Georgia Tech researchers Thad Starner and Caitlyn Seim have developed a pair of gloves for playing piano that can magically get you up to speed in just an hour They’ve also taught blind people to […]
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GitHub Preps for the Apocalypse
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is where seeds for a wide range of plants are preserved in case of some pandemic or nuclear apocalypse. It is also home to the Arctic World Archive, the seed […]
The War for Control of the Global Computer-Chip Industry
The semiconductor industry sits at the centre of the modern world and this is key to appreciating what’s going on in the US government’s battle with Chinese technology giant Huawei The US actions do more […]
South Koreans Faking their Funerals for Life Lessons
A South Korean service is offering free funerals – but only to the living More than 25,000 people have participated in mass “living funeral” services at Hyowon Healing Center since it opened in 2012, hoping […]
‘Artificial Leaf’ Successfully Produces Clean Gas
A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and could be used to develop a sustainable alternative […]
Work On An “Internet of Brains” Takes Another Step
Scientists Demonstrate Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans We humans have evolved a rich repertoire of communication, from gesture to sophisticated languages. In a new study, technology replaces language as a means of communicating by directly […]
Everything is Amazing, But Nothing is Ours
We love services. Services free us to be pure consumers, seeking exactly what we want for as little friction and overhead as possible. So long as everything works Worlds of scarcity are made out of […]
Saudi Arabia Talking Further Investments into SoftBank
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is in talks to pour yet more money into SoftBank SoftBank is in the middle of raising funds for its second enormous Vision Fund. In July, the telecom giant announced […]
Apple Celebrates “The Morning Show”
On Monday, Apple celebrated “The Morning Show” at the global premiere of the original series Told through the lens of two complicated women working to navigate the minefield of high-octane jobs while facing crises in […]
Neuralink’s Research Lab
Bloomberg Technology’s Sarah McBride visits the primate lab that’s been carrying out Neuralink’s research Over the summer, Elon Musk unveiled the details of his secretive startup Neuralink. Its goal, he said, is to place electrodes […]
Alphabet posts 23% decline in profits
Disappointing earnings come as the company faces antitrust challenges and employees condemn policies Alphabet’s stock fell as much as 4% in after hours trading after it reported it missed analyst expectations and posted a 23% […]
Google Changes its Core Search Algorithm
Google is currently rolling out a change to its core search algorithm that it says could change the rankings of results for as many as one in ten queries It’s based on cutting-edge natural language […]
‘Capitalism as we know it is dead’
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks about trust, worker uprisings, and the time he tripped and decided not to buy Twitter Benioff has become a prominent critic of social networks, which he has accused of acting […]
Is Amazon Unstoppable?
Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready to fight back Amazon is now America’s second-largest private employer. (Walmart is the largest.) It traffics more […]
US military Tries to Read Minds
A new DARPA research program is developing brain-computer interfaces that could control “swarms of drones, operating at the speed of thought”. What if it succeeds? Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, have been used to help people […]
27 Stats About Google
Google is one company that is always on our minds. Whenever we have a question, or need directions, or want to see a picture of something, almost the entire world first thinks to “Google it” […]