5G is the most talked about upgrade to mobile networks in years, but just how fast will it be, and how does it work? Read more…More about Iphone, Verizon, Att, Mashable Video, and Future
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IBM exec says we need to get the world ready for quantum computing
In this special edition of MashTalk, Mashable sits down with Dario Gil, COO of Research at IBM, at CES 2019.
Gil details IBM’s latest announcement of IBM Q System One, the world’s first commercial quantum computer, and explains why widespread use and…
Is the face-swapping robot with multiple ‘personalities’ cool or just plain creepy?
Furhat Robotics, which is based out of Stockholm, is attempting to bring robots that mirror human emotion into the workplaceThe company, which hopes to incorporate the bots into training modules, has designed the product with pre-built gestures and fa…
View More Is the face-swapping robot with multiple ‘personalities’ cool or just plain creepy?SNL’s newest rap video features Lil’ Wayne and Future respecting that booty
You like booty? Great, but Saturday Night Live’s “Permission” video is here to remind you that butts have boundaries. Future, Lil’ Wayne, Kenan Thompson, Chris Redd, and Pete Davidson in character as someone called “Uncle Butt” spit bars about re…
View More SNL’s newest rap video features Lil’ Wayne and Future respecting that bootySafe artificial intelligence requires cultural intelligence
Knowledge, to paraphrase British journalist Miles Kington, is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing there’s a norm against putting it in a fruit salad.
View More Safe artificial intelligence requires cultural intelligenceTeaching computers to plan for the future
As humans, we’ve gotten pretty good at shaping the world around us. We can choose the molecular design of our fruits and vegetables, travel faster and farther and stave off life-threatening diseases with personalized medical care. However, what continues to elude our molding grasp is the airy notion of “time” — how to see further […]
View More Teaching computers to plan for the futureHow the 22nd century should remember Trump
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NOTE FOR 2018 READERS: This is the first in a series of letters to mark a little-known chronological milestone. According to UN data, average life expectancy at birth in 10 countries now exceeds 82 years — meaning babies born in 2018 will likely live to see the 22nd century.
What will the world look like at the other end of these kids’ lives, in that not-so-far-off year of 2101? We can glimpse it in today’s scientific discoveries, Silicon Valley visions, and even science fiction. But in these letters to the next century, a kind of internet time capsule, we also recognize that our hopes and fears ultimately shape what the future becomes. Read more…
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Leap Motion’s new AR headset will make you feel like you’re in a sci-fi movie
Leap Motion has been working on Project North Star, an open source augmented reality hardware and UX design project centered on interaction. The headset has incredible hand tracking without the need of special gloves and will cost around $100. R…
View More Leap Motion’s new AR headset will make you feel like you’re in a sci-fi movieThe future of self-driving taxis may be closer than you think
Renault unveiled the Renault EZ-GO at the Geneva Motor Show. Renault EZ-GO is a self-driving, electric car concept that can transport up to 6 people. It’s basically like the future of Uber Pool or Lyft Line.
The idea is passengers would book a …
This device turns your skin into a virtual screen that can display your medical information
Engineering researchers at the University of Tokyo and Dai Nippon Printing have developed an ultrathin display which sticks to skin. The device has a sensor capable of measuring your heart rhythm and a wireless communication module which sends your me…
View More This device turns your skin into a virtual screen that can display your medical informationHere’s the piece of ‘Black Mirror’ tech people would be most likely to use
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Despite the fact Black Mirror is a largely cynical show in which technology is often paired with the rapid, spiralling doom of mankind, it turns out a bunch of people would still like to test said technology out.
On Monday, YouGov released the results of a survey in which they asked British people which Black Mirror technologies they’d be willing to adopt. In total, 1,714 people took the survey, and each person had to rate how likely — from “Very Unlikely” to “Very Likely” — they would be to use each piece of tech featured in the show. Read more…
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View More Here’s the piece of ‘Black Mirror’ tech people would be most likely to useHere’s the piece of ‘Black Mirror’ tech people would be most likely to use
Despite the fact Black Mirror is a largely cynical show in which technology is often paired with the rapid, spiralling doom of mankind, it turns out a bunch of people would still like to test said technology out.
On Monday, YouGov released the results of a survey in which they asked British people which Black Mirror technologies they’d be willing to adopt. In total, 1,714 people took the survey, and each person had to rate how likely — from “Very Unlikely” to “Very Likely” — they would be to use each piece of tech featured in the show. Read more…
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View More Here’s the piece of ‘Black Mirror’ tech people would be most likely to use