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Feb 12, 2020
Your decision-making ability is a superpower physics can’t explain
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: physics
In a universe that unthinkingly follows the rules, human agency is an anomaly. Can physics ever make sense of our power to change the physical world at will?
Feb 12, 2020
FIFA experiments with AI for more accurate offside calls
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
FIFA, football’s governing body, is experimenting with artificial intelligence in hope of making better offside calls with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system.
A report by Forbes notes FIFA tested the new system during last year’s Club World Cup, but kept it separate from on-ground refereeing decisions.
Feb 12, 2020
Chinese Hackers Charged In Alleged Cyber-Theft Of 145 Million Americans’ Data
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: cybercrime/malcode, military
The credit agency Equifax was compromised by a cyberattack that permitted China’s military to steal names, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information.
Feb 12, 2020
Dark Energy –“New Exotic Matter or ET Force Field?”
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: alien life, particle physics, quantum physics
“The discovery of dark energy has greatly changed how we think about the laws of nature,” said Edward Witten, creator of string theory and one of the world’s leading theoretical physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. who has been compared to Newton and Einstein.
One of the great known unknowns of the universe is the nature of dark energy, a force field making the universe expand faster. Current theories range from end-of-the universe scenarios to dark energy as the manifestation of advanced alien life.
A new, controversial theory suggests that this dark energy might be getting stronger and denser, leading to a future in which atoms are torn asunder and time ends.
Feb 12, 2020
Classical time crystals could exist in nature, say physicists
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: computing, physics
Feb 12, 2020
US Air Force ‘develops Predator cloaking tech to make military craft invisible’
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: military
EXCLUSIVE: A former USAF intelligence expert believes aircraft in the military branch now have the ability to turn invisible.
Feb 12, 2020
Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa launches entrepreneur competition offering to invest $91 million
Posted by Derick Lee in category: business
Retail mogul Yusaku Maezawa has launched another competition, offering to invest a total of 10 billion Japanese yen ($91 million) in the businesses of 10 entrepreneurs.
The Japanese billionaire announced on Twitter on Friday that he would look to expand the businesses he picked, with the aim of them listing on a stock exchange, according to a translation.
He shared a link to a website outlining the terms of the competition, which explained that entrepreneurs had to email their business proposals to enter, including details as to how they would spend the funds among other information.
Feb 12, 2020
Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Goes on Patrol at Norwegian Oil Rig
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: robotics/AI
Meet Spot, the first robot to get its own employee number at Norwegian oil producer Aker BP ASA.
Feb 12, 2020
No, there’s no evidence that cell phones give you cancer
Posted by Vivek Jaiswal in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones
A new review from the FDA says it finds no evidence linking the two, but that research should continue.
The findings: The report reviewed 125 experiments carried out on animals and 75 on humans between 2008 and August 2019. In summary, the FDA said that there’s “no consistent pattern” to link radiofrequency radiation, or RFR, to tumors or cancer.
Rats don’t use cell phones the way humans do. An overarching problem with the animal studies in the review is that they don’t mimic how humans actually use their phones. Animal studies often douse a rat’s entire body in radiation at levels that are far higher than what humans are normally exposed to when we use cell phones. The human studies were also flawed, relying only on questionnaires from family members or observational data.
