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The famous auction house Christie’s sold the first “work of art”, written in artificial intelligence, reports the portal the Verge. The painting is titled “Portrait of Edmond Bellamy” was sold for 432 $ 500. Selling “masterpiece” was unusual not only because it is the first case in the 252-year history of the auction house’s sale…

Photo: Wikimedia Commons/S. Rae DeathThis week Gizmodo explores death and deadly things, in all their forms—the physical, the digital, and the fantastical.   Consider the ladybug. Our polka-dotted little friend spends its days munching aphids, climbing leaves, occasionally alighting upon a delighted child’s outstretched finger, and generally beetling around being adorable. It’s one of nature’s most…

Naegleria fowleri cultured from the spinal fluid of a patient with an infection.Image: CDC In folklore and movies, silver is often one of the best tools against terrifying monsters like vampires and werewolves. But a recent study seems to show that silver could help defeat some real-life horrors, too. Silver nanoparticles loaded with common anti-seizure…

Artist’s idea of Archaeopteryx albersdoerferi.Illustration: Zhao Chuang The winged Archaeopteryx is one of the most famous dinosaurs known to science, yet arguments persist about its place in the evolutionary family tree. The reported discovery of an entirely new species of Archaeopteryx with distinctly bird-like characteristics suggests its relationship to modern birds is more meaningful than…

Photo: Robin Loznak (AP) While this should seemingly go without saying, it turns out that “kill it with fire” is not a great idea when it comes to ridding your home of pests. Nonetheless, there is no shortage of failed cases of people attempting to kill spiders or insects with blowtorches, and it doesn’t often…

Photo: Mary Altaffer (AP) Instagram has pulled from its platform a post by former Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos that seemingly praised the apparent pipe bombs sent this week to a number of top Democrats—including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton—as well as CNN. The post, shared Thursday, said it…

LG Electronics reported financial results for the third quarter of 2018. The company received total sales 13.76 billion and an operating profit 667,7 million Is the highest net profit among the three quarters of the current year and 45% higher compared to the result of the same quarter last year. According to the manufacturer, its…

The cheapest version of the flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S10 can only get 64 GB of internal memory. This was reported in the new leak among other details that published the resource SlashGear. According to the source, Samsung Galaxy S10 will be available in three versions, each of which will focus on iPhone XR, iPhone…

Samsung has introduced in China a budget smartphone Galaxy A6s. He became the first Samsung smartphone produced by another factory — in the factory Wintech, which is engaged in the manufacturing of Xiaomi smartphones. This step Samsung went after the fall of its share in China. Smartphones secondary and primary level will be made Wintech…

Later expected the company Meizu started selling smartphone Meizu X8. We will remind, this inexpensive model was the first “frameless” smartphone with cutout screen in iPhone style X was supposed to go on sale October 15, 2018. The release was postponed due to issues with display production. The smartphone is equipped with a 6.2-inch AMOLED…