Новости за 23.12.2018

File this one under deeply ironic — yet sadly necessary.

On Wednesday, the elusive street artist Banksy claimed responsibility on Instagram for a new mural that appeared on the wall of a garage in the south Wales town of Port Talbot. 

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Then, days after the work appeared, the town erected a transparent plastic sheet wall to protect the latest work from the artist who made a name for himself by vandalizing public property. Читать дальше...

There's trouble in iOS paradise.

Apple's 12.1.2 iOS update, rolled out Tuesday, appears to be causing more problems than the fix was intended to solve.

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Multiple users on Twitter are complaining that the iOS update is bricking their phones by cutting off cellular data. First reported by Forbes, there are now multiple user complaints on Twitter about their iPhones' inability to connect to cellular data after updating to the latest version of iOS. Читать дальше...

The banned Slack accounts are coming back.

On Friday evening, Slack issued a mea culpa for what some were calling "discriminatory" account bans, made in an effort to comply with U.S. economic sanctions.

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"We acknowledge that we made several mistakes here," Slack wrote in a blog post. "Our attempts to comply with these regulations were not well-implemented. In our communications,... Читать дальше...

Most Star Wars fans know John Boyega as Finn, hero of the Resistance. But among First Order Stormtroopers, he'll always be the traitorous FN-2187.

Call it the Christmas Spirit: 2018 Edition.

Writer Candice Marie Benbow chose to handle what could have been a sticky situation with a neighbor with kindness, and, also, cake.

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On Dec. 15, Benbow shared an unusual (and hilarious) letter she wrote to her downstairs neighbor on Twitter. The neighbor had an unfortunate habit of blasting music at 3:00 a.m. This was something Benbow had somewhat resigned herself to... Читать дальше...

In 2011, Louis CK, Ricky Gervais, and Chris Rock all sat together in a room and tossed around the N-word while a visibly uncomfortable Jerry Seinfeld watched.

SpaceX just ended 2018 with a bang. 

Elon Musk's private spaceflight company performed its 21st launch of the year on Sunday, Dec. 23, lofting a GPS satellite to orbit for the U.S. Air Force. 

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The company didn't bring its Falcon 9 rocket booster back in for a landing due to the Air Force's mission requirements. Instead, this brand new rocket was used the old fashioned way and discarded after it performed its duties admirably. Читать дальше...

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Alright, kiddos: it's time to right some wrongs. 

This year was a lot. From tons of big moods to moments that made us say NOPE, 2018 was a twelve-month avalanche of super intense content. With so much excellence to choose from, it's no wonder that a number of great projects failed to gain the audiences they deserved. So, let's fix that.

Whether you're looking for an adorable mobile game to play on that drive to Grandma's or a fiery series about a body-positive terrorist group to binge with your bestie, we've got you covered. Читать дальше...

It's that time of year once more: time to don the holiday sweaters, pour a hot chocolate, gather the family and stare at a computer screen scrolling through the best viral nativity scenes the internet has to offer.

Computers may not wear tennis shoes (yet), but thanks to developing artificial intelligence technologies, they're smarter than ever before. Along with those technologies has come a relatively new category of computer science called machine learning, or ML.

Here's a fact that would send chills down your spine: electronic devices have officially taken over the human population. By 2020, experts are forecasting that there will be more than four devices for every person on the planet.