Technology

Brain chips allowing humans to delete memories and fight disease to create a new breed of superhumans in 15 years
20:01 2017-11-10

Implanting a microchip into your brain to unlock its full potential may sound like the plot from the latest science fiction blockbuster. But the futuristic technology could become a reality within 15 years, the Daily Mail reports Bryan Johnson, an expert working on such a device. The chips will allow people to buy and delete …

Apple’s Face ID is coming to next-generation iPad: Report
04:37 2017-11-10

Apple’s much-talked about facial-recognition biometric technology, Face ID, is going nowhere. While it’s highly plausible that Face ID will be available in the future iPhones, a new media report claims the feature could also debut on Apple’s next-generation iPad. Face ID, however, isn’t going to be the only feature that the future iPads will borrow …

SpaceX rocket-engine explodes during tests
22:36 2017-11-09

On Sunday, a rocket-engine exploded during ignition tests at the SpaceX facility in Texas. The incident marks a setback for the company in what has otherwise been a pretty good year, Ggizmodo.com reports. According to The Washington Post, the explosion happened during a “qualification test” of a new Merlin engine, which SpaceX uses on its …

Apple launches breakthrough device in 2020
20:30 2017-11-09

Apple Inc., seeking a breakthrough product to succeed the iPhone, aims to have technology ready for an augmented-reality headset in 2019 and could ship a product as early as 2020, reported Bloomberg. Unlike the current generation of virtual reality headsets that use a smartphone as the engine and screen, Apple’s device will have its own display …

What’s Next For Streaming Content?
03:40 2017-11-09

Among other notable trends, Deloitte correctly identified what they saw as a trend towards increased streaming in their 2015 paper, Digital Media: Rise Of On-Demand Content. They pointed out an increased consumer demand for both audio and visual content, along with an upswing of content consumption on mobile devices. Early last year, Global Web Index …