D-Wave Reveals 5000+ Qubit System With a More Connected Topology

D-Wave Systems has shown its new 5000 qubit quantum annealing system that uses a vastly improved Pegasus architecture. Nextbigfuture wrote about the Pegasus architecture and the 5,640 qubit D-Wave prototype back in mid-January. D-Wave has now officially announced the 5000+ qubit system and the new architecture. The next-generation D-Wave quantum platform will include ongoing updates …

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India and Pakistan On the Verge of Another War

India and Pakistan are using airstrikes against each other and both also shot down each other’s fighter jets on Wednesday. Pakistan captured an Indian pilot. These are the first air strikes they have exchanged since 1971. Pakistan and Indian ground forces have exchanged fire in more than a dozen locations. A suicide car bombing on …

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Billionaire Antiaging Investor Jim Mellon Predicts We Will Live to 115-150 Years

Jim Mellon is a billionaire investor in antiaging companies. Jim has made several investments in antiaging companies and as one of the leading investors in the field gets pitched almost all of the antiaging companies. Jim thus has a unique perspective on what the latest developments are with anti-aging technology. Jim predicts that average life …

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Robust Aging With National Exercise, Supplementation and Treatment Programs

People over age 55 accounted for nearly half of total health spending in the U.S., despite representing over a quarter of the population. Those who have ever been diagnosed with diabetes, stroke, heart disease, cancer and emphysema, also had higher-than-average spending. Spending is concentrated even within populations with relatively high average health costs. Half of …

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The End of Moore’s Law in Detail and Starting a New Golden Age

John Hennessy talked about the end of Moore’s Law and the start of a new golden age. He described the specifics of how general computer chips from Intel and others were sped up over decades. Speed came from scaling, parallelism and multiple cores. John sees the immediate future of faster computing coming from domain-specific languages …

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Tesla Gigafactory 3 Progress and an Estimate of 8000 Tesla’s Sold in China in 55 Days

烏瓦 uploaded a video of the current state of construction at the Tesla Gigafactory 3 in China. There are over a dozen large piledrivers creating the foundation for the Gigafactory 3. Media in China reports that the Gigafactory 3 should be completed in the summer of 2019. Tesla is stepping up its GF3 construction in …

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Rivian Will Make Electric Amazon Delivery Trucks

Amazon has led a $700 million investment in electric truck and electric SUV company, Rivian. Amazon and Rivian will develop Amazon delivery vehicles and build out its logistics network. General Motors might also invest in Rivian. Rivian’s CEO R.J. Scaringe told Greentechmedia that they will have a 400-mile range truck with 185 kwh of cattery …

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New SpaceX Starhopper Nose Cone Should Be Complete in a Few Days

SpaceX is building a replacement Starhopper nosecone. Fast progress is being made and the new nosecone should be complete in a few days. The previous nose cone was blown over and damaged in 50 mph winds. … most excellent view inside anticipated new #StarHopper nosecone. #SpaceX #RGV #FlyBocaChica (📷 credit @RGVaerialphotos) pic.twitter.com/OGtj0oigIl — Cowboy Dan …

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Zeihan Predicts Population Never Hits 10 Billion With Famine and Wars Ten Times 20th Century

At the end of a long talk, Peter Zeihan predicts the World Population will never hit ten billion. The UN and others are projecting that world population will hit 10 billion in 2050. World population is currently 7.7 to 7.8 billion. In 2017, the UN projected world population will hit 8.6 billion by 2030. Zeihan …

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BYD Starts Building a New Giant Battery Factory

BYD, China’s leading electric car maker, has started building a new battery factory in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. The battery factor will cost 10 billion yuan (about 1.49 billion U. S. dollars. It will have an annual capacity of 20-gigawatt hours (GWh) of batteries. BYD will build eight fully-automated lithium-ion battery production lines to make …

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