Scientists from Australian universities have recorded the highest data rate on the Internet – 44.2 terabits per second.

At this speed, users can download thousands of high-quality movies less than a second. The scientists said they had reached record speeds with a device that replaced about 80 lasers in telecommunications equipment. This device is called a “micro-combo”.

It was tested outside the laboratory using the conventional infrastructure. Yes, scientists have managed to obtain the largest amount of data that could transmit a single optical chip. Scientists hope that their result will help develop Internet communication in the future, although this data rate currently exceeds human needs.

Singapore Mall is launching a new Sunburst UV Bot robot to help fight the coronavirus.

The robot does not use chemicals for disinfection, the destruction of the virus occurs by ultraviolet light. It is more environmentally friendly, safer, and also allows you to disinfect surfaces that are difficult to treat with chemicals, say the developers.

The radiation is harmful to human eyes and skin, so the robot can use sensors to recognize people nearby and turn off automatically. For work, you must first program the route, after that the robot will work and charge autonomously.

The price of the robot is $ 49,500. The developers lease it for 2121 dollars a month. Some robots will also be transferred to hospitals and isolation centers.

On the International Embroidery Day, the Google search engine greeted all Ukrainians with a festive doodle.

Ukrainian artist Tanya Yakunova became the author of the image of the doodle. In Ukraine, Embroidery Day is celebrated annually on the third Thursday in May. This holiday symbolizes the preservation and revival of the Ukrainian folk tradition of wearing embroidered clothes, as well as contributes to the unity of the Ukrainian people.

“While working on this project, I spent most of my time immersing myself in the study of national embroidery and numerous patterns. I used traditional colors and tried to include symbols and styles of patterns from different regions of Ukraine,” – said the artist about the process of creating the doodle.

Google has introduced the I / O braid, which allows you to control gadgets by touch.

So far, this is only a prototype, but it has already been taught to play music and change its volume. “I / O braid” is a spiral sensor matrix that can read touches and their force, converting them into electrical impulses. To do this, they used artificial intelligence technology, which was “taught” with the help of volunteers.

Google says that the touch reading accuracy for “I / O braid” reaches 94%. The company has already come up with several ways to develop the technology: in particular, the cord can be sewn into clothing and turned into a headset to adjust the volume of music playing on the smartphone.

The social network Instagram has introduced a new feature for creating step-by-step instructions called Guides.

The company stated that this feature is especially relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, so it will primarily be used in the field of “Health”. Guides allow you to divide a post into several sections and include a text description, photo, video, or link to your early posts, and then publish the instructions in Stories.

The content will be placed in a separate block in the Instagram user account. The social network has already provided access to the new feature to some bloggers and organizations.

The Instagram team hopes that the new feature will help users learn how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and cope with experiences during a pandemic.

Google Chrome has announced the introduction of a new tab grouping feature.

The new update offers a solution to the problem when many pages are open in the browser at the same time. The tab grouping function was tested for several months.

The feature is currently only available in the browser beta but will be automatically installed with an update next week.

This is the first time Google Chrome has implemented its own grouping of web pages: previously it could only be done with third-party extensions.

The Grand Theft Auto V video game can be downloaded for free to your computer from the Epic Games store until May 21.

“The treasury is open. This year we are starting EpicMegaSale with something big: the best-selling Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Edition for free in the Epic Games store until May 21,” – the store said in a statement.

GTA 5 is now available for download but requires an Epic Games account. You must also enable two-factor authentication, which can be enabled on the Epic Games account page.

Grand Theft Auto V is a 2013 adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. The events take place in the fictional state of San Andreas, in southern California.

A new feature related to live broadcasts has appeared on the social network Instagram.

Previously, after the broadcast, it could be saved in Stories for 24 hours. This is how users who missed the live view could see it. Now, under the new rules, the live broadcast can be immediately published on IGTV.

This applies to all profiles, even with a small number of subscribers. Whereas previously there was a limit for IGTV videos – up to 10 minutes for profiles with a large audience of several thousand or more subscribers.

But, at the same time, saving videos for 24 hours in Stories is no longer possible. Now you have to choose: download the video to your smartphone or save to IGTV.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi has extended the ban on Russian Internet resources, including the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, for three years.

The President put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of May 14 “On the application, abolition, and amendment of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions).” The National Security and Defense Council said it supported the proposal to extend the ban on Russian resources, including Mail.ru, VKontakte, and Odnoklassniki.

It will be recalled that since May 17, 2017, access to the Russian social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, as well as Yandex services and a number of other Russian resources have been blocked in Ukraine.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has announced the suspension of the development of the TON blockchain platform due to a protracted conflict with the US authorities.

“Imagine that a few people have invested in gold mining and then share the gold they have mined. And then the judge comes and says: “These people invested in gold mining because they were looking for a profit. And they were looking for this gold, not for themselves, but to sell to other people. Therefore, they can not extract gold,” – said Durov.

He noted that a US court has banned the use of the cryptocurrency Gram not only in the United States. The businessman added that now the Telegram team “leaves this task to other generations of entrepreneurs and programmers.” The technology developed by them will be publicly available.

The Instagram Lite app, which was a lightweight version of Instagram, has been removed from the Google Play directory.

The size of Instagram Lite was only 573 KB. The application was released in 2018. It was intended for developing regions, users of weak smartphones, and non-permanent or weak Internet connection.

The application was first launched in Mexico, then it became available in Kenya, Peru, and the Philippines. In Instagram Lite, you could not upload videos and communicate in private messages – just view photos and stories.

According to Facebook, they will soon release an improved alternative to Instagram Lite. The new version of the application will be available to more users, including residents of India, Brazil, and Indonesia. So far, Instagram Lite users have been offered to download the full version or use the service through a browser.

Astrophotographer Andrew McCartney took thousands of images of the Moon and created an incredibly detailed picture of the Earth’s natural satellite.

McCartney photographed the rising moon with a telescope, which he placed in the yard of his house. As a result, McCarthy made 20,000 photos and then began to combine them into one photograph.

“For two weeks, I photographed the moon, and then I took the most contrasting photos, processed them, and mixed them to show the different surface structure of our natural satellite. It was very difficult … “, – said Andrew McCartney.

As a result, the photographer obtained an incredible picture that reveals the crater nature of the Moon and shows surface defects that have occurred over the past 4.5 billion years.