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Team social network Vkontakte has updated the platform chat-bots. The developers have added the ability to connect to the chat bots keyboard — buttons for quick selection answer. As a result, users no longer need to enter text request — simply select one of the options. After that, the chat-bot will return with the result.…

Motion analysis of several groups of stars in the halo of the milky Way by a team of astronomers from Groningen University (the Netherlands), suggests that our Galaxy in the past has experienced at least five small and one large-scale clash. The results of the study presented in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters. The work…

Photo: MIT CSAIL The information age has generated far more data than humanity can ever hope to manually process, but with the help of artificial intelligence, that avalanche of data is now revealing itself to be far more useful than we ever thought possible. The omnipresent wireless signals that keep us connected can now be…

Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) Even though they don’t look much different than a lot of other hybrid laptops, the release of the Dell’s XPS 15 2-in-1 and HP’s Spectre x360 15 is an important moment for today’s convertible PCs. That’s because by putting powerful, but not exceedingly expensive GPUs inside already flexible machines, it feels…

Photo: Calm.com The meditation platform Calm.com has released a new track in its “Sleep Stories” section. The audio is from an episode of Painting with Bob Ross, the TV show that introduced Ross to the world so that we could fall in love with art, sage wisdom, and calming presence. While the track is meant…

Photo: Getty Once again European lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that promises to change the internet as we know it. Experts say a misguided update to copyright laws poses a serious danger to how we share news, upload fair use content, make memes, and build startups. Now, some of the pioneers of…

Photo: Getty The Chinese government, in its ongoing pursuit to create the dystopian police state dreamed up in many a science fiction tale, is reportedly readying a new vehicle identification system that will be capable of monitoring the movement of citizens. The Wall Street Journal reported on the system, which will begin rolling out on…

Photo: AP Google’s laptop-tablet hybrid Pixelbook has been given high praise by critics and users for its functionality and design, but the device suffers from one critical flaw: It runs Chrome OS, Google’s own, underpowered operating system. New reports suggest that may change soon, as Google is supposedly exploring the possibility of getting the Pixelbook…