Chief design officer Ive to depart Apple later this year
Ive, who has led Apple’s design team since 1996, is leaving “to form an independent design company which will count Apple among its primary clients.” Read more
Google to build subsea cable to connect Europe with Africa
The cable will begin at Lisbon in Portugal and run down the west coast of Africa to connect to South Africa. Read more
Researchers make robotic arm that tracks a computer cursor controlled by thoughts
Previous versions of BCIs have required invasive procedures to get high-resolution signals. Read more
Researchers in California have developed a device to see around corners
Researchers in Long Beach, California have developed a device – a vertical pole fitted with standard microphones and small car speakers – that uses sound to see around corners. The microphones pick up echoes resulting from a series of chirps emitted by the speakers, and... Read more
Facebook reveals plans to build an alternative financial system – Libra
Facebook has revealed plans to build an alternative financial system based on a cryptocurrency. Libra was announced with 27 partners, including Mastercard and Uber. Facebook aims to launch the cryptocurrency with 100 partners next year. The company hopes that Libra will become the foundation for... Read more
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency experiment with memory restoration device
Over the last five years, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been experimenting with devices intended to restore the memory-generation capacity of people with traumatic brain injuries. This resulted in a device that monitors the brain’s electrical activity and provides a boost whenever... Read more
World’s first raspberry-picking robot begins trials in the UK
Human workers can only harvest around 15,000 raspberries within an eight-hour shift. Read more
Facebook to test new cryptocurrency by the end of 2019
It plans to fully roll out the stable coin by the first quarter of 2020. Read more
You can now send your kids to a YouTube summer camp!
The camp costs up to $1,000 a week. Read more