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High-end VR Grew 60% In 2018, Users Have Smartwatch-level Satisfaction

Multi-user VR appears to be a major potential selling point for headsets

Jeff Bezos Announces Blue Origin Is Going To The Moon

Blue Origin today unveiled its Blue Moon lunar lander and shared plans to go to the moon in the years ahead.

65% Of American Adults Play Video Games

This is the golden age of video games. They are the leading form of entertainment in American culture.

SpaceX Will Launch Dozens Of Starlink Satellites Starting In One Week

The SpaceX Starlinks could save 30-50% of the latency time. This is because the speed of light is almost twice as fast in space as it is in a glass fiber.

One Million Species, Or A Quarter Of All That Are Left, Are Now Under Threat Of Extinction

Even though the rate of species extinction is already currently tens to hundreds of times faster than it's averaged over the last 10 million years, it will continue to accelerate should our current practices continue.

Google Awards $25 Million In Global AI Impact Grants

Google today awarded $25 million in grants to a range of organizations to help them apply machine learning to fight some of the world’s biggest challenges.

Gene Editing Still Needs Improved Accuracy To Fix Genetic Diseases Inside Bodies

There has been a lot of progress with gene editing to precisely engineer the genome. We are close to starting to fix major gene-related diseases like sickle cell anemia.

Google Cloud Makes Pods With 1,000 TPU Chips Available In Public Beta

Liquid-cooled Cloud TPU v3 pods can deliver more than 100 petaflops of computing power. Conversely, Cloud TPU v2 pods released in alpha last year can achieve 11.5 petaflops.

New Study Shows Human Development Is Destroying The Planet At An Unprecedented Rate

“We are eroding the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide.”

Two-stage Diagnostic Process Detects Alzheimer’s Years Before Symptoms Appear

A new two-step diagnostic process is claiming to confidently detect Alzheimer's disease nearly a decade before clinical symptoms appear.

Rocket Lab Fires A Set Of Satellites Into Orbit For US Military

According to the company, it has monthly launches booked for the rest of 2019, and it hopes to ramp things up and launch every two weeks by the time the year is out.

Mars 2020 Lander's Heat Shield Passes Critical Milestone

The size of the shield makes the Mars 2020 landing one of the most challenging ever attempted by a Mars mission.