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r/Futurology Podcast JULY-2019: Blockchain currencies, Bitcoin, Facebook’s Libra & the future implications of 5G networks
Link to the podcast here. Has Bitcoin’s recent rise in the markets been triggered by anything other than pure speculation?
Read moreOcean Cleanup starts harvesting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – As well as collecting plastic waste that’s visible, including huge abandoned nets from commercial fishing operations, the system can also capture microplastics as small as 1 mm.
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Read moreAmericans really want the US to adopt renewable energy like wind and solar power, while rejecting fossil fuels like coal
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Read moreAndrew Yang proposes that your digital data be considered personal property: “Data generated by each individual needs to be owned by them, with certain rights conveyed that will allow them to know how it’s used and protect it.”
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Read moreI’m roboticist Rodney Brooks and have spent my career thinking about how artificial and intelligent systems should interact with humans. Ask Me Anything!
How will humans and robots interact in the future? How should we think about artificial intelligence, and how does it
Read moreUS paves way to get ‘lab meat’ on plates – The Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration agreed to share regulation of cell-cultured food products, they said in a joint statement.
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Read moreEurope faces even deeper political turmoil and the possibility of mass migration from Africa unless the world urgently addresses the threat of climate change, the former US secretary of state John Kerry said
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Read moreIt’s now cheaper to build a new wind farm than to keep a coal plant running
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Read moreA startup genetics company says it’s now offering to sequence your entire genome at no cost to you. In fact, you would own the data and may even be able to make money off it.
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