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Dec 16, 2020

To do in 2021: Get up to speed with quantum computing 101

Posted by in categories: business, computing, quantum physics

The first step is to understand qubits and superposition. The next one is to get a handle on the business advantage that this technology represents.

If “figure out quantum computing” is still in your future file, it’s time to update your timeline. The industry is nearing the end of the early adopter phase, according to one expert, and the time is now to get up to speed.

Denise Ruffner, the vice president of business development at IonQ, said that quantum computing is evolving much faster than many people realize.

Dec 12, 2020

Yuri Deigin — Defeating Aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, cryonics, genetics, life extension, neuroscience

Andres de Tenyi.


Yuri Deigin, MBA is a serial biotech entrepreneur, longevity research evangelist and activist, and a cryonics advocate. He is an expert in drug development and venture investments in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. He is the CEO at Youthereum Genetics and the Vice President at Science for Life Extension Research Support Foundation.
http://youthereum.ca/

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Dec 12, 2020

Dr. James Weinstein, SVP Microsoft — Creating Healthcare With Value, Outcomes & Equity For Patients

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, engineering, life extension, policy

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Dr. James Weinstein, is Senior Vice President, Microsoft Healthcare, where he is in charge of leading strategy, innovation and health equity functions.

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Dec 11, 2020

Elon Musk on Tesla, SpaceX and Why He Left Silicon Valley | WSJ

Posted by in categories: business, Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability

Watch Elon Musk at the WSJ CEO Council Summit talk about future plans for Tesla and SpaceX. Musk also reveals why he moved to Texas and shares his advice for business leaders.

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Dec 9, 2020

China’s AI unicorns reveal fatal flaw in rush to go public

Posted by in categories: business, internet, robotics/AI

That is partly because AI businesses are not consumer-facing. Because they are mostly providers of back end hardware and software to other businesses, or, more critically, to governments, AI business will not become giant platform companies servicing billions of users.


Nina Xiang is the founder of China Money Network, a media platform tracking China’s venture and tech sectors.

In 10 years no one will remember the names of China’s artificial intelligence unicorns. While many aspects of the coming AI revolution remain unpredictable, one thing is clear: no AI company will emerge as a Big Tech brand.

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Dec 9, 2020

Red Hat resets CentOS Linux and users are angry

Posted by in categories: business, computing

CentOS is becoming a rolling Linux distribution, which leaves businesses depending on CentOS for a stable server or embedded operating system in the lurch.

Dec 9, 2020

Former NASA Scientist Predicts “Gold Rush” in Space

Posted by in categories: business, space

In this gold rush, space is still a high-risk business, no matter how you slice it.

Dec 6, 2020

Steve Wozniak is starting another company, 45 years after co-founding Apple with Steve Jobs

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, business, space

Steve Wozniak is starting a second company, 45 years after he co-founded Apple in Steve Jobs’ parents garage in 1976.

This time, Wozniak is starting a business in the green tech and blockchain space called Efforce, according to a statement released Friday.

Efforce, which has been in stealth mode for almost a year, is a marketplace for corporate or industrial buildering owners to have “green” projects funded.

Nov 29, 2020

Drone Privacy Laws Around the World: Surfshark Maps it Out

Posted by in categories: business, drones, mapping, security

Drone privacy laws vary all around the world — and what might get you a great shot in one country could get you jail time in another.


Surfshark, a digital security firm, introduces Mapped: The state of drone privacy laws in (nearly) every country.

Drone privacy is serious business – and what gets you a great image in one country could get you a jail term in another. Finding these laws, however, is hit or miss – so this new research from Surfshark is a great place to start for world travelers.

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Nov 27, 2020

Is coronavirus accelerating the growth of plant-based meat?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, food

Sales for the category have exploded as the pandemic disrupts business as usual. Is this because people are turning away from animal-based eating, or is it keeping with the segment’s trends?