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The American media accused Roscosmos of populism and advised to do business
Journalist Eric Berger of the popular American IT publication Ars Technica commented on the video of the Russian space Agency about creating a spacecraft with a nuclear power plant, criticizing the Russian space Corporation and its partners for populism. According to Berger, the representatives of the Russian rocket and space industry instead of criticizing the…
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Harvard scientists will spend the next year experiment on the cooling of the Earth
Talking about this study began to circulate in the media last month. A group of scientists from Harvard and Yale offered to “cheat” the Sun “original but not yet a proven way to combat climate change.” But as it turned out, it was only to check the feasibility of whether solar geoengineering from a technical…
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Chinese Scientist Responsible for Gene-Edited Babies Has Reportedly Gone Missing
He Jiankui speaking in Hong Kong last week. Image: AP The current whereabouts of He Jiankui—the scientist who claims to have engineered the world’s first genetically modified human babies—is unknown. Rumors are now circulating that he’s been detained by the Chinese government. The last that anyone has seen or heard from He Jiankui was on…
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Can This Little Magic App Make Your Headphones Sound Perfect?
Photo: Mario Aguilar (Gizmodo) A new app from a Latvian outfit called Sonarworks claims it can tune music to play perfectly through specific headphone models. So whether you’re using AirPods or a swanky pair of $900 Auduze LCD-2s, you’ll hear the same exact mix. Could the future of making music sound good be an app…
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I Got Duped by Zozo’s Polka Dot Suit-Powered ‘Custom-Fit’ Clothes Gimmick
The shirt is too bigPhoto: Ryan F. Mandelbaum This might seem like a simple case of a company pushing some gimmick that I ultimately fell for. But it reveals something much bigger. We’ve become so used to mass-produced clothes that look handsome on models, often thanks to Photoshopped illusions. When we then try the clothes…
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Oath Will Pay $5 Million to Settle Charges of Violating Children’s Privacy
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New York Adopts Nation’s First Pay Floor for Uber, Lyft, and Other Rideshare Drivers
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Ajit Pai Says It’s ‘Fact’ Russian Accounts Filed Net Neutrality Comments, But FCC Says Different in Court
FCC Denies NY Times, BuzzFeed Logs Linked to Fake 'Russian' Comments, Made-Up Cyberattack FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Monday applauded his agency’s decision to keep secret months’ worth of… Read more Read The FCC and its DOJ attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In August 2017, a study was released of…
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Oh Cool, the NYPD Now Has a Fleet of Drones for ‘Tactical Operations’
A drone practicing for the National Drone Racing Championships on Governors IslandPhoto: Drew Angerer (Getty) The New York Police Department has acquired an arsenal of 14 drones to help monitor the city. The additions include 11 DJI Mavic Pro quadcopters for “tactical operations,” two workhorse DJI M210 RTK quadcopters for 3D mapping and search and…
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Tumblr’s Porn Ban Is Off to a Predictably Stupid Start