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A Twitter Bot Has Joined the Immigration Battle to Fight ICE With Facts
Photo: Getty A bot on Twitter is sharing images of all 212 immigration detention centers along with the address and demographic information of each location, tossing cold, hard facts into the heated online debate over immigration in America. Artist Everest Pipkin created the bot, @Abolish_ICE_Now, on Friday, about two months after Attorney General Jeff Sessions…
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Facebook Scraps Plans to Build Its Own Massive Internet Drones for Its Aquila Project
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with a drone (of a much smaller type than planned for the Aquila project) at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco in 2016.Photo: AP Facebook has abandoned a key portion of its Aquila project, an effort to build solar-powered, passenger jet-sized drones that would wirelessly connect parts of the…
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Feds Bust Over 35 Suspected Dark Web Vendors, Seizing Everything From Drugs to a Grenade Launcher
The Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, DC.Photo: Getty Images The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday the “first nationwide undercover action to target vendors of illicit goods” on the dark web, the portion of the internet only accessible via specific software like the Tor network. According to the DOJ, the operation involved at least…
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Xiaomi is about to release the smartphone-a”gift from the future”
Xiaomi company has published a promotional video, which promised the announcement of a new mobile device June 28, 2018. In the teaser video flashes a mysterious box with logo Mi. Judging by the size, the box can contain a smartphone or phablet. The video ends with the message “this is a gift from the future.”…
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ASUS announced the price of ZenFone Max Pro with a powerful processor and a battery of 5000 mAh
ASUS has announced Russian prices for smartphone ZenFone Max Pro (M1). It is already available for pre-order at the official online store of ASUS. ASUS Zenfone Max Pro (M1) is proposed for ordering the version with the 3+GB 32 for 13 990 rubles and 4+GB for 64 15 990 rubles in black and silver color…
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New Selyvon Huawei Nova 3 will be similar to the flagship P20
On the website of the Chinese center for certification of telecommunication equipment TENAA was seen new smartphone Huawei Nova 3 is not yet officially presented by the manufacturer. Live photos from the documentation showed similarity with модельюNova 3e/P20 Lite. The smartphone is enclosed in a housing with metal frame and glass panels. Dual camera on…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 already ready to go
The Federal communications Commission (FCC) has certified the model number Samsung SM-N960F and its variations SM-N960F/DS and SM-N960X. Presumably, we are talking about the upcoming release smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note 9. For comparison, last year’s Samsung Galaxy Note 8 held under number SM-N950. In the case of SM-N960F/DS we are talking about models with two…
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Qualcomm Snapdragon processor for laptops will be faster and more efficient than Intel Celeron
In the Internet appeared fresh information about the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 1000 processor, designed for Windows-based computers 10. Details shared profile German resource WinFuture, proven by past leaks. According to a source, the Snapdragon 1000 codenamed Project Poipu will provide greater performance than the Intel Atom and Celeron, but it will be more economical. Its…
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Greatest mysteries: what is consciousness?
What is consciousness? Yes, actually, everything. This melody stuck in my head, the sweetness of chocolates, throbbing pain from a toothache, wild love, knowing that all the feelings ever fade. The origin and nature of these experiences, sometimes called qualia, has been a mystery from the earliest days of antiquity until the present time. Many…
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The Rosetta Image Archive Is Now Complete and Freely Available, so You Can See a Comet Like Never Before
Comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoImage: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was one for the ages, providing an unprecedented look at this oddly shaped celestial object. The Rosetta probe captured nearly 100,000 images over the course of its mission, all of which are now freely available to the public…