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Artificial intelligence will be beating humans — outworking if not entirely outmoding them — in plenty of functions as the future approaches. Here's why.
Artificial Intelligence

From the Dept. of People You Should Really, Really Listen To.

By Foster Kamer

Elon Musk is firing back — and pointing to his time at digital payment company PayPal for credentials in the world of cryptocurrency.
Elon Musk

"Hey cryptocurrency 'experts,' ever heard of PayPal?"

By Jon Christian

Google is now debuting a new video chat system they’re calling “Project Starline.” It's a 3-D holographic video chat. Here's how it works.
Future Society

So you can feel so close, yet so far.

By Foster Kamer

Another ship broke down in the Suez Canal on Friday, but this time tugboats were able to pull it out of the way so traffic could pass through.
Advanced Transport

2021 is already replaying the hits.

By Dan Robitzski

Jetpack pilot Richard Browning broke Usain Bolt's 100-meter record while wearing his famous "Iron Man"-like jetsuit, according to Guinness World Records.
Advanced Transport

"I have to say, all respect to Usain Bolt, because I thought that felt pretty quick."

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon is being roasted for sharing a video of its "AmaZen," essentially a phonebooth-sized box where employees can go to "focus on their mental wellbeing."
Future Society

Inside the "AmaZen" box, nobody can hear you scream.

By Victor Tangermann

In a recent CBC interview, retired astronaut Chris Hadfield shared his opinion on the recent emergence of "unidentified aerial phenomena" sightings.
Robots and Machines

"Obviously, I've seen countless things in the sky that I don't understand."

By Victor Tangermann

Professor and astrophysicist Adam Frank is not impressed by recent reports of UFOs.
Robots and Machines

"But if the mission of these aliens calls for stealth, they seem surprisingly incompetent."

By Victor Tangermann

Remember Anonymous? Now They’re Threatening Elon Musk
Elon Musk

"You may think that you are the smartest person in the room, but now you have met your match."

By Tony Ho Tran

Cobalt mining is ravaging the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as miners are kept in poverty and live around mines that poison the environment.
Energy

Cobalt mining is having a disastrous impact on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

By Dan Robitzski

China's first module of its upcoming space station makes use of ion drives, technology that could vastly cut down the time it takes to travel to Mars.
Off-World

The country is betting big on electric spacecraft propulsion.

By Victor Tangermann

While it didn't drive erratically, a Tesla Model 3's Autopilot system got confused when driving behind a truck hauling traffic lights down the highway.
Tesla

Who put all these traffic lights in the middle of the road?

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have recreated the conditions in Pluto's atmosphere in a lab to investigate what's behind the red spots observed by New Horizons.
Off-World

We still don't know why they exist.

By Victor Tangermann

Aibnb, Uber, Lyft, and other similar companies are becoming considerably more expensive as they attempt to stop burning through so much cash.
Future Society

Companies now dare to ask a bold question: "What if we actually made money?"

By Dan Robitzski

Coating the platters of a high-density hard drive with graphene instead of a carbon-based overcoat results in ten times the storage capacity.
Graphene

Just slap some graphene on that bad boy and watch it work.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a team of researchers, the existence of an extra dimension in space-time could explain the existence of dark mater
Science & Energy

"We propose that there may be a fourth dimension that only the dark forces know about."

By Victor Tangermann

Former employees and associates of Bill Gates are speaking up about the open secret that, despite his public persona, he's actually a horrible boss.
Future Society

Former employees say Gates was a difficult boss who used NDAs to keep unsavory details quiet.

By Dan Robitzski

This afternoon, the New York Times published an article making a surprising claim about exobiology: that watermelons had been discovered on Mars.
Mars

"Authorities say rise of fruit aliens is to blame for glut of outer space watermelons."

By Jon Christian

A new Change.org petition is politely asking Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos to please stay in space forever after he takes off next month.
Jeff Bezos

"Jeff Bezos is actually Lex Luthor, disguised as the supposed owner of a super successful online retail store."

By Victor Tangermann

The US Navy is having some serious issues with procuring parts for its Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines.
Nuclear Fusion

Thousands of parts have had to be cannibalized from one submarine to use in another.

By Victor Tangermann