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Microsoft and Facebook’s 4,000-Mile-Long Subsea Cable Has Been Completed
Marea is the highest capacity subsea cable to cross the Atlantic.
AI Might Match Human Learning Capabilities by 2050, Says Breyer Capital CEO
"For the next decade or two, the good that comes out of proper, safe and interesting AI applications is enormous."
Analysts Predict That Artificial Intelligence Will Be a $14 Billion Industry by 2023
That’s 27 times larger than it was in 2015.
Researchers Restore Consciousness in Man After 15 Years in a Vegetative State
"Brain plasticity and brain repair are still possible even when hope seems to have vanished."
Australia Is Finally Getting Its Own Space Agency
"The agency will be the anchor for our domestic coordination and the front door for our international engagement."
Researchers Claim They Just Invented The “Ultimate” Method for Quantum Computing
They believe their system could process more than a million qubits.
Want to Learn More About Ethereum? Ethereum Co-Founder Explains His Cryptocurrency
And he calls it "cryptoeconomics."
Get Ready. Elon Musk is Unveiling Updates About his Interplanetary Spaceship This Friday
A major update on SpaceX’s plans for Mars could be just a few days away.
Chinese Official Says the Nation’s Plans to Explore Mars Are “Going Smoothly”
China’s space agency is on track for a 2020 launch.
A Smartphone Made in Russia Claims to be “Surveillance-Proof”
The company's CEO claims users can "fully control all the information which goes through this mobile device."
How Fake Fingers Could Improve Touch ID Security
“Given their unique characteristics, we believe our fake fingers will be valuable to the fingerprint recognition community.”
SETI Scientist: Seven Places In Our Solar System Likely Host Microbial Life
You might be able to guess a few of them.
Study Asserts Lead in Flint’s Water Had “Horrifyingly Large” Effect on Birth Rates
The working paper found a 58 percent increase in fetal deaths in Flint compared to areas with clean water.
Ford is Using Microsoft’s HoloLens to Design Cars in Mixed Reality
AR/VR technology offers designers a new world to tinker with.
Stephen Hawking Has Flawed Ideas About Alien Life, According to Former SETI Scientist
"There are a lot of places that there could be life. Now the big question is, are they trying to make contact, or do they want us to try?"
NASA May Shift Its Focus From Mars to the Moon
"What we've really tried to do at NASA is leave a lot of options open."
Hyperloop One Now Has $245 Million to Make the Transportation System a Reality
"We initially targeted $50 million and ended up raising $85 million instead."
Soon, Uber Won’t Be Allowed to Operate in a Major Urban Metropolis
Beginning September 30, Uber will no longer be licensed to operate in London.
Can Dam Failures Like Puerto Rico’s Guajataca Be Prevented?
70,000 people near Quebradillas, Isabela, and surrounding areas have been urged to evacuate.