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China spies on citizens with half a billion cameras | Abroad

China spies on citizens with half a billion cameras |  Abroad

The New York Times concluded this after a year-long investigation in which reporters analyzed 100,000 Chinese government documents. These documents concerned the acquisition of equipment for the surveillance system. The documents show that the Chinese government is going to extreme lengths to keep tabs on its citizens. At the national and local levels, administrators seem to seek “maximum oversight”. In …

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Rumor: AMD Considering Zen 4 CPUs for AM4 Motherboards

Rumor: AMD Considering Zen 4 CPUs for AM4 Motherboards

AMD has repeatedly confirmed that the AM4 motherboard platform will remain in the lineup for the time being. Now it looks like AMD is considering an AM4 variant of its Zen 4 processors. This processor is said to have DDR4 support on AM4 motherboards. This is peculiar, as AMD had previously announced that Zen 4 would only support DDR5 and …

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New rehearsal with NASA’s moon rocket, launch not before late summer

New rehearsal with NASA's moon rocket, launch not before late summer

Today, NASA begins another dress rehearsal for the first launch of its new moon rocket. An earlier attempt to wet dress rehearsal to carry it out, was anything but as planned. The SLS rocket that will bring Americans back to the Moon in a few years worries NASA. After years of delays, the Space Launch System was ready in early …

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Six researchers receive the highest Dutch scientific honor | Science

Six researchers receive the highest Dutch scientific honor |  Science

31 reactions Jun 17, 2022 at 10:57 am Deze onderzoekers ontvangen de Spinozapremie: Thea Hilhorst, hoogleraar Humanitaire Hulp en Wederopbouw aan de Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam, voor haar onderzoek naar de toenemende noodsituaties die wereldwijd ontstaan ​​als gevolg van rampen en gewapende conflicten. Corné Pieterse, hoogleraar Plant-microbe Interacties aan de Universiteit Utrecht, voor zijn “baanbrekende onderzoek” naar de vraag hoe …

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Discovery of a growing and devouring black hole | Science

Discovery of a growing and devouring black hole |  Science

Australian astronomers have discovered a massive, fast-growing black hole elsewhere in the universe that is gobbling up everything in its surroundings. Scientists have been searching unsuccessfully for these supermassive objects for more than fifty years. The black hole, with the mass of three billion suns, consumed in different media the equivalent of one Earth every second and shines 7,000 times …

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Adobe offers Photoshop for free on the web

Adobe offers Photoshop for free on the web

Canadian users with a free Adobe account already have access to the web version of Photoshop. Photoshop’s “core features” will be free on the web, but Adobe plans to roll out exclusive features to paid subscribers in the future. “We want to let more people try Photoshop,” said Maria Yap, vice president of Adobe. against The Verge† Adobe hopes the …

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Apps of the week: Better understand your feelings with emojis | NOW

Apps of the week: Better understand your feelings with emojis |  NOW

TikTok gets avatars and a Dutch app wins a major design award from Apple. These are the apps of the week. Odio Last week, Apple announced the winners of the Apple Design Awards: twelve apps that the company says do something special. Dutchman Odio won one of these awards. This app provides soothing ambient sounds. It goes a step further …

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These apps warn you if you’re at risk for sunburn | NOW

These apps warn you if you're at risk for sunburn |  NOW

The Netherlands loves the sun, but with this beautiful weather you always run the risk of getting burned. Your smartphone can help you avoid this. Sun strength is around 5 this week, which means your skin can burn in 15-25 minutes if you don’t apply it. It not only hurts, but also increases the risk of skin cancer. With these …

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