In Silicon Valley, a new project "Sanas" is gaining popularity.

A startup sells a utility that can remove the accent of call center workers and change it to the voice of a typical white American.

Corsair and LG Display are developing the world's first foldable monitor.

The XENEON FLEX prototype features a 45-inch OLED panel with up to 1440p resolution and a 21:9 aspect ratio. For bending, there are special handles on the sides, while the sides of the monitor can be bent separately - only the left or right, as well as both at once. The number of flexion-extension cycles is more than 10,000 times. The price and release date of new items are still unknown.

In China, dugongs, marine mammals that have lived in the country's southern waters for hundreds of years, have become extinct.

The number of animals in Chinese waters began to decline sharply from the 1970s due to fishing, collision with ships and the gradual destruction of dugong habitat. Since 1988, the State Council of China has classified the dugong as a key protected animal of the first degree. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed the species as the most vulnerable.

Create the perfect beer for you.

The trailer of the brewing simulator has been released, in the game you will need to create your own beer: from taste to product design. The release of the game is expected on September 29th.

Rainbow cloud.

A few days ago, an extremely rare iridescent pyleus cloud appeared over the Chinese city of Haikou. For a colorful effect to appear in the cloud, there must be cooled homogeneous drops of water, and it must hit the sun at a certain angle.

Coverage Above and Beyond projec

T-Mobile President Mike Sievert and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Coverage Above and Beyond project, which aims to provide mobile communications where cell coverage is not available. However, the speed of 4 Mb / s is only enough to send text messages, including through instant messengers. In particular, the technology will help the lost to contact rescuers. The launch of Starlink V2 satellites will take place next year, their dimensions are 10 times larger than the first version.

Plants were given alcohol to drink to increase drought tolerance.

Alcohol changes the work of genes and metabolic chains that control the response of plants to drought. Japanese scientists treated the soil with ethanol and concluded that it helps wheat and rice withstand prolonged droughts.

Austrian restaurant chain MacDonald's has launched a Big Mac-scented shower gel.

You cannot buy a hygiene product for money - only for points in the application. On the net, buyers write that the gel actually smells like cucumbers and is ideal for a fast food date.

In Japan, a Domino's courier delivered a pizza to the top of Mount Fuji, 3,776 meters high.

It took 5 hours to deliver and the order cost the customer $962. The network writes that “uphill delivery” is a common practice for Japanese couriers, and publish pictures of other employees conquering the volcano.

Concrete made from used masks and gloves was 20% stronger than normal.

In three RMIT University of Melbourne studies, the team added shredded gowns, rubber gloves and face masks to concrete at varying concentrations ranging from 0.1% to 0.25%. Rubber gloves were found to increase the compressive strength of concrete by 22%, while face masks improved it by 17%. At the same time, shredded gowns increase compressive strength by 15%, elasticity by 12%, and bending resistance by 21%.

In Boston, they found a legal way to pump the brain by stimulating certain parts of it with electricity.

According to scientists, there is no risk at all - the operation is completely harmless. However, in return, both the long-term and short-term memory of the volunteers became several times stronger and better for a month.

In Texas, footprints of dinosaurs appeared at the bottom of a dry river.

In the Dinosaur Valley National Park in Texas, almost all water bodies dried up due to the heat, and new traces of ancient dinosaurs were found at the bottom of one of the rivers - no one had seen them before. They belong to the predatory Acrocanthosaurus and the herbivorous Sauroposeidon. Animals left footprints 113 million years ago. An adult Acrocanthosaurus weighed about 6.5 tons, was 4.5 meters tall and reached 11.5 meters in length. The predator lived in the Cretaceous period in what is now the United States. Sauroposeidon weighed about 44 tons and could raise its head to a height of 17-18 meters. The tracks are well preserved under the silt, but after heavy rains they will disappear under water again.

A site-constructor has appeared, where everyone can create the iPhone of their dreams.

In the web editor, you see a virtual smartphone in a "bare" form (without cutouts, ports and cameras). You can glue the Android logo, the long-missing Home button, and even a cup holder to it.

By the end of the century, it will become dangerous for people in some countries to go out because of the heat.

American scientists have calculated how the number of extremely hot days will increase over the course of a century. They built several models based on emission data and different combinations of temperature and humidity. If humanity manages to keep the level of global warming at around 2 ° C, by 2100 there will be 3-10 times more dangerously hot days in the USA, Western Europe, China and Japan. In the tropics, their number can double. In the worst case scenario, extremely dangerous heatwaves during which you cannot go outside could become the norm in India and sub-Saharan Africa. Now heat above 39.4 °C is considered dangerous, and above 51 °C is considered extremely dangerous. These are US National Weather Service estimates.

Lay's has released a "washing machine" for fingers.

A small gadget designed to clean the skin from oil residue and crumbs. "Washing Machine" was released in a limited edition, which will be drawn in a special lottery in Japan. The device will not go on sale.

In the US, naughty schoolchildren decided to beat with a shovel.

The Cassville School District in Missouri has decided to reinstate corporal punishment for students that was abolished in 2001. New disciplinary measures were proposed by the parents - they did not like the option of suspension from lessons. Flogging will be the last resort. Only the director can beat children in the presence of a witness who is not a student of the school. You can’t hit the face and head, only the buttocks. Junior students will receive 1-2 slaps, high school students - up to 3. Parents who want their children to be beaten must sign an agreement - the form will be drawn up by the school administration.

A foreign language is not forgotten over time.

Even 50 years after learning a foreign language, the level of proficiency in it remains the same. These conclusions were made by scientists from the University of York. They rounded up 500 Britons who had taken A-levels in French from 1970-2020 and gave them a second test. Volunteers from the older group did just as well as recent graduates. People remember words the same way they remember facts, dates, and names. Over time, they may begin to be forgotten, but grammar is learned once and for all - like riding a bicycle.

The James Webb telescope has sent new images of Jupiter.

The photographs show incredible quality and a high level of detail. Now you can see the smallest details: auroras, fogs and even a storm. They were made with a NIRCam camera in the infrared spectrum, which is indistinguishable to the human eye, so they were painted in post-processing.

Strangers who look alike have similar habits and DNA.

Spanish scientists have found that strangers with similar facial features have similar habits, behaviors and genotypes, while they differ in DNA methylation and microbiome. For research, scientists took pictures of Canadian photographer Francois Brunel - since 1999 he has been doing a project about twins. The scientists contacted pairs of doppelgangers, took DNA samples from them and asked them to fill out two questionnaires: biometric and lifestyle. According to the researchers, only one pair of twins out of 32 could have common ancestors. Some outwardly similar people even lived in opposite parts of the world. The results of the study can be useful for genetic diagnosis and forensic medicine - it will be possible to quickly and accurately recreate the face of a criminal from his DNA.

As part of Gamescom 2022, a new game based on the Dune universe was announced.

Dune Awakening is an open world MMO with survival elements. The game will take place on the planet Arrakis. There are still few details about the project, from the announcement it is clear that the project is being created based on the sci-fi series "Dune" by Frank Herbert. The title has already had a page on Steam.