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...
An employee of the Baden-Württemberg State Health Office opens a sample that contains a smear of a 2019 nCoV suspected case. Symbolic photo: dpa
GIESSEN – An artificial virus inhibitor pushes back pathogens like the corona virus, but works just as well against other dangerous viruses like the Lassa or the Zika virus. This has been discovered by a nationwide...
The battle to contain the Chinese coronavirus threatens to cut off U.S. companies from parts and materials they need to produce iPhones, automobiles, appliances and for treating medical conditions including Alzheimer's disease, high blood pressure and malaria.
Some of the United States' best-known manufacturers such as General Electric, Caterpillar and the Big Three automakers, along with many smaller American businesses,...
The Japanese Cabinet has approved a bill to revise the law to build a so-called "super city," where the latest technologies for urban living will be tested. The government hopes to pass the bill within the next few months.
Establishing such a "super city" is seen as key to driving innovation for what is being called "a fourth industrial revolution."...
On February 4, 2020, a meeting with the participation of young scientists and specialists - doctoral students, dissertators and undergraduates was held at the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. Speaking at the event, the director of the institute, academician Vagif Farzaliyev, said that the state shows great attention and care for...
There's a problem with stuffing wireless connections into ever-smaller devices: they can struggle to maintain a good signal when there's so little space for antennas. MIT CSAIL researchers might have a fix, though. They've developed an RFocus "smart surface" that "can work both as a mirror or a lens" to focus radio signals onto the right devices on either...
YouTube generated nearly $5 billion in ad revenue in the last three months, Google revealed today as part of parent company Alphabet’s fourth quarter earnings report. This is the first report under newly instated Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who took over as the chief executive of the entire company late last year after co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin...