Category: futurism – Page 1,138
Amazon Imagines a Future of Infinite Computing Power
Circa 2017 we could eventually have euclidean geometry to have inifinite size that is infinitely small like an entire infinity computer on one byte.
Amazon’s Alexa heads for a future that looks a lot like the Starship Enterprise.
Dmitry Itskov on the Philosophy of Immortality
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MOTHERBOARD met up with Russian billionaire Dmitry Itskov at his Global Future 2045 Conference in New York City to talk about immortality, spirituality, and the coming age of cybernetic avatar-based living.
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UN Panel Sees Possible Role
United Nations experts said the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was possibly involved in hacking the cellphone of Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos and have called for an investigation.
‘It’s a Crisis of Civilization in Mexico.’ 250,000 Dead. 37,400 Missing
Circa 2018 I think the death toll is still too high to be measured still.
In an echo of Latin America’s “Dirty Wars,” tens of thousands of people have vanished in Mexico, leaving mothers behind to search for their corpses. This time the violence, linked to criminal networks, is more complex and more intractable.
Wars killed 5 million African children over 20 years, says study
Children were deprived of clean water and basic healthcare in armed conflicts, leading to preventable deaths, a study showed. Conflicts accounted for seven percent of all child deaths in Africa.
Technologies to watch in 2020
Tech Watch 2020:
Thought leaders predict the tech developments that could have a big impact in the coming year.
Causes of Death
56 million people died in 2017.1 What caused their death? How did the causes of death change over time and differ between different countries and world regions? And what are the risk factors that lead to early death? These are the big questions we are answering here.
20 Predictions for the Next 20 Years
So much can happen between now and 2040. Here are our 20 predictions of how technology, society, regulation and markets could evolve.