You’ll Take Your First Ride in a Flying Car Within a Decade
Not too long ago, the notion of flying cars was most comfortably categorized alongside fusion power—a classic tech vision that seemed forever stuck just over the horizon. Then around five years ago something shifted. Flying cars [https://singularityhub.com/2018/03/05/hyperloop-and-flying-cars-are-battling-it-out-for-the-future-of-transportation/] suddenly appeared plausible again. And not
Finally, Proof That Quantum Computing Can Boost Machine Learning
Quantum supremacy sounds like something out of a Marvel movie. But for scientists working at the forefront of quantum computing, the hope—and hype—of this fundamentally different method of processing information is very real. Thanks to the quirky properties of quantum mechanics (here’s a nifty primer [https://singularityhub.
Intel Is Building the World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer
A supercomputer capable of a quintillion operations a second will go online in 2021 after the US government handed Intel and supercomputer manufacturer Cray [https://www.cray.com/] a contract [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-intel/project-aurora-u-s-government-intel-aim-for-nations-fastest-computer-idUSKCN1QZ298] to build an exascale computer [https://singularityhub.com/2018/02/09/what-global-challenges-will-we-solve-with-exascale-supercomputers/] called
Could Blockchain Voting Fix Democracy? Today, It Gets a Test Run
There’s no shortage of debate about the role tech has played in politics. From misinformation being spread via WhatsApp in Brazil [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/technology/whatsapp-brazil-presidential-election.html] to Facebook becoming a tool for hate speech in Myanmar [https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/myanmar-facebook-hate/] to
Are Stablecoins the New and Improved Bitcoin?
PwC, the global consulting and assurance firm, recently signalled its entrance into the cryptocurrency [https://singularityhub.com/2018/01/12/there-are-over-1000-alternatives-to-bitcoin-youve-never-heard-of/] world by announcing a partnership [https://blokt.com/news/pricewaterhousecoopers-partners-with-cred-backs-new-us-dollar-backed-stablecoin] with decentralized lending platform Cred. Cred (previously Libra Credit) was founded by PayPal [https://singularityhub.com/2013/04/03/
5 Blockchain Breakthroughs Coming in the Next 5 Years
In almost every industry you can think of, blockchain [https://su.org/resources/exponential-guides/the-exponential-guide-to-blockchain/?utm_source=SingularityHub&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=seo] is poised to cut out middlemen, dramatically improve transparency, and multiply the efficiency of countless transactions worldwide. While most well-known for its application in