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MOSCOW – The metro in Moscow is extensive, with 63 new stations, and 142 miles of track. That reports The Moscow Times on the authority of the department of urban development of Moscow. The new stations must be in 2021 to be ready and the first five this year already open. The project is budgeted…

But times changed, man! Barnes & Noble slowed down production of Nook tablets in 2013, and hasn’t released a new e-reader since 2015. Since then, Amazon has opened its e-reader doors. Side-loading content onto a Kindle is relatively simple (though it still doesn’t support open file types) and acquiring content from local libraries via Overdrive is…

Image: AP Images On Thursday, researchers at Stanford University introduced the latest thing in AI diagnostics: an algorithm that can sift through hours of heart rhythm data gathered by wearable monitors to determine whether a patient has an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. The algorithm, the researchers say, is not only as good as a cardiologist…

Image: Getty Nokia’s smartphones have long been known for having great cameras. Classic devices like the N95 (2007), 808 PureView (2012), or Lumia 1020 (2013) all had industry-leading camera tech on board. But will Nokia’s upcoming Android smartphones be just as great now that HMD Global is manufacturing them? This week, HMD Global announced a partnership…

GIF With the introduction of iOS 11 and a development tool called ARKit, Apple is betting that augmented reality could be the next revolutionary feature for smartphones. At the very least, it’s facilitated a secret feature that lets iPhone users pretend they’re giant monsters stomping through a tiny city. iOS 11: All the Cool New…

Image: Richard Johnston Millions of years ago, unlucky animals settled in the sticky resin of trees, only to be trapped and preserved until we humans found them. Fossils of the distant future, however, will probably be a whole lot weirder than bugs in tree sap. An engineer 3D-printing this honeycomb structure was surprised to find…

Source: Getty Good news for drone hobbyists who were noble enough to register their aircrafts but could really use $5 right about now: The US Federal Aviation Administration is refunding registration fees and removing names from its registration database. The FAA first started requiring drone owners to register small aerial vehicles on December 21, 2015.…

A cute diamondback moth. Image: Wikimedia Commons Diamondback moths may be a mere half-inch in length, but their voracious appetite for Brussels sprouts, kale and cauliflower make them a major pain for farmers. This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved a potential solution: moths genetically engineered to contain a special gene that makes them…

HAMBURG – During the riots in Hamburg are up to now 196 policemen injured. According to the corps in the Northern German city, nobody is seriously wounded. It is not clear how many of the protesters ‘ injuries. According to the Hamburg fire brigade campaigners own emergency wound care so that the local authorities do…

HAMBURG – UPDATE 00:16 – in Spite of water cannons, armoured vehicles and twenty thousand man police have the rioters at the G20 summit in Hamburg tonight free game. In the famous Schanzenviertel attacked the household goods of a grocery store and a drugstore prey to the activists. Black-clad autonomen of the anarchist Schwarzer Block…