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,...
Azerbaijani science has suffered a heavy loss. Head of the laboratory of "Fine organic synthesis" of Academician A. Guliyev Institute of Chemistry of Additives of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (ANAS), Doctor Sciences in Chemistry, Professor, famous scientist in the field of organic chemistry Sabir Ahmed oglu Mammadov died at the age of 84.
Sabir Mammadov was born...
What do you consider fast for fast charging? 25W? 30W? 65W? Oppo has decided that its own super-fast SuperVOOC charging tech is not fast enough and has teased insane 125W smartphone charging speeds.
The BBK stablemate of OnePlus, vivo, and realme is often at the forefront of smartphone tech, but charging is one area in which they have ruled the roost for...
Chinese self-driving start-up WeRide said it will be the first in China to test fully driverless cars on the open road as the world’s biggest auto market doubles down on efforts to develop autonomous driving technologies.
After securing China’s first remote-control permit for road tests of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (ICV) from local authorities in Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong...
Hyundai County Electric is the name of the first electric minibus developed by the Seoul-based company. The vehicles has been recently unveiled. It’ll be introduced in the Korean market.
The 7,710 mm-long County Electric is equipped with a high-efficiency and high-power 128-kWh lithium-ion-polymer battery that provides a range of 250 km on a full charge, the manufacturer highlights. Hyundai Motor will offer...
Researchers from the Wyss Institute have developed a new smart fabric that can inflate and deflate based on temperature-dependent liquid-vapor phase changes. The researchers believe that the new smart fabric could be used to create soft robots using a specially engineered fabric to help with rehabilitation therapies or as enhancements to protect the wearer while performing strenuous tasks.
The team also...
The summer examination session of first-year master students studying at the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences continues. Due to the quarantine regime used in the country, master’s exams are organized online through the Zoom platform. To date, master students have successfully passed the relevant exams in general and special subjects, such as "Pedagogy...