The UK's weather service, the Met Office, will spend £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) to acquire the world's most powerful climate supercomputer, the government has announced. That's over ten times more than its current Cray XC40 cost, but it will deliver more timely and accurate forecasts. That could make the difference in knowing whether your flight will be canceled or...
The official website of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan presents a list of periodic scientific publications recommended by the HAC to publish the main results of the dissertations in 2020.
The list includes schedule of journals in mathematics and mechanics, physics and astronomy, chemistry, technology, space and geography, medicine and pharmacy, biology and...
On February 11-13, 2020, the IX Republican competition "Scientists of the Future" is held. This knowledge contest is of great interest to pupils not only from the capital, but also from the regions. Among such pupils there are Hasanli Raya Zaur kizi and Askerli Sevil Seymour kizi. These pupils took part in the “Medicine and Health” section of the...
At the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), young scientists who have distinguished themselves in outstanding achievements in science will be given salary supplement. This will be carried out in accordance with the Decree of the President of ANAS of February 6, 2020 "On establishing a salary supplement for young scientists of ANAS,...
5G technology has already been commercialized in 10 countries of the European Union. This is evidenced by the latest quarterly report of the European Commission's 5G Observatory.
Fifth Generation Communication Networks 5G, coupled with Big Data Analysis and the Internet of Things (IoT), are designed to become one of the foundations of the digital economy, the main driving force of...
The opening ceremony of the IX Republican Competition "Scientists of Future" was held at the Azerbaijan Technical University as part of the Intel ISEF - International Science and Engineering Exhibition.
The competition was organized by the Ministry of Education, ANAS, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Heydar Aliyev Center, Republican Committee of the Free Trade Union of Education Workers of Azerbaijan...
A group of scientists of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences - academicians Akif Alizadeh, Ramiz Mammadov, Telman Aliyev, Nazim Mammadov, Vagif Farzaliyev, Vagif Abbasov, corresponding members Gurban Yetirmishli, Misir Mardanov, Oktay Gasimov, Ogtay Samedov and Bakhtiyar Mammadov were awarded “Baku State University 100th anniversary medal”. At the regular meeting of the Presidium of ANAS, the president of the Academy,...
Apple has been fined 25 million euros (NZ $42.7 million) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models without making it clear to consumers.
The fine was imposed by France's competition and fraud watchdog DGCCRF, which said consumers were not warned.
In 2017, Apple confirmed it did slow down some iPhones, but said it only did so to "prolong the life" of...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now central to Google’s operations, which means that the search engine outfit does not need to let a human near any personal data.
At Google’s AI in Action event in Zurich, GlobalData heard how the company is tackling the issue of responsible and ethical AI deployment.
GlobalData’s technology writer Ellen Daniel said: “An ethical conundrum that AI...
Hackers need physical access to a computer or need to trick a user into installing malware to steal data from an air-gapped PC (one that is not physically connected to a network). Air-gapped computers can have malware installed to steal data, but getting the data out is harder. That may not be the case with new research shared by...