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Autonomous flotilla of submarines under the control of artificial intelligence advances in densely populated Asian water-ways. Transport will belong to the Chinese armed forces, and his mission will definitely make the next country to raise surprised eyebrows. As informs Chinese resource SCMP, submarines will be able to perform “tasks of a wide range, from reconnaissance…

Much to the chagrin of vacationers who are planning a summer picnic, the weather is incredibly Moody and unpredictable. Small changes in precipitation, temperature, humidity, wind speed or direction can change to outdoor conditions for some hours or days. Why weather forecasts are usually not made more than seven days into the future — and,…

Hidden from direct sunlight lunar craters, located in the cold polar regions of our natural satellite, there are reserves of water ice. Future lunar colonists will be able to use it for the maintenance of the lunar settlements. The final confirmation of ice on the moon according to an article published in the journal Proceedings…

Screenshot from Decodoku, a game about quantum error correction. The numbers spawn faster than a user can clean them up, much like errors from the environment can overwhelm a quantum computer.Screenshot: James Wootton So, what can’t a regular computer do? Computer scientists are still figuring that out. Computers are just systems that simplify problems as…

Photo: Atiya (Pixabay) Our sewage reveals a lot more about us than what we ate over the weekend. Scientists at Murray State University in Kentucky have been studying sewer water for the past few years, hoping to pinpoint the level of drug use within local communities. Their latest research, presented this week at the American Chemical…

Inside the sarcophagus, as seen on July 16, 2018.Image: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities Back in July, Egyptian archaeologists dared to open a strange granite sarcophagus, finding three skeletons soaking in an unsightly reddish-brown liquid. Scientists have now completed a preliminary analysis of the coffin’s contents, offering new insights into the tomb’s 2,000-year-old occupants. The granite…

Image: Apple/Netflix Netflix is reportedly looking to become the latest tech giant to avoid paying out fees to Apple’s App Store. If you find yourself unable to access your account through the app on your Apple device, you may need to re-signup through a browser. For Apple’s cash cow service, this is bad news. The…

Screenshot: Center for Public Integrity Among other objectives, SCL Group was tasked with conducting interviews with recruiters and propagandists for ISIS (which is also known as Da’esh), as well as “people who are representative of potential Da’esh recruits in various countries,” including those in Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East/North Africa region.…

Photo: Eric Risberg (AP) As disclosed by the Washington Post this morning, Facebook has been ranking users on their trustworthiness in identifying false information—though in a statement to Gizmodo, the platform distanced itself from implications that trust rank is broadly applicable to all facets of the network. “The idea that we have a centralized ‘reputation’…

Photo: Getty Facebook has a controversial history when it comes to abetting discriminatory ad practices on its platform. But following a litany of investigations, a lot of bad press, and most recently, an official complaint from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Facebook is trying to clean up its mess. On Tuesday, the…