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A number of academics and tech entrepreneurs agree: computer intelligence will one day meet and exceed human intelligence. But almost none of them agree on what happens after that. Depending on who you ask, it could be the end of the world or the greatest period of human prosperity we’ve ever known. I am squarely in the prosperity camp, but Hollywood lends a lot of momentum to those in the doomsday camp. Movies like Terminator, Transcendence, and The Matrix share the archetypal plot point that machines will enslave or kill mankind. These stories are highly entertaining, but they have a… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2W8kxo5

Mueller report fallout, a biometrics database, and more of the week's top security news. from Security Latest http://bit.ly/2PvfMSO

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Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! At some point, age catches up with us all. You can’t drink a bottle of wine, eat half a cake, and see your body take it all in its stride forever. You’re going to have to exercise. And when that happens, you best make sure you’ve got a decent pair of headphones to work up a sweat in. I mean, how else are you meant to get through it? So, friends, here’s an offer just for you: 50 percent off a pair of Bose… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2IIYIbH

Within the next several decades, most of the industrialized world’s cars and trucks could be replaced by autonomous vehicles. That transformation may provide an opportunity to fix some of what’s now broken with modern transportation—including, perhaps, light pollution. That might seem an odd intersection of environmental concerns and driverless technologies. Ethical concerns about the vehicles have focused on avoiding harm to humans, with a bit of attention paid to reducing the number of animals struck by cars. The possibilities for improvement hardly end there, though, and transportation-related light pollution is no small issue. “The introduction of autonomous vehicles is a… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2PwUmVq

Avengers: Endgame is smashing box office records, pulling in more than $60 million yesterday alone. And while the internet loses its collective shit over Endgame, we’re just over here trying to finish out the work week so we can slide into a theater for a peek at the film. Needless to say, we’re a bit wary of spoilers. This led us to pass up a pretty cool Easter egg by the folks at Google. But don’t worry, it’s spoiler-free. For those that haven’t been following along, Endgame is the culmination of 11 years of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. Since the original… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Google from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GKYfmN

While the world’s focused on the latest Avenger’s flick, an international team of scientists have potentially unlocked the super powers of another familiar Marvel character: Magneto. Researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory, Oakland University in Michigan, and Fudan University in China have discovered a quantum-level exploit that has the potential to give engineers greater control over the magnetic properties of certain metals. The experimental observations were discovered through testing with the same kind of metals used for storing data in hard drive disks. In essence, the scientists observed a quantum effect revealing the potential to control certain qualities of the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://bit.ly/2GAn97A