With $100 million invested towards it and an incredible concept behind it, could this be the start of interstellar travel? “Fundamental physics is like an art more or less. It’s […]
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Apple and the FBI sat before the House Judiciary Committee. The group heard testimonies from both sides about the issue, including the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation James Comey and Apple’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel Bruce Sewell.
Even most of the pros don’t know all 10. This post was contributed to Starts With A Bang by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity […]
In times of emergency, many of us reach for our phones. They are vital to the safety and security of our families, friends, and colleagues.
We have developed a world economy that is increasingly dependent on our information and communication technologies, says former NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen. That’s why the crux of our future welfare depends on the development of advanced cybersecurity.
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Why does much of the world stubbornly resist data and email encryption? Why don’t we enable it on all our devices all the time?
If sold at today’s value, the value of that stock would be $45 billion.
Researchers transfer quantum data over 100 km of optical fiber.
Gene Roddenberry would have celebrated his 95th birthday today. Many of his ideas have become reality, but some never will. “‘Star Trek’ says that it has not all happened, it […]
After years of logging your likes and shares, Facebook is about to use them to create better targeted ads.
Mentalists rely on the power of suggestion to glean information from audience members. Thus, keen communication skills are essential.
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Lately, we’ve become so infatuated with creating the next big thing, rushing headlong into crafting new technologies that we’ve neglected to think through the ethics of it. Just because we can doesn’t mean we should.
Personal attacks on a speaker, especially about their funding, are a sign that the attacker can’t dispute the facts the speaker is presenting. Beware the attacker too.
Using technology is like having sex. We like the fun, the feelings, and the connection with others. But if aren’t mindful of downstream consequences like having babies, spreading disease, and dealing with psycho ex-lovers, we can end up in situations that we never anticipated.
Is looking for radio transmissions in space like claiming the lack of smoke signals means there are no modern humans? “[W]hat Fermi immediately realized was that the aliens have had […]
With self-driving cars as well as other new tech, Apple and Google maintain starkly different corporate values with regard to transparency.
Recent trends in the tech sector suggest the liberal arts degree is making a major comeback.
A UK hospital hopes the device will help patients manage their medication and track their symptoms.
Some people get anxious when they’re without their smartphones, but others may become phobic. Researchers are working on a way to measure this new, modern malady.
Consciousness is an emergent property of the brain, resulting from the communication of information across all its regions and cannot be reduced to something residing in specific areas.
Designers of the new federal system for sending emergency alerts to our cellphones devoted a lot attention to setting up the technical aspects, but not enough to figuring out what the messages should say. Research suggests those messages don’t say enough to keep us safe.
Author Steven Kotler explains the basic tenets of exponential technology growth cycles. Understanding these will allow savvy entrepreneurs to gain an advantage over their competition by way of exponential entrepreneurship.
Companies are investing in data-driven solutions that can shine a light on which business practices aren’t working while offering solutions for improvement.
Crisis counsellors are speaking directly to young people where they are most comfortable communicating, in a text message.
The Consumer Electronics Show is over, but the enduring story of how wearables will be a part of everyday life persists. Just a month ago was the Indiegogo campaign to […]
A second scientific experiment, this time in America, has established that telepathy is possible.
Forget the drones, 4K TVs and virtual reality headsets. This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was dominated by devices and services that connect your world.
Wearables are underutilized. These fitness devices have the means to prevent illness before it starts by notifying doctors when a patient isn’t practicing a healthy regimen.
Anxiety is not productive. The communications industry suffers from an existential crisis wrought by technological change. Standards have been upended, and the digital world — a universe of bits and […]