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  • In Kazan was held the first Russian session quantum “phone” connection

    As the press service of the ITMO University, Russian scientists successfully launched the Tatarstan capital of Kazan the first in Russia multi-node quantum network. Has been recently verified in the “quantum telephone”, protected against any interception and provides an extremely high degree of protection. The first quantum communication line was launched at the ITMO University…

  • Ricciardo: “don’t expect miracles in Barca”

    Very briefly, we were full of good hope, but according to the cheerful Ozzie we must remain calm. The upcoming GP of Spain (this weekend) is a very interesting race. A lot of teams will bring updates, and went even rumoured that Red Bull with a completely new chassis at the start would appear, including…

  • Fikkende BMW’s for relletje in America

    ‘Spontaneous’ combustion in optima forma, or a storm in a glass of water? What is going on? BMW owners and fire brigades across the United States to the call. It would, in the past few years, dozens of BMW’s spontaneously going up in flames are flown. It went to a parked car whose engine was…

  • Look at These Weird Ant Babies

    Image: Fox, E.G.P et al A team of scientists decided the field of larval biology in ants was neglected. So they took pictures of trap-jaw ant babies. And wow…the ant babies were weird. Wow! (Image: Fox, E.G.P et al) Okay, so technically a “larva” isn’t a “baby.” It’s more like the first evolution of a…

  • An ISP Shill Group Is Trotting Out Misleading Google Ads About Net Neutrality

    The Broadband for America website. As we’ve documented repeatedly, the forces pushing the repeal of the FCC’s net neutrality rules—including FCC Chair Ajit Pai himself—aren’t being totally honest about what they want. They’ll tell you that they support net neutrality, and a “free and open” internet, just not Title II. What they don’t mention, of…

  • Reddit Users Lose Real Money After Meme Currency Bot Dies

    Shiba Inu. Photo: AP Another day, another cryptocurrency clusterfuck. This week, the creator of the tipping bot “dogetipbot”—a service that let Reddit users “tip” each other in Dogecoin—announced that his company is broke, he’s broke, and the bot is broke because he spent all the coins, after he himself ran out of money. Dogecoin was…

  • Your Sense of Smell Is Not as Terrible as You Think

    Image: D. Lewis (UCL Chemistry)/Flickr Watch a dog sniff its way around town, smelling grass, fire hydrants and butts along the way. You might think “wow, I’ll never be able to do that.” But why not? Have you even tried? If you did, you might be surprised by what you smell. As far back as…

  • President Donald Trump: ‘What Is Digital?’

    President Trump touring the USS Gerald R. Ford in March (Photo: AP) The president’s confusing, concerning, and ultimately crazy week continued on Thursday with a prickly Time cover package. It contained an unnerving interview between the magazine’s White House correspondent and Donald Trump. Based on his answers, the president really, really doesn’t understand modern technology and…

  • How Smart Watches Might Actually Improve Your Health

    Image: Getty Images If you sacrifice style to strap a clunky Apple Watch or Fitbit to your wrist, one of the tradeoffs is supposedly the ability to better monitor your health. But so far, the health benefits of tracking your step count or heart rate are mostly unproven. In fact, some research has suggested the…

  • Roskomnadzor has unlocked WeChat messenger

    Roskomnadzor announced the lifting of the block access to WeChat messenger in Russia. This is due to the fact that the service has responded to the request of the Department and provided the necessary information to enable WeChat to the registry of the organizers of disseminating information. In addition, this registry was made to the…