Fitbit bought Pebble for patents. The brand will be liquidated, device support will be terminated

About a week ago, there was a rumor in the network that Fitbit was preparing to buy its competitor Pebble for $ 30–40 million. The information turned out to be reliable and the deal actually took place. Yesterday in...

Microsoft and Facebook will lay the MAREA Internet cable on the bottom of the Atlantic

Microsoft and Internet giant Facebook have agreed to jointly contribute to the global Internet infrastructure. In August, the laying of underwater construction will begin, funded by them ...

In the price list of SpaceX appeared the line "Delivery of cargo to Mars"

The company SpaceX has published a price list with fixed prices for lifting cargo with Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, starting from 2018. Standard fixed launch rate ...

Google released Messenger Spaces, integrated with YouTube, Photos and Chrome

Today, the search giant announced the release of a new social application Spaces. True, you can call it a messenger only conditionally: although the program is intended for communication, in fact ...

Central Bank seeks to pre-trial blocking of sites from any jurisdiction

The Central Bank and the Ministry of Communications are preparing changes to Article 15.1 of the Law “On Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information,” Izvestia reports. Since January 2017, the Central Bank (Bank of Russia) has rece

FAS will file a separate case against HP and Lenovo. LG and Philips will check for price collusion

The Federal Antimonopoly Service is preparing to initiate a separate case against HP and Lenovo on the fact of cartel collusion during public procurement, RBC reports with reference to RIA Novosti. ABOUT...

American student died from electric shock, repeating a physical experiment with YouTube

On YouTube you can find videos of many interesting scientific experiences. However, some of them are life threatening. Such a tragedy occurred with a 15-year-old boy from Ohio. Parents found ...

Skype chat has implemented a code editor for interviewing.

Conducting technical interviews via Skype will be easier thanks to a new feature that has been implemented in the web version of Skype messenger. This is a code editor that works in parallel with video chat ....

Dell XPS 13 9365: Lightweight Transformer for Every Day

Dell XPS 13 is one of the best laptops in our product portfolio. Many users choose XPS devices for their compactness, lightness, high-quality screen with high resolution and thin ...

DARPA ordered the development of futuristic combat vehicles

The research agency DARPA has concluded eight contracts with private companies and universities for the development of infantry fighting vehicles under the Ground X-Vehicle Technology program ...