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What would happen if we connected the human brain to a quantum computer?
What would happen if we connected the human brain to a quantum computer?
Brain-computer interfaces are slowly beginning to take form, and here at Neural we couldn’t be more excited! Elon Musk’s Neuralink claims it’s on the cusp of a working device and Facebook’s been developing non-invasive BCI tech for years. I
·thenextweb.com·
What would happen if we connected the human brain to a quantum computer?
India's vaccine system excludes millions- Coda Story
India's vaccine system excludes millions- Coda Story
ColWin, India's digital portal for COVID-19 vaccine appointments, is helping the country battle a deadly surge. But it excludes millions without access to or knowledge of the internet.
·codastory.com·
India's vaccine system excludes millions- Coda Story
If it’s free online, you are the product
If it’s free online, you are the product
Facebook is not just in the business of providing you with a service. It is also in the business of farming your data.
·theconversation.com·
If it’s free online, you are the product
How rich countries are making the pandemic last longer
How rich countries are making the pandemic last longer
A program called Covax wants to distribute Covid-19 vaccines fairly. Is it working? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the world’s richest countries poured money into the race for a vaccine. Billions of dollars, from programs like the US’s Operation Warp Speed, funded development that brought us multiple Covid-19 vaccines in record time. But it also determined where those vaccines would go. Before vaccine doses had even hit the market, places like the US and the UK had bought up nearly the entire supply. This turns out to be an old story. In nearly every modern global health crisis, from smallpox to malaria to H1N1, rich countries have bought up vital medical supplies, making poor countries wait sometimes decades for life-saving support. It’s effectively a system in which where you live determines whether you live or die of a preventable disease. Leaving a disease like Covid-19 to spread unchecked in some places also gives it a chance to mutate -- and variants of the virus are already raising alarms. So: how do we get vaccines to countries that can’t afford them? One solution underway is called Covax. It’s a program co-led by the World Health Organization; Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance; and the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). Its goal is to get vaccines to lower- and middle-income countries at the same time as rich countries. So how is it supposed to do that? And will it be enough? More from Vox.com’s Julia Belluz + Jen Kirby on Covax and vaccine nationalism: https://www.vox.com/21448719/covid-19-vaccine-covax-who-gavi-cepi https://www.vox.com/2021/2/24/22298981/ghana-vaccines-global-covax-initiative https://www.vox.com/2021/1/29/22253908/rich-countries-hoarding-covid-19-vaccines Duke Global Health Innovation Center data: https://launchandscalefaster.org/covid-19/vaccineprocurement More on vaccine nationalism: https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/campaigners-warn-9-out-10-people-poor-countries-are-set-miss-out-covid-19-vaccine https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/02/04/963741244/in-vaccine-race-middle-income-nations-are-at-a-disadvantage-just-ask-peru More on the H1N1 pandemic: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2864298/ https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-pandemic-timeline.html Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H
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How rich countries are making the pandemic last longer
This metal is more valuable than gold
This metal is more valuable than gold
The theft of catalytic converters is on the rise due to the value of the precious metals they contain. One of these metals, palladium, is now more valuable than gold and is crucial in helping to clean up toxic emissions. As soaring demand creates a palladium crunch, the race is on to find new alternatives — or rethink how we use palladium in the future. Special thanks to Rockaway Recycling for hosting us: http://www.rrcats.com Read more: https://bit.ly/3sSizaP The Verge’s sponsors play an important role in funding our journalism, but do not influence editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit https://www.theverge.com/ethics-statement. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2FqJZMl Like Verge Science on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2hoSukO Follow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2Kr29B9 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Subscribe to Verge on YouTube for explainers, product reviews, technology news, and more: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs
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This metal is more valuable than gold
The Cold War Over Hacking McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines
The Cold War Over Hacking McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines
Secret codes. Legal threats. Betrayal. How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out.
·wired.com·
The Cold War Over Hacking McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines
How Signal hacked the device that claimed to hack Signal
How Signal hacked the device that claimed to hack Signal
The founder of security-focused messenger Signal, Moxie Marlinspike, revealed today that he found and exploited vulnerabilities in software from Cellebrite, a company that specializes in digital forensics tools that have been used by author
·thenextweb.com·
How Signal hacked the device that claimed to hack Signal
Creator Hierarchy of Needs
Creator Hierarchy of Needs
Creators have a hierarchy of needs as they grow. Understanding these needs helps you build products that creators love so let's explore each need in detail.
·creatoreconomy.so·
Creator Hierarchy of Needs
‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles
‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles
Today’s long-anticipated announcement by Fermilab’s Muon g-2 team appears to solidify a tantalizing conflict between nature and theory. But a separate calculation, published at the same time…
·quantamagazine.org·
‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles