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The last male Northern white Rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) died in Kenya on March 19. This species was once widely distributed throughout the African continent, but closer to the middle of the XX century the population numbered just over 2,000 animals. In 2006, poachers have killed the last of the Northern white rhinos living in…

Japanese autogiant with the speaker called the Audio-Technica was founded in distant 1962, but to this day pleases us with interesting devices. Starting with the production of pickups for phonograph records, the company soon began development of portable turntables and professional microphones. It is now Audio-Technica is more known for its headphones: glory came in…

Virtual reality, contrary to popular belief, is not only a tool for entertainment and video games, but also a great way to gain new knowledge and skills. To follow the modern trends want teachers medical school Staffordshi of the University who plan to apply virtual reality for the training of students and improving the skills…

IBM intends to use blockchain technology for tracking movements, delivery of the goods and identify theft. The IBM specialists are studying blockchain and even create devices that work with him. The first of these was the microcomputer, the size of which is comparable with the crystal of salt, — reported the press service of IBM…

From 20 to 23 March in Amsterdam, an exhibition of Intertraffic Amsterdam 2018, active members of which was included in the shvabe holding company. Concern rostec have brought to Europe a stand with working prototypes and high-tech solutions created by companies for “intelligent transport systems” of cities. Part of the development is already applied in…

The company Mark Zuckerberg has decided to compete with the platforms Twitch and YouTube, giving the streamers the opportunity to engage in favourite business without leaving the social network. To do this, Facebook has created a new gaming platform that allows you to stream games directly in news feed, reports TechCrunch. The function of the…

According to the findings of scientists from the University of California at Berkeley, published in the journal Nature, the first oceans on Mars appeared about 4 billion years ago and 200-300 million years earlier than was commonly believed. “Scientists have always believed that the plateau of Tharsis, the largest volcanic landforms on Mars, appeared before…

There are various companies are discovering hundreds of new viruses. Among them can be as innocuous and highly hazardous computer programs that can leave you without a single penny in the Bank account. And recently had a virus on Android spotted the company’s specialists Symantec. The uniqueness of the new virus in that it does…

We have repeatedly told you about the robot-dog named SpotMini, which was developed by engineers at Boston Dynamics (now owned by a Japanese concern SoftBank). The exhibition MARS in 2018, organized by the Amazon company and is dedicated to robotics, camera lenses got famous entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, who was walking across the lawn in front…

Quantum computation, microscopic robots, “unbiased” artificial intelligence free of human prejudices, as well as the widespread application of technologies of cryptography and the blockchain. It is these five areas, according to analysts IBM company, will enable mankind to 2023 to make a powerful breakthrough in the development of computer technology, “which will surpass anything we’ve…