North Korea, unlikely as it may seem, has started manufacturing three models of computers, according to a recent state TV report. The report took viewers inside the factory affiliated with the Information Technology Institute, and it is nothing like the modern automated production lines that churn out thousands of laptops each day in neighboring China. PC Worldreports: In one shot, eight workers could be seen sitting in front of a long, green bench carrying out tasks such as installing the keyboard and checking the laptop hinge....

All in all, 2021 has been a great year for European unicorn creation with some media speaking of a ‘European unicorn boom’. To date, more than 70 European private companies have boasted a $1 billion plus valuation, bringing the total number of unicorns produced since 1990 to 296, slightly more than China. But there’s still a long way to go. While Europe may be pulling ahead of China in terms of fresh unicorns, the US managed to mint 184 in the first eight months of 2021, with more on the way in the months after....

A woman from Northern Ireland has been granted an injunction against Facebook, among other social networks, in a case that has been described as the first of its kind in the country. The BBC todayreportsthat the woman’s 9-year relationship with a man had recently ended, and it seems that he had threatened to upload a sexually explicit video of the couple onto social networks, and show it to her friends, family and employer....

The moments we have in life are important, and sometimes when we’re using social media tools like Twitter and Facebook, we forget to fully enjoy the moment. Or worse, we totally forget the context of the moment. We’re left with a bunch of photos, videos, and tweets with nothing more than a date and time on them. No notes, no guidance on what was really going on at that very moment....

Nosy AI reads a 300-year-old sealed letter — without opening it The technique could also virtually open historical books and scrolls Picking the letter locks The team first scanned the folded documents with X-ray imagining equipment that was designed for use in dentistry. Computational flattening algorithms were then applied to the scans. This generated 2D and 3D reconstructions of the letters in both folded and flat states. It also produced images of the writing surfaces and crease patterns in the documents....