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One day you will die. After seconds or a thousand years, whatever. Your body and all of its components will cease to function and will be reunited with the Earth as an ordinary, lifeless material. The earth too will die, covered by an expanding, aging Sun. The sun will burn all its fuel, turn into…

Electrons are almost perfectly round. This is revealed in research published recently in the journal Nature. Why is it important? Because more flattened form could hint at the presence of invisible subatomic particles. And so, this result complicates the search for new physics. The electron acquires its form depending on how positive and negative charges…

European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, right, welcomes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg upon his arrival at the EU Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.Photo: AP Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($645,000) by the United Kingdom today over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The miniscule fine was the most allowed under the law, but Facebook can…

American president and unindicted co-conspirator Donald Trump on October 23, 2018Photo: Getty Images The New York Times published a troubling report yesterday alleging that President Trump uses off-the-shelf iPhones to talk with friends and that both Russian and Chinese spies are listening to Trump’s phone calls to figure out how to manipulate him. But China…

President and unindicted co-conspirator Donald TrumpPhoto: Getty President Trump regularly uses his iPhones to tweet and, reportedly, to make phones calls. And according to the New York Times, Chinese and Russian spies are listening, especially to his unsecured cellphone. But President Trump would like you to know that he “rarely” uses his cellphones. He says…

Privacy and Security How a 19th-Century Teenager Sparked a Battle Over Who Owns Our Faces Ishaan Jhaveri35 minutes agoFiled to: privacyFiled to: privacy privacy rights 2Save Edit Embiggen Send to Editors Promote Share to Kinja Move ad slots Go to permalink More than a century ago, a teenager named Abigail Roberson had her photo taken…

Laptops Lenovo Yoga Book C930 Laptops Lenovo Yoga Book C930 Lenovo Yoga Book C930 What is it? A dual-screen laptop with an e-ink display Price Starts at $1,000 Like Gorgeous, minimalist design, built-in fingerprint reader, much more powerful than before. Don't Like The touchpad is awkward, second screen e-reader functionality feels limited, too small, no…

Figure of the day: 10 000 000 Euro will pay Apple for the old iPhone slowing down. The Antimonopoly authority of Italy has fined Apple and Samsung each for 5 million euros as a result of the investigation of user complaints about the slow old smartphone models after the next software update. Apple also received…