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Firefox has introduced protection against miners and trackers that monitor user activity.

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Mozilla representatives have announced that the new version of the Firefox browser will receive additional security tools to protect users from hidden cryptocurrency miners and online activity trackers. The development of these new protective measures was carried out in collaboration with specialists from Disconnect, a company that created a solution for blocking online trackers. Additionally, Firefox uses an ad blocker from Disconnect. Currently, the previously mentioned […]

What hinders learning a foreign language

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Today, there are many successful methods for learning English. I want to add my two cents from a different perspective: to talk about what hinders language learning. One such hindrance is that we are not learning it in the right area. I'm not referring to body parts, but to areas of the brain. In the prefrontal cortex, there are Broca's and Wernicke's areas, which are related to […]

Google has announced the dissolution of its AI ethics board.

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Formed at the end of March, the External Advisory Council on Advanced Technologies (ATEAC), which was supposed to address ethical issues in artificial intelligence, lasted only a few days. The reason for this was a petition demanding the removal of one of the council members. Kay Coles James, president of the Heritage Foundation, has repeatedly made derogatory comments about sexual minorities, which […]

Opera Reborn 3: the first browser with Web 3 support and a fast VPN

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The release of the Opera 60 web browser for personal computers, codenamed Reborn 3, has taken place, which is said to set a new standard in the web browser sphere. The Opera Reborn 3 browser features a redesigned interface, with the main goal of placing web content at the center of the user's attention. The creators have removed the dividing lines between different sections, allowing for seamless page viewing without boundaries and without […]

The NVIDIA GeForce MX250 GPU for laptops comes in two versions: the performance difference is 30%

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In February, NVIDIA announced the mobile graphics processors GeForce MX230 and MX250. At that time, there were speculations that the higher model would exist in two modifications. Now this information has been confirmed. Briefly, let's recap the key specifications of the GeForce MX250. It has 384 universal processors, a 64-bit memory bus, and up to 4 GB of GDDR5 (effective frequency — 6008 MHz). As is now reported, the developers […]

With love from Stepik: Educational Platform Hyperskill

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I want to talk to you about why we tend to fix plumbing more often than we write dissertations about it, about different approaches to teaching programming, and how we are trying to apply one of them in our new product, Hyperskill. If you're not fond of lengthy introductions, feel free to jump straight to the paragraph about programming. But this way, it will be […]

TossingBot can grasp various objects and throw them into a container like a human.

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Developers from Google, in collaboration with engineers from MIT, Columbia, and Princeton Universities, created a robotic mechanical arm called TossingBot, capable of grabbing randomly selected small objects and tossing them into a container. The project's authors state that they had to put in a lot of effort to create the robot. With the help of a special manipulator, it can not only grab random items but also […]

Aerocool Pulse L240F and L120F: Maintenance-Free Liquid Cooling Systems with RGB Lighting

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Aerocool has released two new maintenance-free liquid cooling systems from the Pulse series. The new products are called Pulse L240F and L120F, and they differ from the Pulse L240 and L120 models by featuring fans with addressable (pixel) RGB lighting. Each of the new models is equipped with a copper water block that has a fairly large micro-channel structure. At first glance, it seems that a pump is installed right above the water block, as […]

The extension website for Microsoft Edge has been launched

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As is known, Microsoft recently introduced test versions of its new Chromium-based browser, which are already available for download. Prior to this, the company launched a new webpage for extensions for the program. Until yesterday, there wasn't much need for it, but now the situation has changed. It is reported that the new resource functions like a Chrome extension store. To access it, you need to do the following: […]

Provincial Bonfire or the Birth of a Nation

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Prologue Call the fire department! Only they can extinguish the fire under his butt. Year 1996 America celebrates Independence Day. In honor of this, Will Smith saves the planet from an alien attack using a computer virus. Meanwhile, I save the planet by coordinating fighters equipped with laser guns. Unfortunately, the rescue is not in a movie, but in the game UFO: Enemy Unknown. In […]

Idaho Power announced a record low price for solar electricity.

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A 120 MW solar station will help replace a coal power plant that is scheduled to be decommissioned by 2025. According to network sources, the American company Idaho Power has signed a 20-year agreement to purchase energy from the 120 MW solar power plant. The construction of the station is being carried out by Jackpot Holdings. The main feature of the contract is that […]

Textly.AI – a service for improving written English

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Hello everyone! Today I wanted to tell you about my new project – an online assistant for correcting errors in English texts, Textly.ai. This service is for anyone who uses English in communication or wants to improve their writing skills. How it works: browser extensions We have created extensions for Chrome and Firefox. After installing one of these extensions, the system starts checking […]

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