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Image: Silicon Cali If there is a God and he is indeed omniscient, it is also true that he foresaw the human race’s ability to create a great many things that would change the world, improve the overall quality of life here on Earth, and maybe even one day move beyond it. I can’t help…

Today supercomputers are used for a wide range of tasks from various mathematical calculations and manipulation of data sets to simulation of pharmaceutical compounds and artificial intelligence. However, there are computers aimed at maximally accurate reproduction of the “architecture” of the human brain. And the most powerful of such neuromorphic supercomputer was recently launched. This…

Starman and his Tesla Roadster was officially far away from home. SpaceX confirmed that the test load, the Falcon Heavy has passed the orbit of Mars, being one of the greatest distances from the Sun (its furthest point it needs to reach 8 November — then the distance will be of 1.66.e.). Although this trip…

A very unusual purchase carried out a blockchain company ConsenSys, the Brooklyn startup developing software for the platform Ethereum. She bought a very well-known company Planetary Resources. However, it is known not for its accomplishments, and their ambitions: Planetary Resources one of the first conceived to deal with the extraction of mineral resources on asteroids.…

Technology is becoming closer and closer to our bodies, from the phones in our pockets to smart watches on our wrists. And here, some people entitle them under the skin. In Sweden, a country known for technological advances, thousands of people put microchips in their hands. These chips are designed to speed up everyday tasks…

Image: George Washington’s Mount Vernon A group of students last month was involved with the discovery of a stone artifact nearly 6,000 years old while on a school trip to Mount Vernon, and officials are characterizing the find as particularly noteworthy. The item, a stone ax head approximately seven inches long and three inches wide,…

Cameron Winklevoss, left, and Tyler Winklevoss, right.Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision (AP) A former Bitcoin tycoon who served a year in prison for his role facilitating transactions on the Silk Road digital drug bazaar is being sued by none other than the Winklevoss twins, the HarvardConnection creators famous for suing Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing the idea…

Image: SpaceX SpaceX’s Starman and cherry red Tesla Roadster have traveled beyond Mars. SpaceX shared a diagram of the car once driven by the aerospace manufacturer’s CEO Elon Musk indicating it has now reached beyond the Red Planet. Sharing Starman’s current position in a diagram to Twitter, SpaceX also tweeted a nod to Douglas Adams’…

An iPhone X.Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) 5G speed might be coming to Apple products as soon as 2020, according to a recent report. Fast Company wrote this week that “a source with knowledge of Apple’s plans” says that a line of iPhones using the Intel 8161 5G modem chip is planned for release in…

An Amazon worker applies tape to a package before shipment at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore. Photo: Patrick Semansky (AP) Two men were killed in a partial building collapse at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Baltimore late Friday in an incident resulting from severe weather, an Amazon executive confirmed Saturday. The incident occurred at…