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These numbers arelikely to be underestimates. With more satellites and rockets launching each year, collisions with space junk are becoming more likely. Losing a satellite could mean your TV reception is poor or the weather forecast is a bit less reliable. This is calledGeostationary Earth Orbit(GEO). Satellites here are stationary above a single point on Earth, making them useful for weather forecasting and communications. The International Space Station floats in orbit around Earth....

Despite its apparent omnipresence, the internet is only available to around half of the worlds population. This means that, if we are to achieve digital equality, these billions of people will need access. Researchhas suggested that global internet usage could consume over 20% of the worlds energy by 2030. 40% off TNW Conference! A faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient form of wireless internet? The tech communitys interest has been piqued. But has it worked?...

Dogecoin has been in development since 2013. Anyone thats been involved in cryptocurrency for more than a few months will almost certainly have heard of Dogecoin. Dogecoin uses a similar mining algorithm to Litecoin, called Scrypt. As a result, Dogecoin has smaller block times compared to Bitcoin. The Scrypt algorithm also makes it more difficult to use specialist ASIC mining equipment to mine the coins. Though its not all fun and games for Dogecoin....

The phone manufacturer boasted a lot about its triple camera setup around the launch. This sparked a lot of outrage as people though theyre being served with subpar camera experience. However,OnePlus later clarifiedand said it has shipped devices with the same firmware as DxOMark tests. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. When people started getting the equipment, software which gave us really good grades, didnt match their expectations. The photo needs to be natural and good in heory, but visually appealing as well....

Sometimes, like a soothsayer of shittiness, you know something is terrible before you even see it. And one of those things is Microsofts new advert for its Surface 2 laptop. I knew itd be dire, but, little did I know quitehowbad itd be. Hell, Its so toe-curlingly, wake-up-in-the-night-screaming awful that its almost artful. Just watch it: And, like all sensational art, the advert raises some questions. Well, a lot of questions....

Binance Coin (BNB) is one of the newest cryptocurrencies on the block. It comes from one of the worlds largest virtual currency exchanges of the same name, Binance. Using BNB often grants the trader discounts over using other payment methods on the exchange. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. BNB opened the year from where it left 2018 at $5.92. By the end of January it had grown a very conservative 5 percent to $6....

Xiaomis Mi 9 SEisnt the smallest phone on the market (can we get more iPhone SE-sized devices yo? Thats a bit less than the OnePlus 6T, which comes in at 157.5mm x 74.8mm x 8.2 mm. 40% off TNW Conference! you’re free to also get it in Lavender Violet and Piano Black. Hardware and software features Theres a lot to like about the Mi 9 SE besides its size. It looks great, and is fairly readable in daylight....

As might be expected, they have the attention of US President Donald Trump and his Republican administration. Its perhaps best known forits climate scepticism. Discussions at the annual eventinclude disputing scientific observations on climate change, criticising climate alarmists and promoting fossil fuels. Temperature data shows rapid warming in the past few decades. Through his own words, the presidents arguments mimic patterns in criminal behavior that criminologists call techniques of neutralization....

Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that started it all. Many other cryptocurrencies have spawned following the launch of Bitcoin. Indeed, its an entirely new creation from a code perspective. Its safe to say without it, digital currencies probably wouldnt be where they are today. 40% off TNW Conference! Bitcoin/USD Q1 performance recap Bitcoin is often criticized for its volatility. However, in perhaps uncharacteristic form, Bitcoin wasrelatively stable in the first quarter of 2019....

One of the tricks you learnhunting dinosaursin Canada is to look for orange. Dinosaur bones are dull browns, tans, and greys. Walk over and you may well find a dinosaur bone weathering out. The orange is lichen, growing on the bone. Life exists almost everywhere on Earth. Bacteria thrive in hydrothermal vents, fungi growinside Chernobyl, nematode worms crawlunder Antarcticice fields. Why wouldnt life also inhabit buried fossils? If it does, that creates problems for identifying the original biological material of fossils....

Quantum Darwinism So what, exactly is QD? It was proposed by theoretical physicist Wojciech Zurek in a 2009 researchpaper. But thats pretty wacky, so well need to dive a bit deeper to figure out whats going on. Classical versus Quantum 40% off TNW Conference! Youre either here or there in this realm, but never both. It works the same way every time because the classical world is bound by certain, seemingly immutable laws....

Mystified and vilified at the same time. 40% off TNW Conference! In the past few years, advances indeep learning and artificial neural networkshave renewed interest in AI. In 2018,more than 3,500 AI paperswere published in the arXiv preprint processor. To put that in perspective, in 2008, the figure stood at 277. And where innovation sprouts, money follows. Consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates AI to be worth$15 trillion by 2030. Under such circumstances, its natural for tech companies find all sorts of ways to leverage AI....

Elephants have long captivated our attention, partly because of their sheer size and majesty. But were also struck bytheir complex behavior. In some ways, were fascinated because this behavior echoes our most humane feelings. For instance, elephants have repeatedly been observed using tools andgrieving their dead. Their evolutionary history is interesting, too. It parallels humans in many ways. Elephant ancestorsoriginatedin Africa, just like ours. Their descendants, among them mammoths, went out of Africa to inhabit other continents....