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A way to the post-human: biochips developments & implementation

A way to the post-human: biochips developments & implementation

A few decades back many people had been fascinated by the numerous science-fiction movies. One could not get the idea that soon enough the imagined reality would become outdated — it happens that the TVs,...
How to encrypt your life in less than an hour?

How to encrypt your life in less than an hour?

Andy Grove fled from Hungary to save himself from the communists. He received an education in engineering which allowed him to lead the personal computer revolution as the CEO of the giant Intel. He died...
Facebook introduces a system for assessing the reputation of users

Facebook introduces a system for assessing the reputation of users

Facebook has decided to deal with fake news by using a new rating system for users. The company will use algorithms to analyze both official corporate accounts and ordinary users, and assign them a reputation...

UK to test 5G on the railroad

A new standard of mobile communication will ensure the Internet of things concept development. In addition, unmanned vehicles and buses will use 5G. The maximum data transfer rate in 5G networks reaches 1 Gbit...

Facebook promises to use 100% renewable energy by the late 2020

The largest IT companies are switching to green energy. In 2017 Amazon provided half of the energy consumption from renewable sources, and Google moved all its units to solar and wind power. Facebook is...

A periodic table of technologies: from improving our life today, to being able to destroy humanity in the distant future (or earlier)

Scientists from Imperial Tech Foresight have developed a table that classifies the most important technological ideas of the present and the future. The researchers were inspired by the periodic table of...

Google is developing an alternative to Android

Google programmers are developing an operating system that will become a more advanced replacement for Android and will help them to compete with Apple. The new system, called Fuchsia, will focus on...

Apple has committed $300 million for the development of green energy in China

Apple is trying to be both the largest and coolest technology company that cares about the environment. Most Apple devices are assembled in China so the corporation decided, along with their partners, to...

In China WeChat is replacing passports, banks, and even the registry office

Developers of instant messengers are trying to combine many services into one application. Users save time by doing operations directly on the messenger, and companies get more user involvement in their...

You can now create channels on “WhatsApp” (just like on Telegram)

One of the most popular instant messengers, “WhatsApp”, introduced a channel function starting on June 29th. Group chats can now be switched to “broadcast only” mode and only administrators can post there. In...

Fighting fake news: Musk, Trump, Wales, and others

More and more people are getting involved in the fight against fake news. Their interest in this regard is shown by politicians from different countries, large companies, businessmen, and public figures. Elon...

Will GitHub become worse under Microsoft? 5 alternatives for the joint development service

Microsoft has bought the most popular joint development service, GitHub. Several American publications had earlier reported this. Now the company has confirmed the information about the deal on its blog. The...

Telegram tests its user identification service. WhatsApp sees a serious competitor.

The messenger service Telegram has started testing its External Secure ID service, which will be a convenient way to identify users on the new TON (Telegram Open Network) platform. The service will combine...

The space hotel “Aurora Station” will be launched by 2022

The emergence of private space companies not only contributes to the technological and scientific development of mankind, but also brings the time of mass space tourism closer. Orion Span presented the...

Russia began to block Telegram. Other services are suffering so far

Russian Internet regulator Roskomnadzor started blocking Telegram. The agency began sending out to providers the lists of addresses banned to access started from the April 16. App Store and Google Play are...