.

Record in Lifting Large Data Volumes

A man lifted 282 petabytes for the first time. The actor-weightlifter ‘The Mountain’ from ‘Game of Thrones’ set a world record for ‘moving large data sets’ by lifting 452 kg of Phison SSD drives. The company wanted to showcase its progress – 122 terabytes fit into their 200g Pascari D205V PCIe Gen5 drive.

Chile's Construction of the World's Largest Telescope

For 10 years, the Extremely Large Telescope has been under construction in the Chilean desert, set to become the largest in human history. Its primary mirror will be approximately four times larger than any existing telescope, allowing it to capture 15 times more light and surpass the Hubble Space Telescope's detail by 16 times. Construction began back in 2014 and as of today, the telescope is just over 50% complete. It is planned to be operational by 2028, and the project's costs may exceed $1.5 billion.