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  • The Ministry of communications closes analog broadcasting public TV channels in Russia

    Ministry for digital development, communications and mass communications of the Russian Federation announced the approval of a plan of a phased switch-off of analogue broadcasting of mandatory public TV and radio channels in Russia.

  • “Beeline” will exchange broken smartphones to the new surcharge

    The operator VimpelCom has announced the launch of the trade-in program for damaged devices. From 10 December 2018 in the salons of “Beeline” can I take the smartphones with visible defects, including broken or chipped screen and receive a discount on the new device trade-in program.

  • The Sony PlayStation Classic hacked to run third-party games

    Cheap Sony PlayStation Classic has got quite a limited list of pre-installed classic games. Enthusiasts concerned about the problem and learned to run third-party games with a normal USB pleskac. Instructions for hacking published on the ETA Prime channel.

  • Birthday of the legendary game Doom

    10 Dec 1901 received the first Nobel prize. Since then, every year, on the day of death of Alfred Nobel, the capitals of two countries — Sweden and Norway — there is a solemn procession, although the laureates are announced in advance. In Stockholm to award prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and…

  • The most interesting events of 2018

    From the failure of cryptocurrencies and shame the biggest agrostroi, before the rise of the Chinese smartphonetoday and General dominance over the iPhone: 2018 year gave us many great events, one we were happy, others horrified, and over a third openly laughed. Although, to be honest, in General, somehow not very funny all the same…

  • The Russian rocket for lunar exploration may cost 1.5 trillion rubles

    Create a super-heavy launch vehicle and use it to fly around the moon could cost the Russian budget of 1.5 trillion rubles. About it reports the edition “RIA Novosti” with reference to its sources in the space industry. As reported by one of the interlocutors of the Agency, the draft Federal target program for the…

  • Scientists Virtually Reconstruct Magnificent Pre-Incan Temple

    Virtual reconstruction of the building’s northernmost section.Image: Castro Vocal The 1,500-year-old Pumapunku temple in western Bolivia is considered a crowning achievement of Mesoamerican architecture, yet no one knows what the original structure actually looked like. Until now. Using historical data, 3D-printed pieces, and architectural software, archaeologist Alexei Vranich from UC Berkeley has created a virtual…

  • Sting Operations Are Yet Another Reason You Shouldn’t Steal People’s Amazon Packages

    Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty) One of the more annoying realities of ordering online is that if your package is left somewhere conspicuous before you’re able to grab it, there’s a good possibility some opportunistic bandit will nab it. This certainly goes for Amazon packages, for which reports of theft are a dime a dozen. And…

  • Samsung Kicks Off CES Early With a Competent But Not Terribly Exciting 2-in-1 Laptop

    Image: Samsung We’re less than a month away from the biggest tech show of the year(I can feel my heart rate rise just thinking about it), but it seems Samsung couldn’t wait until early January to announce its new Notebook 9 Pen. Available in 13 and 15-inch versions, Samsung’s 360-degree 2-in-1 is aimed at creative…

  • Democrats Want Internet Companies Liable for Data Loss Like a Bank

    Photo: AP Should we hold companies like Equifax and Facebook responsible for the protection of our personal information in the same way we hold banks and hospitals responsible? Should we expect the same level of control over data we’ve given to Google as we do with information shared with our doctor or lawyer? A new…