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Small Satellites That Accompanied InSight Lander to Mars Go Silent
Artist’s concept of a Mars Cube One satelliteIllustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech A pair of small satellites that joined the InSight mission on its way to Mars haven’t been heard from in over a month—but the experimental mission is still an important success for NASA. Mars Cube One, or MarCO, consisted of two 30-pound satellites named WALL-E and…
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Intriguing New Research Suggests Honeybees Can Do Simple Math
Image: RMIT University A new study suggests honeybees inherently understand the rudiments of addition and subtraction, a finding that highlights the remarkable cognitive abilities among even the tiniest of creatures. Critics, on the other hand, say the new research proves nothing of the sort. In this latest study, published today in Science Advances, honeybees are…
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Apple Is Removing ‘Do Not Track’ From Safari
Do Not Track is apparently dead, and Apple is now taking steps to shed itself of the failed privacy project. Almost every internet browser has an option in its privacy settings called “Do Not Track,” which, if you turn it on, sends an invisible request on your behalf to all the websites you visit telling…
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Scientists Come Closer to Finding Out What Consciousness Looks Like in the Brain
Photo: Getty Images Most of the time, it’s easy to tell when someone is consciously aware. But there are many tragic cases when it’s unclear whether a person who is unresponsive after a serious brain injury is truly no longer conscious. That ambiguity can raise ethical questions about how to manage or ultimately end such…
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Someone Needs to Tell Trump About Automation
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 05: President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump’s second State of the Union address was postponed one week due to the partial government shutdown. Photo:…
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Google Should Make Two-Factor Authentication the Default on Nest Cameras
Photo: Nest It took a growing mountain of home hacking horror stories going viral, but Google on Wednesday finally took action by telling their customers to stop messing everything up. In the last few weeks, multiple stories have emerged about owners of Nest security cameras—at least some of which have speakers through which users can…
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Cops Insist Waze Users Stop Snitching on DWI Checkpoints
Graphic: Waze, Max Pixel The popular traffic app Waze gathers user-submitted feedback to alert drivers to possible inconveniences they might experience on the road—inconveniences like getting stuck at DWI traffic point. Now, the NYPD reportedly has a message for Waze and its parent company Google: Snitches get stitches. CBS New York obtained a cease and…
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Die Russen kaufen mehr Smartphones teurer als 45 tausend Rubel
Der Betreiber VimpelCom (Handelsmarke Beeline) über die Arbeitsergebnisse des einzelhandelsnetzes. Wie sich herausstellte, im Jahr 2018 die Russen haben mehr zu kaufen Smartphones im Wert von über 30 tausend Rubel.
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Apple scheuen sich davor 10 Jahre von der Zahlung von Steuern in Frankreich
Apple hat einen deal mit der französischen Regierung. Sie vereinbart zu zahlen Steuerrückstände seit zehn Jahren.
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Xiaomi Mi 9 kann dem Slider
Im Netz gab es Details und Renderings konzeptionellen Flaggschiff-Smartphone Xiaomi. Es gibt eine kleine Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass so wäre die erwartete Xiaomi Mi 9, aber wahrscheinlich ist es nur ein Traum der Fans der Marke.