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Nov 16, 2017

China and the CIA Are Competing to Fund Silicon Valley’s AI Startups

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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The U.S. intelligence community is upping its early-stage investments in machine-learning companies — but Beijing is pouring in far more.

A trio of new investments in Silicon Valley machine-learning startups shows that the U.S. intelligence community is deeply interested in artificial intelligence. But China is investing even more in these kinds of U.S. companies, and that has experts and intelligence officials worried.

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Nov 16, 2017

Thousands of scientists issue bleak ‘second notice’ to humanity

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

To mark the letter’s 25th anniversary, researchers have issued a bracing follow-up. In a communique published Monday in the journal BioScience, more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries assess the world’s latest responses to various environmental threats. Once again, they find us sorely wanting.


In 1992, scientists warned humanity about a host of impending ecological disasters. A quarter-century later, most of them have gotten worse.

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Nov 16, 2017

George Church Will Make Virus-Proof Organisms, Transplant Pig Organs to Humans, and Reverse Aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

How far off is age reversal?

The simple answer is, I don’t know. Probably we’ll see the first dog trials in the next year or two. If that works, human trials are another two years away, and eight years before they’re done. Once you get a few going and succeeding it’s a positive feedback loop.


George Church Will Make Virus-Resistant Organisms, Transplant Pig Organs to Humans, and Reverse Aging An interview with one of the most prolific scientists on earth in his lab at Harvard Medical School Photography by Maciek Jasik.

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Nov 15, 2017

Yamaha Racing pitted its AI motorcycle against professional racer Valentino Rossi VR46 Official in a modern-day John Henry competition

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Guess who won:

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Nov 15, 2017

IBM makes 20 qubit quantum computing machine available as a cloud service

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

IBM has been offering quantum computing as a cloud service since last year when it came out with a 5 qubit version of the advanced computers. Today, the company announced that it’s releasing 20-qubit quantum computers, quite a leap in just 18 months. A qubit is a single unit of quantum information.

The company also announced that IBM researchers had successfully built a 50 qubit prototype, which is the next milestone for quantum computing, but it’s unclear when we will see this commercially available.

While the earliest versions of IBM’s quantum computers were offered for free to build a community of users, and help educate people on programming and using these machines, today’s announcement is the first commercial offering. It will be available by the end of the year.

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Nov 15, 2017

Study Claims Quark Fusion May Be the Energy Source of the Future

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, particle physics

Scientists propose that quark fusion may be an energy source eight times more powerful than nuclear fusion.

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Nov 15, 2017

Bose Sleepbuds can silence snores and barking dogs

Posted by in category: futurism

These smart earplugs might save your relationship.

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Nov 15, 2017

The Quantum Computer Factory That’s Taking on Google and IBM

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Who says Silicon Valley doesn’t fund real technology any more?

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Nov 15, 2017

Eating chocolate and drinking red wine could help prevent ageing, according to a study

Posted by in categories: food, life extension

A compound in dark chocolate and red wine could help rejuvenate cells, according to a scientific breakthrough.

Researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Brighton have made the sizeable breakthrough on ageing and discovered a way to rejuvenate inactive senescent cells.

They found that they could make the cells both look and behave like younger cells.

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Nov 15, 2017

Skin wounds heal faster if they occurred during the day

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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A groundbreaking discovery reveals that wounds heal 60% faster if they occurred during the day instead of at night.

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