When SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off on Thursday night, it carried humanity’s entire backup plan with it. It was headed to the moon, the world’s ultimate cold-storage unit.
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos wants to put a TRILLION humans in space – and promises ‘1,000 Mozarts and Einsteins’
AMAZON chief Jeff Bezos dreams of creating a new space race of humans across our solar system – with a population of one trillion. The billionaire tech mogul revealed the lofty goal during a speech about Blue Origin, his groundbreaking space transport company.
Apple is arming up to redefine TV just like it did the phone
Apple is on the cusp of launching a major new product: A TV viewing experience that is dizzying in scope, and unlike anything on the market. Much more than just a streaming service, Apple’s new vision hopes to encompass both live TV and on-demand video, and be accessible on virtually any screen.
Zombie rat CYBORGS controlled by the human MIND in ‘Frankenstein’ tests are steered through maze in bizarre experiments
SCIENTISTS have created mind-controlled rats that can be directed through a maze by the power of human thought. Researchers implanted micro-electrodes to the rat’s brain and connected it to the brain of a human volunteer who was hooked up to a computer.
At this fast food drive through, the person taking your order might not be a person at all
The drive through window is often considered the most harrowing assignment inside a fast-food restaurant. If that juggling act wasn’t hard enough, a giant timer hangs in many drive through kitchens, adding urgency to each task, former workers say.
Is the American Autobahn next? How states are pushing highway speeds past the limit
There’s nothing quite like driving the Autobahn. After years of seeing posted highway speeds creep up around the country, perhaps it’s no surprise that a California legislator would propose the ultimate in motoring freedom: No limits at all.
Pinstagram? Instagram code reveals Public Collections feature
Instagram is threatening to attack Pinterest just as it files to go public the same way the Facebook-owned app did to Snapchat. Code buried in Instagram for Android shows the company has prototyped an option to create public “Collections” to which multiple users can contribute.
Virgin Galactic spaceplane reaches space with first passenger on board
Tourism venture Virgin Galactic sent its spaceplane into space for the second time this morning, qualifying all three people on the flight for their commercial astronaut wings.
The CRISPR twins had their brains altered
The brains of two genetically-edited girls born in China last year may have been changed in ways that enhance cognition and memory, scientists say.
Twitter User Mocks Stationary Bicycle Company For Using Luxury Lifestyle For Their Ads
There are a few things in this world that just don’t make any sense. Amongst those are ads of people eating salad and having a good time as well as photos of people working out and while having the time of their life (also looking better and sexier than ever). Now, more than ever, people are getting tired of being forced fed fake imagery of a life that is impossible to achieve.
Apple to Target Combining iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps by 2021
Apple Inc. wants to make it easier for software coders to create tools, games and other applications for its main devices in one fell swoop — an overhaul designed to encourage app development and, ultimately, boost revenue.
Digital advertising to surpass print and TV for the first time, report says
This year, the money spent on digital advertising in the United States will surpass that on traditional ads for the first time, according to forecasts by eMarketer, representing a landmark inversion of how advertisers budget their resources and highlighting the rise of digital media as platforms to
Why you think you’re right, even when you’re wrong
Are you a soldier or a scout? Your answer to this question, says decision-making expert Julia Galef, could determine how clearly you see the world. Imagine for a moment you’re a soldier in the heat of battle — perhaps a Roman foot soldier, medieval archer or Zulu warrior.
Nobody Wants to Invest in Your Shit
No, this is not an email I received from an angry reader (though I have received many similar ones over the years). It’s actually the title of a fun book on the topic of writing that was published several years ago by the author of Bagger Vance and other titles.
Amazon plans to make 50% of shipments net zero carbon by 2030
Amazon hopes to make 50 percent of all shipments to customers with net zero carbon in the next 11 years as part of an initiative it’s calling Shipment Zero, it said today.
Huawei cloning Apple parts, rewarding employees for tech theft
China’s Huawei uses “dubious” tactics to try to reverse engineer technology from Apple and other competitors in the electronics market, a report charged on Monday.
Stop saying, ‘We take your privacy and security seriously’
In my years covering cybersecurity, there’s one variation of the same lie that floats above the rest. “We take your privacy and security seriously.” You might have heard the phrase here and there.
How the US has hidden its empire
The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story. By There aren’t many historical episodes more firmly lodged in the United States’s national memory than the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Apple’s video service expected to launch at $15 per month, still needs healthy iPhone sales
While Apple’s upcoming video service should still add a great deal to its bottom line, Apple needs both it, and future growth of iPhone sales going forward, according to one analyst.