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• Counterpoint: AI is far more dangerous than quantum computing

  25-08-2022 21:35 via thenextweb.com
  
  Vivek Wadhwa and Mauritz Kop recently penned an op-ed urging governments around the world to get ahead of the threat posed by the emerging technology known as quantum computing. They even went so far as to title their article “Why Quantum Computing is Even More Dangerous Than Artificial Intelligence.” Up front: This one gets a very respectful hard-disagree from me. While I do believe that quantum computing does pose an existential threat to humanity, my reasons differ wildly from th
  
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• New water map of Mars reveals potential landing spots on the red planet

  25-08-2022 19:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  A new “water map” of Mars could offer fresh clues about the planet’s past — and potential landing spots for the future. Researchers from the European Space Agency (ESA) spent a decade developing the map from data collected by two Mars orbiters. They found hundreds of thousands of areas containing aqueous mineral deposits, which are created though interactions between rock and water. As the minerals still contain water molecules, they could show locations where we ca
  
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• What’s causing all the ebike and escooter battery fires?

  25-08-2022 16:11 via thenextweb.com
  
  The City of New York is grappling with a problem — fire. Specifically, escooter and ebike lithium-ion batteries catch fire and sometimes explode. And there’s no sign of it ending anytime soon. Earlier this year, I wrote an introductory article detailing the rate of lithium-ion battery fires. Today I want to look at New York as a cautionary tale in the struggle of dealing with battery fires as ebikes (and, to a lesser extent, escooters) become mainstream.  I’ll follow up w
  
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