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Dec 13, 2021

US tech investors believe they’re close to a cure for old age

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Contrary to what you may think, getting old is not inevitable. And by getting old, I mean the bad parts: weakened muscles, fading memory, aching joints … or perhaps a disease such as cancer or diabetes makes an unwelcome appearance.

James Peyer, 35, is out to prove that age is, instead, like polio or tuberculosis. Those and other infectious diseases once were the biggest killers, until we developed effective vaccines or treatments.

Why, asked Peyer, co-founder of the New York longevity start-up Cambrian Biopharma, should age be any different? “Of our 100,000-year-plus history as a species, it’s been for only about 75 years that these diseases of ageing have been the primary predators of humankind.” He added: “We are rapidly zeroing in on our biggest.

Dec 13, 2021

China’s Next Advance in Electric Vehicles Is a Used-Car Market

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Work to drum up interest in pre-owned options are slowly starting to deliver an impact.

Dec 13, 2021

China’s ‘Unhackable’ Quantum Satellite System Promises To Defend World’s Largest Power Grid Against Cyber Attacks

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, energy, quantum physics

China has developed what it calls a Quantum Satellite System in a bid to combat any adversary intrusion into its power infrastructure. The country boasts the world’s largest national power grid.

Dec 13, 2021

Elon Musk responds to a video of Humanoid Robot declaring that real Androids are coming

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

Elon Musk warns that real androids are coming. Musk is one of the world wealthiest men and a tech entrepreneur. Some fear an impending catastrophe as a result of robots produced with artificial intelligence. Others speculate he is developing Neuralink to offer humans a fighting chance. Musk response video comes from Cornwall-based Engineered Arts.

Dec 13, 2021

The FAA Will Award Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson with Astronauts Wings

Posted by in category: space

The FAA had a change of heart and decided to give away its very last Astronaut Wings to Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.

Dec 13, 2021

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Posted by in categories: materials, science

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Dec 13, 2021

Elon Musk named Time Person of the Year

Posted by in categories: cryptocurrencies, Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

Elon Musk is Time’s Person of the Year.

The magazine said that he had been chosen for his work in space as well as on electric cars, as well as his plans to take humanity to Mars and his interest in cryptocurrency. It also noted in its announcement that Mr Musk “also likes to live-tweet his poops”, thought to be a first for a Time “Person of the Year”.

“For creating solutions to an existential crisis, for embodying the possibilities and the perils of the age of tech titans, for driving society’s most daring and disruptive transformations, Elon Musk is TIME’s 2021 Person of the Year,” the magazine wrote in its announcement.

Dec 13, 2021

“Do you want to see yourself acting in a movie or on TV?”

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Said the description for one app on online stores, offering users the chance to create AI-generated synthetic media, also known as deepfakes.

Dec 13, 2021

Deepfake anyone? AI synthetic media tech enters perilous phase

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Dec 13 (Reuters) — “Do you want to see yourself acting in a movie or on TV?” said the description for one app on online stores, offering users the chance to create AI-generated synthetic media, also known as deepfakes.

“Do you want to see your best friend, colleague, or boss dancing?” it added. “Have you ever wondered how would you look if your face swapped with your friend’s or a celebrity’s?”

The same app was advertised differently on dozens of adult sites: “Make deepfake porn in a sec,” the ads said. “Deepfake anyone.”

Dec 13, 2021

China’s Solar Giants Make a Bid to Dominate Hydrogen Power

Posted by in category: energy

Chinese companies spent 10 years aggressively maneuvering to become the dominant players in solar power. Now they’re seeking to lead the way in developing the next big thing in clean energy: hydrogen.

Top solar manufacturers including Longi Green Energy Technology Co. are ramping up the production of electrolyzers, the equipment needed to make green hydrogen, the cleanest form of the fuel. They are accelerating investments on a bet that a market will boom as industries and consumers switch to lower-carbon fuels.