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Mayflower Autonomous Ship for transatlantic travel to be built in 2020

news | Oct 17, 2019 | Tech & Security | 57

The new autonomous ship will cross the Atlantic Ocean to mark the 400th anniversary of the trip made by English settlers on the first Mayflower.

Volvo Unveils Its First Electric Car, XC40 Recharge

news | Oct 17, 2019 | Tech & Security | 5

Over the next few years, the company has promised to launch a new electric car every year, and become fully carbon neutral by 2040.

Five-month delay for TON launch

news | Oct 17, 2019 | Crypto & Blockchain | 11

SEC is demanding to register the tokens as securities, while Telegram insists that the cryptocurrency is not a security.

NASA unveils new spacesuits for missions to the Moon and to Mars

news | Oct 16, 2019 | Tech & Security | 7

The new spacesuits offer increased freedom of movement and protection from extreme temperatures and radiation.

Google Presents Pixel 4 and Other New Products

news | Oct 16, 2019 | Gadgets | 14

The updated gadgets include a cool camera phone, a light-weight laptop and smart peripherals.

Startup Relativity Space will start printing rockets on Mars

news | Oct 16, 2019 | Tech & Security | 6

The company will leverage a universal production method and AI algorithms in hopes of competing with giants like SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Final design presented for Uniti One electric city car

news | Oct 15, 2019 | Tech & Security | 10

The company’s engineers made several changes to make the car more affordable.

More than half of all UK electricity comes from renewable sources

news | Oct 15, 2019 | Science & Education | 11

In the fourth quarter of 2019, the country’s wind, solar and hydroelectric power plants generated more energy than fossil fuel combustion for the first time in history.

AI Develops an Innovative Super-robust and Super-compressible Metamaterial

news | Oct 15, 2019 | Science & Education | 9

In the future, self-learning algorithms will be able to conduct full-fledged materials engineering experiments by analyzing data from previous experiments.

Scientists Manage to Preserve Nervous Activity in Isolated Brain Tissue for a Month

news | Oct 15, 2019 | Science & Education | 10

The new device allows for keeping neurons active for 25 days, but scientists believe that the incubation period can be extended to 100 days.

Engineers propose interstellar engine that can reach the speed of light

news | Oct 14, 2019 | Science & Education | 20

The new engine can solve the problems related to organizing the first interstellar expedition.

Toyota LQ concept car will be equipped with next-generation virtual assistant

news | Oct 14, 2019 | Tech & Security | 30

The new interface will keep drivers awake during their journey and introduces a new system to control the vehicle.

Facebook develops neural interfaces for people with motor neuron disease

news | Oct 14, 2019 | Science & Education | 10

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 | 3

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 | 7

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 | 4

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 | 17

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 | 15

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 | 13

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 | 15

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 | 18

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 | 12

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 | 14

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.