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Facebook develops neural interfaces for people with motor neuron disease

news | Oct 14, 2019 | Science & Education | 3

In the past, Mark Zuckerberg was skeptical about implanted devices, but he has recently started changing his attitude towards these technologies.

Great Britain to Send a Four-Legged Robotic Rover to the Moon

news | Oct 10, 2019 | Tech & Security | 4

British startup Spacebit and American company Astrobotic have scheduled the mission for 2021. It will be Britain’s first ever lunar rover. Such devices were earlier sent to the Moon by the United States, China and Russia.

American Labels Complain about Piracy by Telegram

news | Oct 10, 2019 | Tech & Security | 4

Telegram is accused of poor filtering of musical compositions in open channels.

Twitter Uses 2FA Data to Show Tailored Ads

news | Oct 10, 2019 | Tech & Security | 3

A malfunction in Twitter’s advertising system allowed advertisers to gain access to e-mail addresses and phone numbers provided by users for safety and security purposes.

Google releases new tool to measure pollution in cities

news | Oct 10, 2019 | Tech & Security | 3

The company is adding new cities to their Environmental Insights Explorer service, which can be used to track the environmental conditions within the city, highlighting the most critical types of pollution for a particular area.

Inventors of lithium-ion batteries win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

news | Oct 09, 2019 | Science & Education | 4

Lithium-ion battery technology, developed back in 1970-1980, has given a powerful impetus to mobile devices and electric vehicles progress.

Apple to develop smart health-conscious clothes

news | Oct 08, 2019 | Tech & Security | 4

Such clothes will allow to read a person’s ECG, pressure, heart rate, etc. in the most efficient way.

Aleph Farms grows meat on ISS for the first time

news | Oct 08, 2019 | Science & Education | 6

In order to print a small fragment of muscle tissue, the experimenters placed cells in the artificial microgravity conditions.

Zero-day exploit discovered in Android core

news | Oct 07, 2019 | Tech & Security | 5

Samsung, Xiaomi, Pixel and other smartphones are vulnerable to this bug.

Chernobyl’s Reactor Control Room Is Now Open to Tourists

news | Oct 07, 2019 | Science & Education | 4

The radiation level at the facility is still high, therefore, visitors have to wear special hazmat suits to protect themselves from radiation and undergo a test to determine their exposure to radioactive compounds following the visit.

Nobel Prize in Medicine for research in oxygen deficiency adaptation

news | Oct 07, 2019 | Science & Education | 4

Three biologists from the United Kingdom and the United States got the award.

Tim Cook doesn't approve of private cryptocurrencies

news | Oct 07, 2019 | Crypto & Blockchain | 3

Apple CEO explained his position by the fact that financial institutions should be subordinate to the state. Corporations often seek benefits primarily for themselves, but not for the society.