Elon Musk wants to merge man and machine – here's what he'll need to work out
Apr 02, 2017 00:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Computers and brains already talk to each other daily in high-tech labs and they do it better and better. For example, disabled people can now learn to govern robotic limbs by the sheer power of their mind. The hope is...
Renowned Physicist Stephen Hawking Becomes A Hologram, Warns Against Wilful Ignorance
Apr 01, 2017 05:19 am UTC| Science Technology
Professor Stephen Hawking has got to be the single most famous physicist in the world and he recently appeared as a hologram in Hong Kong. Aside from answering a few questions about various topics in his field, the famed...
SpaceX Makes History, Re-Used Rocket Successfully Delivers Satellite
Apr 01, 2017 05:17 am UTC| Technology
One of the biggest goals of Elon Musks SpaceX is to create a sustainable means of launching rockets into space via re-usable units. The company just made history by actually achieving this goal with one of its Falcon 9...
Congress Receives Threat From Unlikely Source Over Privacy Protection Repeal
Apr 01, 2017 05:16 am UTC| Technology Politics
With Congress recently scrapping the Privacy Protection Act that kept customer data safe from ISP mining, it seems US representatives have made a lot of enemies. A good example is the creator of the wildly popular card...
Facebook’s Picky Fundraising Feature Goes Live, Only 6 Causes Allowed
Apr 01, 2017 05:16 am UTC| Technology
In yet another bid to make itself a singular source of everything people can do online, Facebook just announced that its Personal Fundraisers feature is now available in beta. Its basically the premise of GoFundMe, which...
Anthony Levandowski Just Pled The Fifth, Uber In Really Hot Water Now
Mar 31, 2017 04:05 am UTC| Technology
If anyone assumed that Uber would just shrug off the lawsuit filed by Waymo against it, it seems Anthony Levandowski is going to prove them wrong. By pleading The Fifth and at his lawyers urging, at that, the cab-hailing...
Oculus Get Rid Of Palmer Luckey, Billion Dollar PR Nightmare Over?
Mar 31, 2017 04:05 am UTC| Technology
In a recent development that is surprising to absolutely no one, Oculus just dropped co-founder Palmer Luckey. At this point, it isnt clear if the controversial figure was fired or if he quit voluntarily, but Facebooks...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects