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  • Apple will release the next version of iOS alongside the new iPad Pro

    Apple will hold tomorrow, October 30, regular presentation. It will be a big announcement, including the new iPad Pro and MacBook Air replacement. 30 Oct may become available a new version of mobile operating system — iOS 12.1. This was announced by the representatives of cellular operators of the relevant journalists 9to5Mac. The fact that…

  • Figure of the day: How much to pay IBM for Red Hat?

    Figure of the day: 34 000 000 000 dollars paid IBM for Red Hat. IBM has announced a definitive agreement for the purchase of Red Hat. The transaction amount will reach 34 billion dollars, at $ 190 per share. The deal will be the largest purchase in the history of IBM. Red Hat Software is…

  • T. rex bite with incredible force: two times stronger than any living creature

    A deadly combination of a powerful bite, strong teeth and chewing was allowed a giant bird of prey, T. rex — to literally break the bones of their victims, scientists have found. Bones have nutritional internal cavity filled with marrow and phosphate salts. But to get access to these treats, most bone crushers should be…

  • Where methane on Mars? The answer here will be given

    The researchers of the planets was very close to solving the riddle of methane on Mars. New calculations can help to explain why the Mars Rover “Curiosity” captures the rise of the level of methane in the Martian atmosphere during Northern summer on the planet. The idea is that as we move from winter to…

  • In simple words: what is superstring theory?

    Today, the scientific picture of the world develops in such a way that our Universe operates two sets of laws — the General theory of relativity, which explains the beautiful work of gravity, and quantum mechanics, which describes the other three interactions of the universe (strong nuclear, weak nuclear and electromagnetism). You can take these…

  • The launch of the first Chinese missiles created by a private company, failed

    Following the Western aerospace companies like Blue Origin SpaseX and their Eastern colleagues decided to explore the sector the launch of rockets by private, not public corporations. The pioneer in this case would be China, which last weekend was planning to launch its own satellite. But, unfortunately, the launch failed and caused a strong negative…

  • NASA wants to send people to Venus. Why it’s a great idea

    Popular science fiction of the early 20th century, portrayed Venus as a kind of wonderful world with pleasant temperatures, forests, swamps and even dinosaurs. In 1950, the Hayden planetarium at the American Museum of natural history, reserving space for the first space tourists, long before the modern era Blue Origins, Virging Galactic and SpaceX. All…

  • The Red Hydrogen One Is a Phone Made for an Alternate Reality

    Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) Jim Jannard is an interesting guy. After starting a one-man business selling motorcycle parts, he decided to pivot into goggles and eyewear. Fast forward about 25 years, and Oakley had become one of the biggest sunglass brands in the world. Then in 2007, after selling Oakley for $2.1 billion, Jannard turned…

  • DJI Made a New Sort of Super Drone

    Photo: DJI DJI just announced the rumored (and leaked) Mavic 2 Enterprise. It looks a lot like the consumer-focused Mavic 2 series, but the drone itself can now support payloads that give pilots new airborne tools. You might say it’s a bit like taking a regular camera drone and giving it superpowers that might enable…

  • Chocolate Has a New Origin Story

    Image: Marco Verch/Flickr New archaeological evidence suggests humans were cultivating and consuming cacao—the crop from which chocolate is produced—as long as 5,300 years ago, which is 1,500 years earlier than previously thought. What’s more, cacao was initially domesticated in the equatorial regions of South America, and not Central America. Humans, as a new paper published today…