Category: Sci-Tech
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Self Driving Vehicles And The Trolley Problem
With the imminent arrival of Autonomous Vehicles, many people have started worrying about the safety of this new technology, especially when an issue arises to do with choice. In this piece, we’ll delve into the issue of the “Trolley Problem” and how AVs will deal with this and whether all manufacturers have the same stance.…
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1 In 2 Canadians Always Accept Browser Cookies
Digital privacy expert explains why often accepting cookies poses cyber risks According to new research commissioned by internet security company NordVPN, only 3.5% of Canadians never accept cookies. To make matters worse, a whopping 43% say they always accept cookies. While most HTTP cookies are safe, some can be used to track people without their consent. Even more,…
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Eligibility Criteria for a Professional Trading Account to Bypass EU Leverage Restrictions
The European Union (EU) isn’t known for its intelligence, fairness, or competence to govern and it more than proved this when it changed financial regulations limiting the amount of leverage contract for differences (CFD) brokers could offer their clients. A few years ago, there were no limits on forex trading leverage with some brokers offering up to 1,000 times…
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2022 And NOT Another Year Closer To Private company Asteroid Mining
It’s been eight years since an historic landing took place between an European Space Agency drone and a comet.(which looked suspiciously a lot like an asteroid to us!) At that time a report from Deep Space Industries laid out their business plans up to 2020 and what they had committed to sounded more like science…
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Battery Show Europe Showcasing Latest Batteries, Exotic Racers And Cars
Grove, Oxfordshire, England. June/July 2022 Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) showcases industry-leading high performance battery technology at The Battery Show Europe Innovative Adaptive Multi-Chem technology on display at Stuttgart show alongside first real-world application: Triumph Motorcycles’ TE-1 electric motorbike prototype Adaptive Multi-Chem combines power and energy in one advanced battery system and can be tailored for individual…
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Cellular Therapy In Mice Means Aging Reversal In Humans Possible
Salk researchers treated mice with anti-aging regimen beginning in middle age and found no increase in cancer or other health problems later on LA JOLLA—Age may be just a number, but it’s a number that often carries unwanted side effects, from brittle bones and weaker muscles to increased risks of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Now,…
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Disruptive Drone Franchise Opportunity
Aquiline Drones (AD) has now combined the fast-paced drone industry with the demand for external property care services and developed a revolutionary drone franchise business model. Specifically, the Hartford, Connecticut based drone manufacturer offers budding entrepreneurs and those with existing property maintenance companies the power of drone technology to fulfill various exterior cleaning and improvement services…
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Automation Key To Future Of Work Under Great Reset
LOS ANGELES—Automation is no longer an option, automation is the key to surviving the Great Reset. In 2021, more than 47 million American workers resigned, an annual record. In Canada numbers are harder to determine since accurate resignation numbers are not readily available. However, Statistics Canada has published the results of a survey pitched towards Canadian…
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Synth Britannia Shows The Future Was In Fact Delivered
Come on, you have to admit. It’s a lot of fun to stumble around YouTube with that old pre-internet habit of television channel surfing surprising you with random discoveries. When I do, I particularly enjoy reading comments left by others who have somehow found their way to whatever it is I happen to be watching. This…
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He Helped Shock Viewers During Legendary Synthesizer Sesame Street Appearance
Clive Smith – recording artist, composer, performer, sound designer You might have heard him on the soundtrack for the ’80’s cult film Liquid Sky. You might have come across his name on a whole lot of session-work and collaborations. Clive Smith, often credited as the ’Fairlight Programmer’. And you can see him below on the legendary 1983 Sesame Street-episode,…
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Cyber Warfare: How Digital World Became Battlefield
Cybersecurity expert explains how virtual wars are fought With the Russia-Ukraine war in full swing, cybersecurity experts point to a cyber front that had been forming online long before Russian troops crossed the border. Even in the months leading up to the outbreak of war, Ukrainian websites were attacked and altered to display threatening messages…
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SETI Search For Space Aliens Increases Odds With Your Computer
I graduated from the University of California at Berkeley 4 years ago with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. I received two job offers, one from SETI to work on high performance signal processing and the other from industry. One does not simply walk away from SETI, so I had the pleasure of joining the Berkeley…
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1 In 2 Canadians Always Accept Browser Cookies. Why We Should Be More Careful:
Digital privacy expert explains why often accepting cookies poses cyber risks According to new research by our friends at NordVPN– one of the world’s most advanced VPN service providers , only 3,5% of Canadians never accept cookies. To make matters worse, a whopping 43% say they always accept cookies. While most HTTP cookies are safe, some can be used…
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Tesla Is Fastest Growing Auto Brand Over Course Of Pandemic
Tesla has been the fastest growing automobile brand over the course of the pandemic with astounding brand value growth of 271% in the last two years, according to the latest report by leading brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance. Tesla’s impressive growth continued this year with its brand value up by 44% to US$46.0 billion ( CAD$58.55…
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Why App Developers Are Focusing On The Metaverse
Mobile apps using ‘metaverse’ in their description surge fivefold in 3 months Various mobile application developers are increasingly aligning their products with the growing metaverse concept after Facebook popularized the term following the company’s rebranding to Meta. Although metaverse is a work in progress, several appsol are associating with the concept in their descriptions. Data…
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Researchers Control Mammalian Cells With Sound For First Time
Salk researchers pinpoint a sound-sensitive mammalian protein that lets them activate brain, heart or other cells with ultrasound LA JOLLA—Salk scientists have engineered mammalian cells to be activated using ultrasound. The method, which the team used to activate human cells in a dish and brain cells inside living mice, paves the way toward non-invasive versions…
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1980s tech can keep gas powered cars on the road
Read enough automotive-related articles on the internet and you will be convinced the internal-combustion engine is being hunted with a fervor typically reserved for villains in Liam Neeson movies. Okay, that conclusion may be extreme—but it holds some truth. Regulations regarding emissions and engine efficiency grow stricter with each passing year and manufacturers are faced…
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Top sites data breached last year include linkedin
Almost 6 billion accounts affected in data breaches in 2021 The year 2021 was record-breaking in terms of the sheer size of data breaches. According to the data collected and analyzed by the Atlas VPN team, 5.9 billion accounts were affected by data breaches throughout 2021. Atlas VPN has retrieved and calculated the numbers of breached…
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CED Selectavision Videodiscs Are Movies On Vinyl Records
In 1981 RCA introduced Selectavision even though they knew they had little chance of getting these things into most people’s homes. Laserdiscs had been on the market for several years and video cassette recorders were starting to become more affordable and popular. But RCA had invested millions of dollars and spent 17 years engineering a…
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Robot pizza station set to revolutionize industry
The Picnic Pizza Station saves time, money, and labor by streamlining pizza prep without compromising quality. An intuitive system makes training and operating a breeze. The Picnic Pizza Station is the essential back-of-house makeline. The modular food prep system fits into any kitchen and uses the owner’s unique recipe, delivering perfect pizza every time. Requiring…
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1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe at Auction
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ‒ December , 2021 – Barrett-Jackson will celebrate 50 years of The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions with an extraordinary docket filled with uniquely collectible vehicles, all selling at No Reserve, including a restored 1955 300SL Gullwing Coupe (Lot #1415) during the annual Scottsdale Auction at WestWorld of Scottsdale, January 22-30, 2022. One of only 855…
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Audio Technica Bluetooth Turntable Is still Christmas Gift Stand Out
Audio-Technica have much to offer for this year’s gift giving season and we will get to all of the highlights below. But first, let’s take a look at what we believe is a Christmas gift stand out: the inimitable AT-LP60SPBK-BT. Sure, the product name is a bit of a mouthful but that is deservedly so…
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Barrett-Jackson Revs Up for Auto Event of 2022
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Barrett-Jackson is revving up for the automotive event of 2022 when it returns to WestWorld of Scottsdale, January 22-30, to celebrate 50 years of The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions. The annual Scottsdale Auction has hosted some of the most electrifying moments in collector car history over the last five decades. January’s Scottsdale Auction…
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Canadian Detects And Tracks Over 4,000 Orbiting Objects
When Port Dover astronomer Michael Earl thought about how to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sputnik, he did not know what he was in for. He decided that over the year 2007, he would detect and track 1,957 individual satellites. He managed to detect 2,053 of them; nearly 100 over his initial goal. The project…
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Google and Microsoft products accumulated the most vulnerabilities in H1 2021
Cybercriminals are constantly attempting to exploit vulnerabilities that affect as many people as possible to maximize their profit opportunities. According to the recent Atlas VPN team findings, Google and Microsoft accumulated the most vulnerabilities in the first half of 2021. Although not all exposures can cause critical damage, hackers could exploit some of them for severe attacks. …
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Porsche 928 auto was machine with personality and speed
Machine Intelligence Let me start this article by sharing with you my own observation about the nature of intelligent mechanical life: EVERY machine I ever interacted with exhibited a distinct personality. After all, they’re really analog information processors, aren’t they? Like transformers, only not quite so … animatronic. Even so, they do have a machine “spirit”. Some docile and some down right malevolent. From…
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Car Infotainment for Better User Experience
The car industry follows modern technology. In terms of car design, car security, quality of overall materials used to make the engine and car shell. The better overall quality of the vehicle is the main goal that carmakers want to achieve. But in addition to the car quality, a lot of thought is put into customer experience…
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Little Known Facts About Modern Sewer Repair Technologies
When dealing with damage to your house or municipal sewage system, you may have numerous concerns regarding your repair choices and preventive actions you may take to avoid future damage. Going through your repair choices and acting against sewage damage may be a lot easier with expert assistance. Any pipe repair expert like pomplumbing.ca will…