Made the first ever satellite call using a regular smartphone - this is the future of communication

Satellite phones are nothing new. These large bulky gadgets are connected directly to the satellite using special equipment. Unfortunately, given the way smartphones are built, it was impossible to cram all that satellite phone technology into a regular phone. But recently everything has changed...

If you are tired of answering machine and chatbots: how to reach a live operator in USCIS

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) processes about one billion applications each year. To handle such a heavy workload, USCIS has developed automated systems to deal with many issues. But, as it turned out, if your question is not solved by a bot, then contacting a person can be ...

Fire Risk: Hundreds of Thousands of Popular Doorbells Recalled in US

Some 2nd generation devices may overheat if installed incorrectly, writes The Verge. Amazon's smart home brand Ring has recalled approximately 350 000nd generation video doorbells sold in the US due to fire and fire concerns. According to a report published by the Security Commission...

'Fear is for sale': how the doorbell turned into a network that monitors America

The American company Ring was once a humble manufacturer of DoorBot smart doorbells. Today, her cameras are in homes throughout the United States, and local authorities are already seriously worried about the safety of personal data, because information about leaks and hacks has appeared more than once. Writes about this MC.today. ...

Zelensky first talked with Putin: what did the presidents talk about?

President Vladimir Zelensky held telephone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian publication TASS about this. “The issues of settlement in the south-east of Ukraine and joint work on the return of persons detained on both sides were discussed. An agreement has been reached on...

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry demanded the release of Maria Butina

Butina is accused of trying to illegally influence US policy. According to the official website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whose goal is to improve bilateral relations, writes Voice of America. During conversation…

How to call Santa from New York

For the second year in a row, New Yorkers can use the app at any of the LinkNYC kiosks located in all five boroughs to call Santa Claus. Each kiosk has a clock that counts down to Christmas, and there is a button that you can press to call Santa. Those,…

How in the USA to call back to an unknown number

Sometimes you have to deal with calls from hidden phone numbers. You do not have any information about the caller, and the phone displays the phrase “phone number hidden” or “unknown”. This is because the caller has specifically blocked the ability to identify his number by other telephones, ...

Biden joked about Poroshenko, who replaced his wife. VIDEO

US Vice President Joseph Biden, who arrived in Kyiv today, December 7, joked about communicating with his wife and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. He stated this at a briefing after negotiations with Poroshenko, Ukrainian journalist Oksana Denisova reports on Twitter. "I…

Russian officials are thinking about banning calls from Skype

The Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia has developed a draft resolution “On Amendments to the Rules for the Connection of Telecommunication Networks and Their Interaction”. It proposes to oblige all telecom operators to transmit unchanged reliable information about the number of the subscriber initiating the call. About it…

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