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China has launched an “experimental reusable spacecraft”. This is a secret spaceplane like the Boeing X-37
On Friday, China carried out two launches of space rockets at once. The first, Chang Zheng 4B, launched the TECIS spacecraft into orbit to monitor the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere, while the second, Chang Zheng 2F, launched what was called an “experimental reusable spacecraft.”
China did not name the launch time and did not disclose any details about this “apparatus”. Officially, it was only reported that the launched apparatus would be used for the peaceful exploration of space and for testing technologies in orbit. Upon completion of all assigned goals, it will land in a given area in China.
And although China does not want to reveal the cards, there is speculation that the Chang Zheng 2F launched a space plane or spaceplane into orbit, which is ideologically similar to the Boeing X-37. This is the second flight of the Chinese spaceplane: the first took place in September 2020. Reportedly, work on it started in 2005 as part of the Shenlong project, but since 2007, when the spaceplane was partially declassified, nothing more has been reported about it. Until now, its size, weight and ability to launch a payload into space are unknown.
But, since Chang Zheng 2F was used for launch, the space plane turned out to be not small, because this launch vehicle is used to launch the Shenzhou spacecraft with taikonauts on board to the Tiangong space station.

Phones
Is this iPhone possessed by the devil? The girl took a picture of herself in front of the mirrors and discovered that the reflections in the mirrors did not match her pose.

Modern mobile photography is increasingly turning into computational photography every year. And sometimes this results in very interesting incidents, as in the photo below.
At first glance, it may seem that everything is in order with the picture. But if you look more closely, you can see that the girl who published this photo looks different in two neighboring mirrors, and besides, neither of the mirrors reflects the girl’s real pose.
Creating such an image in Photoshop or another editor is not difficult, but the caveat is that this photo was taken on an iPhone without any further processing.
The reason for this result is actually quite simple. For some reason, the iPhone algorithms mistook the girl’s reflections for other people, and since modern photos are taken by gluing together many instantly taken photographs, we see that from somewhere in this set of photos the iPhone took one girl, from somewhere else, and then I glued it all together.
The funny thing is that in the past, when there was no talk of any modern smartphones or cameras, such a photo could have been regarded as the work of the devil.
News
Xiaomi has finally announced pre-sales of the titanium Xiaomi 14 Pro

Despite the fact that the official premiere of the Xiaomi 14 Pro Titanium Special Edition with a titanium case took place on October 26, it has not yet reached real sales. But some progress has already been made: the company has announced a date for pre-orders in China.
They will begin to be accepted on the Xiaomi Mall branded marketplace and other large platforms from December 5. It has not yet been announced when open retail sales will start. And it’s unlikely that things will come to this soon: on the Weibo social network, a Xiaomi representative said that the device will be available “in small quantities.”
Let us remind you that in terms of characteristics, the Xiaomi 14 Pro Titanium Special Edition is no different from the regular Xiaomi 14 Pro, the availability of which has no problems. But it has a titanium frame (99% titanium alloy) and only one configuration with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of flash memory. They are asking $920 for the titanium flagship.
News
Without 200 megapixels, but with flicker-free screens, new platforms and improved cameras. Honor 100 and Honor 100 Pro go on sale in China

Today, official sales of the Honor 100 and Honor 100 Pro smartphones started in China (their official premiere, we recall, took place a week ago).
The older model is offered in four configurations: 12/256 GB – $475, 16/256 GB – $525, 16/512 GB – $550, 16 GB/1 TB – $625.
The cost of the younger one is as follows: 12/256 GB – $350, 16/256 GB – $400, 16/512 GB – $450.
Honor 100 is built on the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC, equipped with a 6.7-inch OLED screen with a resolution of 1.5K and a frame rate of 120 Hz. The Honor 100 Pro SoC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and an OLED screen with a diagonal of 6.78 inches, a resolution of 1.5K and a frame rate of 120 Hz. The PWM control frequency of both models is 3840 Hz, so the displays do not flicker. The smartphones also received 5000 mAh batteries with support for 100-watt wired charging (the Pro version also supports wireless charging).
The Honor 100 Pro no longer has a 200-megapixel sensor in the main camera, but it has been replaced with a 50-megapixel Sony IMX906 of the top line. The camera of this model also has a 12-megapixel sensor (in the module with an ultra-wide-angle lens) and a 32-megapixel sensor (in the module with a telephoto lens). The younger model does not have a module with a 32-megapixel sensor.
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