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The Big Thing Facebook Didn’t Say About Oculus Quest [Updated]
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Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs
Image: Sebastian Niedlich, CC BY-NC-SA For a female octopus, the laying of eggs signifies the beginning of the end. Like a devoted hen, she’ll guard her brood, stroking the eggs and occasionally blowing water at them, but she won’t abandon them—not even for a second. She’ll grab a welcome snack if the opportunity presents itself,…
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Rich Dude Feud: Facebook Exec Overshares, Calls WhatsApp Founder ‘Low-Class’
David Marcus responded to Brian Acton’s Forbes interview with a Facebook postPhoto: Getty Today has been exciting for anyone who cares about tension among Big Tech’s ultra-rich, as two executives have thrown barbs over Facebook’s management ethos. The beef heated up this morning when Forbes published an interview with WhatsApp founder Brian Acton. Acton left…
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New Story, Same Big Old Bird
An elephant bird lolIllustration: DFoidl (Wikimedia Commons) Madagascar’s history contains some truly enormous animals, from giant lemurs to giant tortoises. The island was also home to 10-foot-tall flightless birds, which sadly disappeared hundreds of years ago. But how we humans classified those birds was, well, a mess. There seemed to be 15 species of elephant…
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“Beeline” held holographic 5G-call in Moscow
The operator VimpelCom (brand “Beeline”) held today in Moscow together with Huawei demonstration of the practical capabilities of 5G communication in real time. According to General Director of VimpelCom Vasil Latsanich, this is the first demonstration of 5G in Russia, the fully serial hardware. During the demonstration, Latsanich spent holographic 5G-call. It was used by…
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Smartphone Xiaomi Redmi Note Pro 6 came to retailers before the announcement
Upcoming smartphone Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro not yet officially presented by the manufacturer, began to appear online. It is available from online retailers like Giztop, AliExpress and LightInTheBox, and Smart.md from Moldova. In stores posted official images, specs and prices. The smartphone is equipped with a 6,28-inch display with cut-out-style iPhone X Full HD+…
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iPhone XS Max significantly outperformed Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at application startup
Resource PhoneBuff have compared the performance of the iPhone XS Max and Samsung Galaxy Note 9. As a result, the iPhone XS Max significantly outperformed Samsung Galaxy Note 9. To be sure, the tests are conducted repeatedly, using the robot in a room with controlled temperature. iPhone XS Max processor-based Apple A12 Bionic, 4 GB…
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The journalist revealed the looks of the new flagship smartphone LG
Known for his awareness of Evan Blass (Evan Blass) via a Twitter account under the name @evleaks has published a press render of the upcoming.to release a smartphone LG ThinQ V40. The render shows the main features of the design. The smartphone is made in frameless design with cutout screen in the style of iPhone…
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Sberbank has launched a mobile operator Carmobile
Sberbank announced the launch of mobile virtual operator under the new brand “Bermoral”. The operator works on the infrastructure of Tele2. Today its services are available in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, the Moscow and Leningrad regions. Until the end of 2018 to join them, Tula, Tver, Bryansk, Ryazan, Kaluga, Smolensk, Kostroma, Voronezh, Belgorod, Lipetsk, Kursk, Tambov and…
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Orbital Martian probe took a picture of the silent Mars Rover “opportunity”
Autonomous interplanetary space station Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) aerokosmicheskogo Agency NASA took a picture of a lone Rover “opportunity”, which are not contacted more than two months. Recall that the Rover stopped because of the global Martian dust storm that covered the entire planet in June of this year. Powered by solar panels, the Rover…