08-17-2016, 11:00 PM
China says it has launched the world’s first quantum satellite, a project Beijing hopes will enable it to build a coveted “hack-proof” communications system with potentially significant military and commercial applications. Xinhua, Beijing’s official news service, said Micius, a 600kg satellite that is nicknamed after an ancient Chinese philosopher, “roared into the dark sky” over the Gobi desert at 1.40am local time on Tuesday, carried by a Long March-2D rocket.
China launches quantum satellite for 'hack-proof' communications | World news | The Guardian
George Soros’ family-office hedge fund, Soros Fund Management, increased its bearish bet on the stock market. During the second quarter, Soros bought put options on just over 1.9 million shares on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), making it so he owns puts on just over 4 million shares of the exchange-traded fund. It’s his fund’s biggest holding in the filing too. Puts are used for a downside bet. Buying these S&P 500 puts, essentially gives Soros the right, but not the obligation, to sell them in the future. In other words, if the S&P 500 or the ETF that tracks falls, Soros should make a nice profit.
Billionaire Soros' namesake fund doubled down against the S&P 500
Right now, for just $140, you can get your hands on one of the most powerful gene-editing tools known to science. You don’t even have to go out of your way, either. The ODIN do-it-yourself CRISPR kit, as it’s called, will ship it to your front door. The project is the brainchild of ex-NASA scientist Josiah Zayner, who left the agency earlier this year to sell CRISPR kits from his Castro Valley, California apartment. After raising nearly $71,500 on Indiegogo, he turned to the ODIN full time.
Mail-order CRISPR Kits Want to Democratize Gene Editing | Digital Trends
Researchers at University College London have created an algorithm capable of taking a sample of hand-written text and imitating it, allowing a computer to write in the style of a real person. We’re not talking about a simple “handwritten” typeface, either. The text turned out by the algorithm created by Tom Haines and his fellow UCL researchers is authentic enough that human judges are unable to tell the difference.
Smart Handwriting Algorithm Mimics Your Chicken Scratch | Digital Trends
The problem is that most of the time, most people will be unable to see that detail on their 4K UHD screen. Why not? Assuming 20/20 normal vision, the human eye is not capable of picking up the detail that is present in a 4K image at the distance people usually sit from their TV screen.
4K Resolution Rules TV Screens But Look, The Emperor Has No Clothes - Forbes