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The US reveals plans for a free coronavirus vaccine for every citizen

While Americans are still waiting for one or more vaccines to be certified for Covid-19, the administration already has an idea how to distribute them so that ultimately \"every American interested in it gets a copy.\" As we read in a report presented at the congress by the US Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Aid and the Department of Defense, the vaccine will be distributed without any upfront payments to suppliers and out-of-pocket expenses for recipients, i.e. simply ... for free for every citizen who will want get vaccinated.

He hacked the coffee machine and demanded a ransom ... in the name of security

Telephones, televisions, cameras, weather boxes, dishwashers, washing machines, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners and coffee machines ... can be changed endlessly, because nowadays everything must be smart. On the one hand, it has many advantages, but on the other hand, it brings completely new risks that we did not even realize. Especially since the Internet of Things is full of unsecured devices just waiting for someone with the right skills to hack them and turn them into an extortion and money making machine. You don't believe? Then just look at this coffee machine that, after hacking, was asking for a ransom!

Emergency services are already using the Starlink space internet from SpaceX

SpaceX announced that emergency services in California and Washington have just received access to the cosmic Internet. There are such great fires, so the servants have their hands full. Starlink now helps them in fast and stable communication. Thanks to it, firefighters, police and medics can quickly exchange information between each other and the command center and better plan their tasks.

Here is the first such accurate picture of the extrasolar planet Beta Pictoris c

Here is a picture of the exoplanet Beta Pictoris c, which orbits a star twice the size of the Sun called Beta Pictoris. The objects are in the constellation Painter, 63 light-years away, or some 630 trillion kilometers. Despite this, it can be seen with the naked eye from the surface of our planet. Interestingly, the host star of this exoplanet is very young, being only 12 million years old. It is worth adding here that the Sun has been around 4.6 billion years.

This robot will be exploring the mysterious Phobos, the moon of Mars in 5 years

The coming years promise to be excellent in terms of space exploration. We will return to the moon and fly to Mars for the first time, as well as thoroughly examine its moons, which may hold more interesting news about the history of the Red Planet than the planet itself. At least that's what scientists from Germany, France and Japan are preparing a mission called Martian Moons Exploration (MMX).

There are already 600,000 5G base stations in China, connecting 150 million people

While 5G masts are burning in Europe, and many of its opponents believe that it helps spread the coronavirus, in China there is no trace of the pandemic, and the 5G network is growing faster and faster. This week, hundreds of more masts are erected, creating a constellation of over 600,000 devices in the country. The plans are ambitious, as many as 50,000 new masts are to be erected each month.

An autonomous car has to face such a nightmarish reality on the roads

This technology is undoubtedly the future of the automotive industry, as there are several hundred companies involved in its development around the world. In the future, it will be integrated with the Smart City's intelligent infrastructure. Thanks to it, road transport in metropolises will be more efficient, and our safety will increase significantly.