Meet the world’s most powerful computer

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China houses the world’s most powerful computer

Two decades ago China did not have a single super-computer, now it is home to the world’s most powerful computer.

China only started production of its first computer chips in 2001 but it has developed att a rapid pace.

Now, the computer that can carry out 93 quadrillion calculations per second, has 41,000 chips and is twice as fast as the last super-computer (also Chinese) is called the Sunway TaihuLight.

Calculations that computers like this can carry out in record speed will help analyse complicated data such as variations in weather patterns over months and years and decades.

Unidentified sea creature ‘with huge balls’ washes up in California

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A ‘sea monster’ has washed up on a beach, with no real shape or form aside from two disproportionately large ‘balls’

The creature that was discovered on a Californian beach has no eyes, mouth, limbs, or fins that people have been able to find!

It weighed around 7 pounds and is about 5 inches wide, the only noticeable thing on the creature were two very large ‘balls’ which has lead to speculation of what it could possible be.

Theories include a Cowrie Snail or a dead Sea Hare but the most likely explanation is that it’s a sea snail washed up without it’s shell.

You might need to scan your face to unlock the new iPhone

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There’s speculation that the iPhone 8 might not have a ‘home’ button

Due to this fact people have started to question if there’s no ‘home’ button, how will you unlock your phone? Your face?

Testing is underway on the technology that would power the new 3D sensor, they are claiming the scanner will work even with the phone lying flat on a table.

This is not the first time face scanning technology has been available, but in the past it has been difficult implement due to speed and reliability, but if it does happen it will also mean improved selfie picture quality!

How does Stephen Hawking speak and write?

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The Professor has managed to write books and give lectures despite his disease

The Professor who is world renowned, has a progressive disease called ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) that has gradually paralysed him over the years, yet despite this he is still able to give lectures on a global stage and write dozens of books.

75 year old Hawking is able to do this using a single cheek muscle which is attached to a computer to communicate simply by tensing it. At the start of his disease he had a hand held clicker that spelled out words, he now uses the cheek based device that moves a cursor to find the first letter of the word, after typing a few letters sophisticated predictive text technology which suggests the best-fit words.

The professor has previously tested eye-tracking technology and a system controlled by moving his eyebrows but he found the cheek movement sensor the most effective for him.

The iPhone is 10 years old!

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And here’s 10 years of people destroying their iPhones in very dumb ways

People on the internet are destroying their iPhones for entertainment purposes and have done so for the past 10 years.

The fact that other people find it fun to watch is evident as the videos online have combined views of over 126 million.

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

But here’s a few ways you can destroy your iPhone:

A microwave:

 

An industrial shredder:

 

And actual lava:

 

 

Broadband is to be beamed to every corner of the earth from space

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The internet is for everyone

As part of a project launched by Airbus and OneWeb more than 2000 satellites will be launched into space in an attempt to provide every school in the world with an internet connection.

The launch will happen in April next year and will aim to get 600 satellites into space by 2022.

The satellites will be built in Toulouse and Florida, this is the only project of its kind to date and will revolutionise the education system in countries that had previously lacked in this resource.

Coffee under threat

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There could be a caffeine shortage

Climate change could push up the price of our beloved addiction coffee, prices might rise as the temperature does.

The price of coffee is likely to go up as the land where the coffee is farmed might not be suitable for the coffee to grow.

Ethiopia is the birthplace and the biggest exporter of Arabica coffee beans, but according to a report in Nature Plants today, the production of the bean could be under threat unless action is taken.

Basically we are drinking a lot more coffee than we are producing and so far the manufacturer’s have enough coffee saved up from previous years to continue to drink it as normal – which means we’ve avoided a price hike or a shortage altogether.

However the long term outlook is causing greater cause for concern. Scientists from London’s Kew Gardens have said that if action is taken, a coffee shortage could be avoided – 2 possible solutions are: the relocation of coffee-growing areas and forest conservation.

A combination of the two could avoid a coffee shortage, therefore avoiding the human population having a major meltdown due a lack of their caffeine fix!  

How smart will AI become?

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Andrew Ng has likened Artificial Intelligence to be as important to us as electricity in the years to come, as crazy as that sounds, our ancestors probably thought the same as electricity.

Our work life will be different and AI will be far more competitive than any human, it will require us to sharpen up our mental skills!

Whilst experts believe that we will still be required to do jobs that are very important and carry a lot of weight to it, just because robots/AI don’t have the same emotional attachment/engagement than that of a human. Whilst the challenge for us would be because we as humans like to seek confirmation and things that confirm what we think of ourselves. Thus holding us back. To over come this would require us to take the things w take for granted like thinking and listening to a new level.

Thus in time, our definition of “smart” (good grades) will begin to change. Smart will become the people who make the least amount of mistakes in life.

AI is incredible in that sense as we cannot do things quicker/recall information/produce alternative occurrences of an event than a super computer or any time of AI, it’s just too good.

A new definition of smart will promote a new way of thinking, it won’t be what you know, but it will be how good your skills are. Quantity of knowledge replaced by quality. Thus, in turn, forcing us to get better at cognitive and emotional skills. Adjusting after mistakes, learn emotional intelligence, letting go of the ego. Making us perceive reality a lot easier and not what we want it to be. Embracing what it means to be human, in turn, living alongside smart technology.

 

UK hacker exploits online bank loophole to steal £100,000

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A UK hacker has been jailed for stealing almost £100,000 from a bank by exploiting a bug in the bank’s online banking system

A young man from the UK , James Ejankowski, defrauded a bank group of more than £99,000 in December 2016 – he spent the money on a Range Rover, a BMW and… tattoos for his face.

He lied to his family saying he’s won the money on a scratch card, but in reality he had found a loophole in the system; Ejankowski, discovered that if he used the Clydesdale Bank’s online banking software to transfer theoretical funds between his current account and his savings account between midnight and 01:00, the transaction would work and the bank would not find out.

Four weeks after he began stealing the funds, he turned himself in to the police on Boxing Day and made a full admission of guilt, saying he only had £40 left.

The bank has so far been able to recover £34,000 and Ejankowski has been sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment for fraud.

The Baggizmo Wiseward is more than a wallet

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Baggizmo wallet houses lots of gadgetry

The wallet has a perfectly flat folder design, built in motion sensor and even a UV light built in so you can test currency for authenticity.

It’s also available in multiple colours and has several features including a customisable internal LED light.

The wallet was originally called Wiseward and featured on Kickstarter – it raised an impressive $18,000.

When used with the app specially built for the wallet you can use find a lost wallet by geolocation, proximity detection, fall detection, detection of the wallet’s position in the room and the sound alarm signaling that the wallet has been lost or stolen.

If you’re prone to losing your wallet – this might be a sound investment!

You can pre-order one here