Historically, the biggest chunk of money for the IPCC climate report has come from the US. Or rather, it used to.
Source: Wired
Officially named the “Spaceborne Computer,” the Linux-based supercomputer is designed to serve in a one year experiment conducted by NASA and HPE to find out if high performance computing hardware, with no hardware customization or modification, can survive and operate in outer space conditions for a full year – the length of time, not coincidentally, it’ll likely take… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
It’s-a me, onesie Mario.
Source: CNET
Would you put one a Mario onesie and drive a go-kart around Tokyo? We did.
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The 300-year hedge at Bathurst Estate in England is 40 feet tall, 30 feet across, and 450 feet long. And every August, it gets a great big haircut.
Source: Wired
First built in 1958, Caspar will mimic the fusion that goes on inside stars to learn how they make heavy elements
Source: Wired
Now is a good time to be in the co-working industry in Southeast Asia, it seems. Barely days after WeWork announced plans to enter the region, which is home to over 600 million people, through the acquisition of Singapore startup Spacemob, now a company that operates like an Airbnb for office space rentals has raised money.
FlySpaces, a startup headquartered in the Philippines, raised $2.1… Read More
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Content allegedly including “violence, rumours, porn,� which China says threaten national security and social order, are reported to be circulating on Chinese versions of Google, Twitter and WhatsApp.
Source: CNET
A collection of prominent names in the tech industry have teamed up with Toyota to work on developing big data systems to support self-driving cars and other future automotive advances. Denso, Ericsson, Intel and NTT Docomo joined hands with the Japanese car giant to announce the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium today. The group said it has plans to add “relevant global… Read More
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