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  • 70,000 Opioid Deaths in the US May Have Gone Uncounted Since 1999

    The combination oxycodone-acetaminophen medication, Percocet, above. Photo: Patrick Sison (AP) The death toll of the US opioid crisis has been seriously lowballed, suggests a new study published Wednesday in Public Health Reports. It found that many states have failed to identify fatal drug overdoses specifically caused by opioid use over the past two decades. Since 1999,…

  • Flagship smartphone LG V40 five cameras

    LG Electronics is already working on the successor of the smartphone LG V30. Model under the supposed name of LG V40 can get as many as five cameras. This was told by the resource profile AndroidPolice with a link to the sources. He will be the first smartphone from a major manufacturer so that has…

  • Apple released a new MacOS for computers and laptops

    Apple released the first public beta of the desktop operating system macOS 10.14 Mojave. It became available after almost a month of closed testing by developers after the announcement at WWDC 2018 (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference). To access the beta test through the Apple Software Beta Program by signing in with your Apple ID, and…

  • VKontakte launches competitor to Google and Apple Pay

    VKontakte is starting to test its own payment system Pay VK. From today, all community Vkontakte will be able to accept payment of goods and services directly to social networks. This was reported by the press service of Vkontakte. As the developers, unlike other payment services, Amazon Pay a Commission for Deposit, withdrawal and transfer…

  • Day, when the first in the world ATM

    June 27, 1972, was born the legendary company Atari. It created a game familiar to all — even if you haven’t seen them live, just saw in a movie. The Atari founders Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney had experience in very young then the game industry: they have developed the game “Computer Space”, which is…

  • Samsung announced the list of smartphones that will upgrade to new Android in July

    Thanks to Turkish subsidiary of Samsung became known list of smartphones that will be updated to Android 8.0 Oreo in July 2018 in Asia and Europe. Smartphones Samsung Galaxy A3 2017, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7 2017 2017 should begin to update the firmware on the new Android 8.0 Oreo 6 July. Then will come…

  • Only one of the four scenarios of the development of civilization leads to a meeting with aliens

    A recent study published in the journal “Astrobiology”, suggests that there are four different scenarios for the development of civilization. Only one of these scenarios leads to its prolonged existence, which makes one question very sharp: “will we be able to cope with the changes that you make to the environment, developing”. The study worked…

  • A New NASA-Led Project Means the Search for Aliens Is Heating Up

    Artist’s depiction of what life could look like on the surface of a distant planet.Illustration: NASA To date, scientists have catalogued more than 3,500 exoplanets, some of which may even be capable of fostering life. But we simply don’t know. The ability to detect life on distant worlds still eludes us, but a new project…

  • Airbnb Teams Up With August Smart Locks and What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    Photo: August Home One of the biggest issues with renting an Airbnb is the potential complications of getting into the Airbnb. Will the host be available to give you the key? Will the neighbors think you’re trying to break in if you’re awkwardly scouring the premises? Is there some annoying trick to getting the door…

  • Uber Regains Temporary License to Operate in London After Promising to Stop Being Terrible

    Photo: Getty Images Ride-sharing giant Uber, which lost its license to operate in its millions-strong London market in September 2017 amid a Transport for London (TfL) ruling the company was “not fit and proper to hold a private operator license,” has won at least a temporary reprieve in its battle against UK regulators. According to…