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Uber’s Mountain of Data Breach Fines Just Got $1.2 Million Higher
Photo: Getty On Tuesday, top data protection cops from the UK and the Netherlands slapped Uber with some new penalties for its failure to notify users of a massive data breach in 2016. A deal coordinated between all 50 states in September leveraged a $148 million fine against the ride-share company over its decision to…
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Mail.ru create a voice assistant “Marusya”
The developers of the holding Mail.ru Group working on its own voice assistant. The project has the working title “Marusia”. This was told to the newspaper “Vedomosti” with reference to man, who learned about it from a project participant and friend of top managers Mail.ru Group. Vice-President of the holding Anna Artamonova confirmed to reporters…
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December 1 in the Russian roads will appear unmanned vehicles
1 December 2018 in Russia will begin an experiment to test unmanned vehicles on public roads. This was reported “Interfax” with reference to the words of the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. Testing will begin on the roads of Moscow and Tatarstan with the participation of more than hundred cars. Testing will be attended…
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Declassified camera flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S10
In the network appeared new details about its forthcoming flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S10, not yet officially presented by the manufacturer. Information shared Korean online The Bell, rassekrechen settings cameras different models of the future flagship. Two models of the Galaxy S10, except for the youngest Galaxy S10 Lite, will be awarded dual front-facing…
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The birthday of the last consoles Sega
27 November 1971, the Soviet spacecraft was the first to reach the surface of Mars. Automatic interplanetary station “Mars-2” was developed especially to study directly the planet and circumplanetary space. She was launched from the Baikonur space center in may 1971 and some time spent in orbit of an artificial satellite of the Earth, therefrom…
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Huawei launched its cheapest smartphone with great battery
Huawei has announced the imminent release in Russia inexpensive smartphone Honor 8C. He replaces model 7C Honor, released in Russia in may. Smartphone Honor 8C goes on sale 3 December 2018 at a suggested retail price 12990 rubles. Huawei Honor 8C is equipped with a 6.26-inch display with a resolution of HD+ (720 x 1520…
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Japanese engineers have taught a robot to work in tandem with a man
Modern robotics is already pretty well developed. Just look at least on recent progress Boston Dynamics or remember that China is already building a factory where robots are creating other robots. However, as a rule, some robotic mechanisms only work well with others. To work together with someone on the same thing (just to work…
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Mobile Internet Beats Wifi Speeds In These 33 Countries
If you live in these 33 countries, your wifi might not be as fast as you think.Screenshot: Open Signal While you might assume that wifi will always trounce cellular data, a new study shows that in many countries the opposite is true. Mobile analytics firm Open Signal has pitted wifi and mobile internet against each…
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Facial Recognition Flags Woman on Bus Ad for ‘Jaywalking’ in China
Photo: Getty China’s surveillance system is becoming increasingly omnipresent, with an estimated 200 million cameras and counting. While this state of existence alone is unsettling, it’s even more troubling that the machines are fucking up even the simplest task. Last week, the face of Dong Mingzhu—the chairwoman of a leading air conditioner manufacturer in China—was…
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Here’s How Long It’d Take You to Poop a Lego
Delish.Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) Pediatricians in the UK have finally answered one of life’s grand riddles: Just how long would it take for a Lego toy accidentally swallowed by someone to gracefully make its way back out? The answer comes courtesy of a recent study published last week in The Journal of Pediatrics and…