Science and technology

Companies are advised to stop using female voices by default. UNESCO has published a new report in which he accused digital aides in the strengthening of gender stereotypes. Researchers believe that such assistants, like Siri (Apple) and Alexa (Amazon), contribute to the spread of sexism. In the publication called I’d …

Police of the Russian Federation has begun testing a compact camera with face detection function, developed by the Russian company NtechLab. Similar technologies have been used abroad, and now will be introduced in our country, if all tests are successful. Use the gadget can employees of power structures and security …

Head of the laboratory of Geochemistry lunar and planetary Geochemistry Russian Academy of Sciences Yevgeny slyuta said that heavy Russian lunar Rover will make the journey of 500 kilometers along the satellite of the earth, exploring “the regional structure”. He will drill several wells, to a depth of 6 metres, …

Russian science need to rejuvenate. This was stated by the head of the government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev at session of Presidium of the Council for strategic development and projects. Medvedev cited figures: in this year the share of researchers under 39 years of age should get closer …

The canadian University of Waterloo has made a breakthrough which could allow the fuel cell to displace petrol and diesel engines of hybrid cars. Researchers have developed a new element that runs at least 10 times longer than existing models. Current fuel cells theoretically could replace the traditional motors used …

A team of researchers from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI, mA) opened an innovative method for the production of biofuels, which is the most cost-effective and environmentally friendly available. In the journal Nature Communications, the researchers WPI published an article called “Engineering production and utilization of microbial biomass in supercritical …

The Chinese government has already admitted that they were involved in the cyber attacks against Canada. The leader of the opposition Conservative party of Canada Andrew Scheer made a demand not to provide the Chinese Corporation Huawei permission for the development of 5G infrastructure in Canada. He believes that the …

Most of the failures reported by residents of the United States. Problems with the online encyclopedia Wikipedia are observed in the environment in a number of countries, from the data service Downdetector, which monitors the work of popular Internet resources. According to him, problems at the site began at about …

Domestic luminaries of science methodology was developed, which will help elderly people to fight senile dementia. The technology is entirely a property of the laboratory of Virology and immunology, Institute of Kurchatov. The developed complex consists of a set of courses of various kinds of therapeutic solutions. The goal of …

The owner of the phone, which had only one faulty device, can receive up to $350. Google has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by owners of the Google Pixel, which stated that the company knowingly sold phones with a defective microphone. The scope of the claim subject to …