Just months after India established itself as the fourth lunar power, Japan is set to land on our closest celestial body this month.

The date of the official presentation of the world's first smartphone with two periscope cameras has been announced.

The Chinese company Xiaomi has unveiled its first car.

Douglas Crockford, a former senior JS architect at PayPal, creator of the JSON text data exchange format and a regular participant in the development of the JavaScript language, created a new universal programming language called "Misty".

The science fiction novel, written by Shen Yang, Professor of the Tsinghua University in Beijing using artificial intelligence, was awarded a National Science Fiction Award. The popular science fiction competition was held in Jiangsu by the Science Fiction Writers Association.

The other day, on Sunday, a technology conference - DevFest'23 - was held in Ashgabat. Many people were waiting for it: beginners who wanted to learn programming, practicing developers and ordinary people interested in the IT field. The festival featured many topics: writing code using libraries and add-ons, the structure of the Internet, the subtleties of design and the basics of game development... But, first things first.

As we wrap up 2023, let's think about the big leaps in technology. In 2023, the combination of artificial intelligence, the concept of a new, third generation of the Internet, the Web, and the metaverse has become a mixture of creativity and innovation.

Detroit, Michigan, USA celebrated a major milestone in the future of vehicle electrification as crews recently completed installation of the nation's first public wireless charging road.

Amazon has successfully tested a space laser communications link between two prototype Project Kuiper Internet satellites. The company's press service reports this.

DevFest'23 will take place in a couple of days, and ORIENT continues to introduce readers to the speakers of the long-awaited IT conference. In this issue, you will meet Daniil Maykovsky, Nazar Annanazarov, Sheker Saparova and Emir Hudayberdiyev.