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Amazon workers protest Black Friday in the UK.Photo: Lizzy Burt (Gizmodo) Amazon employees across parts of Europe are striking and protesting what they describe as dangerous work conditions and anti-union tactics. The protests coincide with Black Friday, one of the busiest and most stressful days of the year for workers in retail. Amazon employees in…

Image: AP As humans, we like to think we’re the only species capable of using others to get what we want. New research shows that chimpanzees, in the right circumstances, are also capable of social manipulation, highlighting a previously unknown cognitive capacity in our ape relatives. Social animals are equipped with an assortment of cognitive…

Photo: European Space Agency Mars is lacking in the vast supply of natural resources we’ve come to rely on here on Earth, and astronauts attempting to colonize, or even just visit, the red planet can only bring a limited supply of materials with them. Learning to make do with what Mars has to offer is…

In a network there was a full press render of the upcoming smartphone ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M2), not yet officially presented by the manufacturer. It shows the main features of the design — frameless screen with visible cutout, dual rear camera and fingerprint scanner on the rear panel. According to earlier leaks, ASUS is…

St. Petersburg company STARLINE reported experimental travel on the route “St. Petersburg – Kazan” of an intelligent unmanned vehicle StarLine. He successfully overcame the route in 2 500 kilometers. 10 days to participate in his test drive, took the inhabitants of 13 Russian cities and the participants of two international events. Route smart unmanned vehicle…

The Walt Disney studios (Walt Disney Studios) introduced the first trailer of the movie “the lion King”. It is a film adaptation of the cartoon of the same name, released in 1994. The trailer is used quite a lot of computer, giving a “realism” feature films with animals in the home and not just roles.…

Wargaming has acknowledged the failure of the game Total War: Arena and announced the imminent closure of the servers. According to the company, the developers of Arena will be engaged in other projects for Total War, using the experience gained while working on this game. Servers Total War: Arena will stop working in February 2019.…

Team Vkontakte will launch for users of the payment system VK cashback Pay for purchases in offline stores. This was told to the edition “Kommersant” with reference to representatives of the company. Cashback program for users of the payment system of the social network VK Pay has received the name “Checkback” and should start working…

The first global standards for drones was launched today. They are intended to compliance that the aircraft was safe, and the operators could be held responsible. Standards development was done by the international organization for standardization (IOS). Outline standards for operations with drones, which can be accessed by everyone, will be available until January 21,…

According to American theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, the human brain is the most complex object in the Universe. Based on this statement, it is not surprising that scientists constantly find out something new. For example, an Australian neuroscientist George Paxinos from the research Institute NeuRA have discovered a new area of the brain that makes…