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Elon Musk Warns Against AI - and Calls Many People Dumb in the Process

Once again, billionaire Elon Musk has decided to warn us of the dangers associated with the development of artificial intelligence. He did so in his characteristic style - by calling people who have trouble believing in the superiority of AI over humans „way dumber than they think they are”.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 23, 2020

Elon Musk Warns Against AI - and Calls Many People Dumb in the Process

Elon Musk's Neuralink Implant Will Play Music Inside Our Heads

Elon Musk informed on Twitter that the Neuralink implant developed by one of his companies will allow for streaming music directly to the user's brain.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 22, 2020

Elon Musk's Neuralink Implant Will Play Music Inside Our Heads

App Will Use Smartphone to Check Our Mental Health

Researchers at Dalhousie University in Canada have developed the PROSIT app, which allows for monitoring of the mental health of users by analyzing the way they use their smartphone.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 21, 2020

App Will Use Smartphone to Check Our Mental Health

Tests of Starlink Internet Will Start Soon

SpaceX started to send emails to people interested in testing the Starlink system. Elon Musk's company asks the users for an update of their home address. We have also learned about the appearance of the antenna that will be required to use the service.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

July 15, 2020

Tests of Starlink Internet Will Start Soon

Help NASA Drive Curiosity Rover

The Martian rover Curiosity needs your help. Ai4Mars web application was created to improve the algorithms of the AI driving vehicles on Mars.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

June 25, 2020

Help NASA Drive Curiosity Rover
Starlink - Elon Musk Invites You to Test His Internet

Starlink - Elon Musk Invites You to Test His Internet

SpaceX company will start beta-tests of the Internet based on the Starlink satellite network this summer. Initially, tests will be limited to certain locations north of the equator. The connection is to have sufficient parameters to play video games.

video games

Bart Swiatek

June 23, 2020

Starlink - Elon Musk Invites You to Test His Internet

Scammers are Selling Anti-5G Shields

5G technology is already working in many places, although still a lot of people are afraid of it. We did not have to wait long for inventions „protecting” against 5G.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

May 29, 2020

Scammers are Selling Anti-5G Shields

Let's Watch SpaceX Dragon Launch [Updated]

Today, for the first time in nine years, astronauts will take off from Cape Canaveral space center. The manned flight of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will be broadcast on the Internet.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

May 28, 2020

Let's Watch SpaceX Dragon Launch [Updated]

New Internet Speed Record on Regular Fibre-optic Cable

Researchers from Australia have managed to reach a connection speed of over 44 Tb/s. Most importantly, not under strict laboratory conditions.

hardware & software

Mateusz Popielak

May 26, 2020

New Internet Speed Record on Regular Fibre-optic Cable

SpaceX Presents ISS Docking Simulator

The official website of SpaceX has a simulator, which enables us to dock a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. An internet browser is enough to run it.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

May 13, 2020

SpaceX Presents ISS Docking Simulator

Hackers Can Steal Data Using PC Radiators

Hackers keep inventing new ways to steal our confidential data. Researchers at Ben Gurion University have reported that cybercriminals may seize files on disks of computers not connected to the Internet!

hardware & software

May 7, 2020

Hackers Can Steal Data Using PC Radiators

NASA Confirms Involvement in Tom Cruise's Space Movie

NASA representative confirmed that the agency is involved in the first live-action movie with scenes shot in space. The agency revealed why it has decided to join forces with SpaceX and Tom Cruise on the project and where exactly the production will take place.

movies & tv series

Milosz Szubert

May 7, 2020

NASA Confirms Involvement in Tom Cruise's Space Movie

Tom Cruise Plans a Movie in Space Together with SpaceX and NASA

It is possible that in the near future a first live-action movie with scenes shot in space will be released. SpaceX, NASA and Tom Cruise are said to be talking about it.

hardware & software

Arkadiusz Strzala

May 5, 2020

Tom Cruise Plans a Movie in Space Together with SpaceX and NASA

Someone Just Developed an Autopilot For Chrome's T-Rex Game

If you're bored, why don't you create something like an automatically running T-Rex? TikTok user built a simple „autopilot” mechanism for the offline game implemented in Google Chrome.

hardware & software

Mateusz Popielak

April 3, 2020

Someone Just Developed an Autopilot For Chrome's T-Rex Game

Edward Snowden Warns - Threat of Surveillance is More Permanent That the Virus

Edward Snowden, the protagonist of the affair with the disclosure of secret documents of the American NSA, expressed his concern about the government's moves in connection with the coronavirus epidemic. A former CIA employee believes that politicians may have a problem with giving up, among other things, surveillance of citizens with the help of artificial intelligence after dealing with the current crisis.

other

Jacob Blazewicz

March 26, 2020

Edward Snowden Warns - Threat of Surveillance is More Permanent That the Virus
Brain as Game Controller - Valve and Gaben are Working on the Technology

Brain as Game Controller - Valve and Gaben are Working on the Technology

Gabe Newell confessed in an interview that he is dealing with the issue of neural interface. According to Valve's boss, operating devices with our brains like in the Matrix can become reality earlier than we think. He also mentioned the impact of this technology on the gaming industry.

hardware & software

Jacob Blazewicz

March 19, 2020

Brain as Game Controller - Valve and Gaben are Working on the Technology

Italian Hospital can Save More Patients Thanks to 3D Printers [Updated]

Due to the large-scale outbreak of COVID-19 disease, Italian hospitals are starting to run out of equipment. 3D printers are coming to help, producing the missing components.

hardware & software

March 18, 2020

Italian Hospital can Save More Patients Thanks to 3D Printers [Updated]

Samsung is Working on a Cutting-edge Battery

Samsung is conducting research on a new type of battery with solid electrolyte (so-called all-solid-state). The battery is to achieve an energy density of 900 Wh/L. In the case of electric cars, this would enable to increase their range up to 800 kilometres.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

March 16, 2020

Samsung is Working on a Cutting-edge Battery

Use Your GPU and CPU to Fight Coronavirus

Anyone with a Windows, Linux or MacOS can contribute to the invention of the cure for COVID-19, all thanks to the Folding@home application developed by Stanford University.

hardware & software

March 14, 2020

Use Your GPU and CPU to Fight Coronavirus

Scientists Dispel Doubts: 5G Does Not Harm Your Health

Independent scientists affiliated to the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) have concluded that, based on current scientific knowledge, the 5G communication standard does not represent a risk to human health.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

March 13, 2020

Scientists Dispel Doubts: 5G Does Not Harm Your Health