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Duma behind controversial woningplan Moscow
MOSCOW – The Russian house of Commons last Friday approved a controversial plan to inhabitants of Moscow flock to mean re-housing. Despite hours of protests outside the state Duma, got the parliamentarians are behind the plan. The authorities in the Russian capital want to obsolete blocks of flats from the soviet era to demolish. The…
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May maintains ministers in key posts
LONDON – The British prime minister, Theresa May has decided its most important ministers to maintain. Ministers Boris Johnson (Foreign Affairs), Philip Hammond (Finance), Amber Rudd (Home Affairs), Michael Fallon (Defence) and David Davis (Brexit) may remain. Other members of the government continue to probably just tension. “There are tonight no further appointments”, the government…
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A review of the Cayin player N3 — multum in parvo
Staff Cayin seem to live on the famous principle: “I came, I saw, I conquered”. Having achieved success in the “big Hi-Fi”, they drew attention to the portable market and released there one after the other 3 is a very good player, won a notable niche. Recently the company decided to try itself in the…
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Analysts: NASA is likely to remain without of Mars for several years
One of the following ambitious steps for the space Agency NASA will be sending in 2020 to Mars new Rover. Task: collect soil samples of the red planet and return them to Earth. The mission will be the first step towards further implementation of the ambitious plan for exploration of Mars and is a high…
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Alphabet Boston Dynamics was sold to the Japanese
Company Alphabet in the last year threatened to sell Boston Dynamics. Yes, those that make fun, but creepy robots, and then mocked. Apparently, Google has not decided what to do with all these robots, so I decided to sell them together with the Japanese company Softbank, which is also engaged in developing robots. Pepper, one…
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#E3 | Where and when to watch live conferences from E3 2017
The largest annual exhibition of E3, entirely devoted to video games in all their manifestations, is a real treat for gamers around the world. During this event, lasting several days, to exhibit new video games, the following models of game consoles and big publishers talk about their plans for the future. The E3 looking forward…
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Created the first two-dimensional magnet with a thickness of one atom
According to the editors of the journal Nature, a group of scientists from the University of Washington managed to get a connection on the basis of chromium and iodine. The structure of the compound is something of a counterpart of graphene, with a thickness of only 1 atom. This new compound has pronounced magnetic properties,…
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Tim Cook Thinks Donald Trump Is ‘Wrong’
Photo: Getty Apple’s CEO has an opinion about Donald Trump. In fact, Tim Cook can sum up his views on the embattled president’s latest actions with one word: wrong. And that’s exactly what Tim did right after Monday’s big WWDC keynote address. “He didn’t decide what I wanted him to decide,” Cook told Bloomberg in…
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This Toy-Stealing Jerk Robot Will Teach Other Bots How to Hold Things
Photo: Carnegie Mellon University When picking an object up, it takes humans a mere instant to know if they’ve grasped it properly, or if they need to adjust their grip so it’s more secure. Teaching robots how to properly pick something is a monumental task that might actually get a little easier—by making it harder…
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NASA Lit a Fire in Space Again Because at This Point Sure Why Not
Image: NASA The only thing better than lighting a fire in space is lighting a fire in space again—and again! On Sunday, June 4th, the pyromaniacal hooligans at NASA successfully performed their third Spacecraft Fire Experiment (SAFFIRE) inside an Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft. Lighting up in space—which sounds wildly irresponsible—will actually help scientists prepare astronauts…