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Surpass the Egyptian pyramids. Saudi Arabia will build a skyscraper 120 km long and almost 500 m high
Saudi Arabia has unveiled a $1 trillion Mirror Line skyscraper project that will be taller than the Empire State Building (381 m) and will be more than 100 km long, made of mirror glass.
The Mirror Line will become part of a city called Neom, roughly the size of Massachusetts, which Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud announced in January 2021. He decided to create such an iconic and timeless building project that would surpass the Egyptian pyramids.
The Mirror Line will consist of two 487m high buildings that will run parallel to each other through 120km of desert, coastline and mountain landscapes. Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud wants the Mirror Line to be ready by 2030, but engineers say construction could take up to 50 years.
The city will be powered by renewable energy sources. The prince insists that the buildings will be completely carbon neutral and safe for the local environment. A high-speed train will pass through the city, which will deliver from one end of the city to the other in 20 minutes.
Mirror Line will create thousands of jobs. Once built, the city will be able to accommodate 5 million people, who will partly feed on vertical farming. Under the plan, residents will pay a subscription for three meals a day.
The Mirror Line will also include a sports stadium which will be 300m above the ground. Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud hopes that Neom will allow the country to stop being so dependent on oil.
The Neom city project has already faced criticism when it became known that local tribes were forcibly expelled from the area, and a resident was allegedly shot by security forces.
Environmental planners say the Mirror Line will disrupt migratory bird flight patterns, and the building’s mirrored glazing could further confuse them.

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter sets a record for speed on Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter made its sixtieth flight to Mars, during which it set a speed record. It was 28.8 km/h. Before this, the maximum speed at which Ingenuity moved was 24 km/h.
On its sixtieth flight, Ingenuity flew 340 meters at an altitude of 16 meters. Flight time was 133 seconds. It was the fastest helicopter flight on the surface of Mars.
As part of the previous flight, Ingenuity also set a record, but not for speed, but for altitude: it rose 20 meters above the surface of the Red Planet.
Phones
This will be the Xiaomi 14 Pro. The first images of the smartphone have been published
For the first time, images of Xiaomi 14 Pro have been published on the Internet – the device is posed “wrapped” in cases, from which it becomes clear that the pictures were leaked by the accessory manufacturer.
Xiaomi 14 Pro demonstrates the evolution of the design of the current Xiaomi 13 Pro: the camera protrusion is almost the same, there are also three modules (the fourth is depicted as a camera module, but it will house a flash.
Xiaomi 14 Pro will receive SoC Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and a titanium frame. It is also credited with an AMOLED screen with a diagonal of 6.7 inches and a resolution of 3200 x 1440 pixels, a 5000 mAh battery with 120 W charging.
There is scattered data about the camera: some sources say that the device will have a 200-megapixel sensor as the main one, others attribute to it the same inch Sony IMX989 sensor as the Xiaomi 13 Pro. At the same time, everyone agrees that the remaining two sensors will be 50-megapixel.
Phones
Alternative browser Vivaldi “takes a bite from the apple”: version for iPhone and iPad presented

The team of the increasingly popular Vivaldi browser announced the release of a stable version for the Apple mobile platform. The beta version of Vivaldi for iOS has been tested for several months.
As the developers promise, Vivaldi for iOS has its own unique look thanks to a set of built-in tools, including tabs, Express Panel, control panels, notes, reading list, and a tracking and ad blocker. The synchronization function between devices is also supported – bookmarks, Express panel, passwords, form data, history of entered addresses and notes are synchronized using end-to-end encryption.
You can store all your important links in the Express Dashboard for quick access. The tab bar is designed to look like tabs on a PC for quick switching. The tab switcher gives you access to public, private, synced, and recently closed tabs.
Built-in Notes let you quickly jot down interesting information. You can copy data from the site through the context menu. Users also have access to a “Reading List” in which they can save web pages for later viewing.
The built-in tracking and ad blocker can be configured for individual sites. To increase privacy, there is a private tabs mode in which search queries, visited sites, cookies and temporary files will not be saved by the browser. Other features include easily changing the search engine, choosing an application icon from a variety of options, an interface for large iPad screens, and so on.
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