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Two astronauts complete 2nd spacewalk to repair cosmic particle detector
Two astronauts completed on Friday the second complex spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) to repair a cosmic particle detector in searching for dark matter and antimatter.
Stainless steel, broken glass and buzz, Tesla makes a pickup
The much-hyped unveiling of Tesla's electric pickup truck went off script Thursday night when supposedly unbreakable window glass splintered twice when hit with a large metal ball.
1st in vitro Puerto Rico crested toad gives scientists hope
A critically endangered Puerto Rican toad was for the first time born via in vitro fertilization as U.S. scientists attempt to save it from extinction, officials announced Friday.
US regulators bar govt telecom funds for Huawei, ZTE
U.S. communications regulators have cut off government funding for equipment from two Chinese companies, citing security threats.
China vows to make 5G breakthroughs for industrial internet
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued a plan to promote 5G plus industrial internet, pledging to make key 5G breakthroughs to meet specific requirements of industrial internet by 2022.
NASA's InSight lander heat probe resumes working on Mars
NASA's InSight lander has resumed its heat flow probe digging on Mars again after months of efforts, the mission team said on Twitter.
US regulators bar govt telecom funds for Huawei, ZTE
U.S. communications regulators have cut off government funding for equipment from two Chinese companies, citing security threats.
Effects of Excessive Use of Smartphones
Did you ever thought about Effects of Excessive Smartphone Use? In the present world, it is hard to imagine a day without using a cellphone unless you are on vacation in the midst of nowhere. The number of cell phone users is mounting each day round the world. According to Statista, by 2019 about 2.7 billion people are estimated to use Smartphone devices globally1. And, the statistics of mobile phone usage is predicted to cross 4.68 billion covering about 67 percentages of the global population in 20191.
The Global data of GSMA Intelligence reveals that the total figures of worldwide mobile users has already climbed the benchmark of five-billion2. In Bangladesh 158,438,000 mobile numbers were registered up to February 2019 - nearly 1 per head of the country’s population.
AI bot beats human in multiplayer game with secret roles
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an artificial intelligence-enabled machine that can beat human players in a tricky online multiplayer game where player roles and motives are kept secret.
Google reins in political advertising
Google is making it harder for political advertisers to target specific types of people.