Bomb-sniffing “cyborg locusts” could be the next wave in national security, according to military news agency Stars and Stripes.
Washington University researchers, funded by the U.S. Navy, reportedly indicate that locusts can differentiate between TNT, ammonium nitrate and other bomb-making materials, and locate their origins almost immediately. Locusts are known to have a well-honed sense in their antennae, but scientists...
Taking into account the gradual weakening of the strict quarantine regime and the decrease in the number of COVID-19 infections in the country, according to the letter of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan No 10/833 dated August 7, 2020 addressed to the heads of state bodies and state legal entities on the basis of a letter...
The 4th session of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway (AP-IS) Steering Committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) took place.
At the virtual event, Azerbaijan was represented by an employee of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Emil Ahmedov.
At the elections to the Steering Committee held within the framework of the...
Back in June, we spotted Google’s Files app working on a password-protected “Safe Folder.” This feature is now rolling out in beta, while the company reports 150 million monthly users.
Files by Google — originally Files Go — started out as an app primarily for the “Next Billion Users” in developing countries with different usage patterns and priorities. The Safe Folder feature reflects how...
The American company Facebook has launched a TikTok-like Reels service on Instagram. This was announced on Wednesday, August 5, by TASS with reference to the company’s statement.
“Today we are introducing Instagram Reels, a new service for creating and viewing short entertainment videos on Instagram,” Facebook said in a statement.
It is noted that to record a 15-second video, you need...
Today, another Huawei conference dedicated to the development of fifth generation network technology was held. Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei Wireless Product Line, said that 92 commercial 5G networks have been deployed worldwide as of July this year. At the same time, new networks are best developed in China.
By the end of this year, he predicts, Chinese operators will...
It’s the go-to social media app for millions of people around the world, but if you use Instagram, this news may raise some concerns. Several Instagram users are worried that the app is spying on them, after noticing the iOS 14 ‘camera on’ indicator keeps coming on, even if they’re not taking the photo. The ‘camera on’ indicator was...
The popular view of biometric security often invokes fingerprint readers, iris or retinal scans, and voice-activated systems. Researchers have now demonstrated how the way a person laughs might be used in biometrics. Initial tests of the approach show that a prototype laughter recognition algorithm can be 90 percent accurate.
The popular view of biometric security often invokes fingerprint readers, iris or...
Google won’t bring its 200,000 employees back to the office until July 2021, pushing past its January timeline as coronavirus cases surge across the country and a vaccine remains months away.
That makes the parent company, Alphabet, the first major U.S. company to push its office comeback into the second half of next year. Google spokesman Jason Post confirmed the decision, first...
Yesterday at academician A.Guliyev Institute of Chemistry of Additives of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) a meeting with representatives of ANAS High Technologies Park (HTP) was held. The director of the institute, academician Vagif Farzaliyev told the guests about the history, structure and main areas of activity of the Institute, as well as training of highly qualified personnel,...