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Obtained more convincing evidence of the presence of water on the moon
In the desert in Northwest Africa, scientists have found a lunar meteorite contains compelling evidence of hidden water on the moon. According to researchers, who have studied the meteorite, on our natural satellite of its reserves could be even so that’s enough to ensure the future of the colony. About his discovery, scientists have shared…
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June 17 in history: the first flight of the Tu–104, the experimental version of MS-DOS 4.0 and the emergence of flash mobs
June 17, 1955 the first flight of the Soviet jet Tu–104. This plane was designed on the basis of TU–16, and the use of civil aviation meant some design changes. So, for a larger capacity has been increased diameter of the fuselage, and the wing was moved down. The wing itself remained unchanged, as well…
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Apple Manages to Snag Oprah Winfrey to Make Shows, Possibly for Subscription Video Service
Oprah Winfrey at a Smithsonian National Museum of American History dinner in 2013.Photo: Getty Images Tech giant Apple has scored a huge victory in its $1 billion original programming push, signing a multiyear deal with host and media magnate Oprah Winfrey to produce as-of-yet unspecified streaming content. According to the Wall Street Journal, the signing…
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Trump Campaign Reportedly Adds Former Cambridge Analytica Employees to 2020 Efforts
Photo: Getty Cambridge Analytica, the shady political consulting firm best known for obtaining a whole heap of personal information from Facebook users without their consent, might be dead and gone. But some of its former employees are reportedly hard at work on the re-election campaign of President Donald Trump. According to the Associated Press, Data…
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Man Gets 20 Years in Jail for Trying to Steal a Domain Name at Gunpoint
A prison guard at HMP (Her Majesty’s Prison) Pentonville stands behind a locked gate May 19, 2003 in London.Photo: Getty There were 332,198 robberies in the US last year according to the FBI, but (probably) only one of them involved a man trying to forcibly steal a domain name. Now the man responsible for the…
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CryptoKitties, Which Is Like Beanie Babies on the Blockchain, Seems to Be Crashing
Screenshot: CryptoKitties.co Axiom Zen’s CryptoKitties, which is essentially a digital version of Beanie Babies based on the Ethereum blockchain, sucked in a massive amount of funding just a few months ago. But it looks an awful lot like people bought into CryptoKitties looking for a quick return on their investment and are finding that digital…
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Scott Walker Finally Gave Foxconn Enough Handouts to Get the Company’s US Headquarters in Wisconsin
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Coffee Sold in California Might Not Get Cancer Warning Labels After All
A cup of coffee.Photo: AP Officials with California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) have intervened to nullify a recent court ruling saying coffee sold in the state—say, like at a local Starbucks—must be accompanied by warning labels saying brewed coffee contains the carcinogen acrylamide. The Los Angeles Superior Court ruling ordered producers to…
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The voice of Stephen Hawking was sent into space
A message from the English giant of astrophysics Stephen Hawking sent to the nearest black hole during a solemn funeral in Westminster Abbey, which took place on Friday, June 15. A specially written composition with his famous synthesized voice was broadcast into space by European space Agency. Wheelchair-bound Professor, who dedicated their lives to unraveling…
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Quantum future technologies will use the identical entangled particles
Usually when physicists carry out quantum entanglement of particles — whether the qubits, atoms, photons, electrons, etc., — these particles can be distinguished. More recently, physicists have demonstrated the possibility of creating entangled particles that are completely identical. What is remarkable is the confusion exists because of the indistinguishability of particles without any interaction between…