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Microsoft opened on Wednesday (October 19) a Transparency Center in Brasilia to help guard its products against cyberattacks. Microsoft officials and Brazilian officials were on hand for the ceremony. “We believe that there is very big potential for this technology in Brazil and we are on board, working with the Secretary of Public Security of Sao Paulo and we are working on a monitoring project that currently uses 2,500 cameras in 38 municipalities in the […]
The world’s largest gorillas have been pushed to the brink of extinction by a surge of illegal hunting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and are now critically endangered. In a park in the east of the country, the rangers are confronted daily by armed poachers trying to steal baby gorillas to sell as pets. https://youtu.be/6dGwAeaZUbE
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the latest survey conducted by the interactive travel site, Guide to Sleeping in Airports, the Iloilo International Airport took the 12th place as one of the Best International Airports in Asia.
Women who hate putting on makeup just to do an online video conference from home might appreciate this solution. Working with Microsoft, Shiseido has developed virtual makeup. Called “TeleBeauty,” the app allows women to choose from four different kinds of makeup looks ranging from “feminine” to “trendy” … with just a click. Mari Kataoka of Shiseido explains what motivated the company to develop this software. “Although notions of working women and telework have been promoted […]
Autonomous cars have eyes in all places — at all times. Their 360-vision can exceed the relatively limited view of a driver checking his or her mirrors. This is because self-driving cars are fitted with numerous cameras, radars and sensors. At the heart of the system is the car’s stereo camera — found at the front. Its two lenses — placed about 20cm apart — are linked up to an onboard computer. With a driver’s […]
(Reuters) — A new blood test that acts as an early warning system for cancer is being developed by researchers at Swansea University. It works by detecting mutations in red blood cells in advance of cancer symptoms appearing, and could one day give GPs a simple, non-invasive way to screen patients before deciding whether further investigation is needed. While the research has so far focused just on cancer of the oesophagus, the team hopes it […]
(CCTV) — Two Chinese astronauts have entered space lab Tiangong-2 from the Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft. Shenzhou-11 succeeded in docking with Tiangong-2 through a remote-controlled automatic operation early Wednesday. After the successful docking, two male astronauts, 49-year-old Jing Haipeng and 37-year-old Chen Dong, entered the orbital module of Shenzhou-11 from its re-entry module and finally entered the space lab. They will now begin a month-long stay there, during which they will conduct a series of experiments. […]
Indonesia (AFP) — Three Indonesian men have been arrested for allegedly trading in protected species, with police seizing animal parts including a tiger skin, deer genitalia and pangolin scales, an official says. https://youtu.be/PCHEmDZNNVM
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — A diver whose near miss with a great white shark became a viral video sensation, viewed more than 15 million times on Youtube, says the ocean’s apex predator is “beautiful”. Chan Ming was on a shark-watching excursion off the Mexican coast when the animal broke into the metal cage protecting him. Despite their fearsome reputation, sharks do not normally feed on humans, and have to be drawn in with bait. The […]
BEIJING, China — China on Monday, October 17 launched its longest manned space mission. It sent two astronauts into orbit to spend a month aboard a space laboratory that is part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022. https://youtu.be/U4Pazy6rR-E
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Marine ecosystems in one of the Pacific’s most vulnerable regions face decline unless they are better managed, a WWF report warned Tuesday. The report described the ocean as the lifeblood of Melanesia — a vast Pacific swathe comprising Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. But it said a range of factors including overfishing, population growth and climate change were damaging the oceans and could have a […]
ANTARTICA, Britain (AFP) — More than 50 researchers from 30 countries are to carry out the first scientific circumnavigation of Antarctica in an attempt to measure pollution and climate change, with the official launch held on Monday. https://youtu.be/jO8sxqhFXt4
