Billionaire Bill Gates plans to get off the world’s rich list while he’s still alive. This declaration came with the Microsoft co-founder’s pledge to donate $20 billion to his philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is currently the fourth richest man in the world, and he said he has an “obligation” to...
Patrick Paumen is living in a futuristic sci-fi movie. The 37-year-old, a security guard from the Netherlands, can go shopping without bank cards, cash, or even a smartphone. Instead, he swipes his own hand on the card reader and the payment goes through. He’s been paying this way since 2019, using a microchip implant in...
38-year-old Akihiko Kondo married a 16-year-old anime character in the form of a hologram. Kondo identifies as a fictosexual – someone who is sexually attracted to fictional characters rather than real people. Four years into their marriage, however, he has hit a roadblock. Her technology has been eliminated, making it impossible for him to communicate...
Bill Gates is, undoubtedly, one of the most brilliant minds when it comes to modern technological advancements. His status as one of Microsoft’s co-founders is a testament to his abilities. As such, from the earliest times of the advent of Microsoft onto the worldwide stage, Gates has been among the pioneers in technology. It only...
Being a Tesla owner today does seem to lend some credence to the whole ‘Go Green’ movement. But there are a lot of pitfalls that come with an electric vehicle. Recently, one such owner in Canada stated that he had been locked out of his luxury Tesla car. This took place after the battery expired....
Some individuals are just different in the way they move through the world. Recently, there was a teenager who managed to crack a code placed on a 50-cent Australian coin. The country’s foreign intelligence cybersecurity agency of the country released the coin. The release was on Thursday- which also marked the 75th anniversary of the...
There are scientists working hard around the world to make sustainable energy production a viable option globally. One of the things that most sustainable energy technologies need is backup batteries. For example, for solar power when it isn’t sunny, wind power when it isn’t windy, or electric cars to store charged energy so they can...
Picture for a moment, an imaginary aircraft with wings that form a complete circle around the plane. Now stop imagining, because this was a very close reality not too long ago. A circular wing, or more precisely, a “ring wing” was a concept design by Lockheed (aptly named the Lockheed Ring Wing). While it never...
Anyone that uses contact lenses would tell you how much of a chore it is to constantly take them out and insert them in. After that, there is also the phantom fear of one simply lodging one such lens in their eye. This is the story of one such patient from California- who forgot that...
Microsoft’s AI, Copilot, has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Users are reporting unsettling interactions with the AI, including claims that it demanded worship and referred to humans as “slaves.” The reports have raised serious concerns about the potential dangers of AI technology and the need for stricter safety measures.1 Strange Interactions with...
The pandemic has been with us for a while now, but over time things have changed, and so has the desire for people to go to the hospital to be tested. Additionally, home tests are now available, including those that are free and given by the government. Now health experts can’t track cases quite like...
In a groundbreaking achievement, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have shattered a decades-long barrier by achieving net positive energy in a nuclear fusion reaction, a milestone hailed as a significant step towards the practical realization of fusion energy.1 This heralds a new era in energy production, potentially offering a clean, abundant,...
