Market researcher Newzoo expects more than 2.5 billion people to play games in 2019. This is about one-third of the global population. The global gaming market is a $152 billion business in 2019 and should reach $196 billion in 2022. Globaldata forecasts global gaming could reach $300 billion by 2025. The number of active gamers …
Juvenescence is creating antiaging therapies using artificial intelligence and biotechnology with a near term goal of extending human lifespan to 150 years. They just raised $100 million in a Series B round, including a total of $10 million from its founders and a further $10 million each from four cornerstone investors, including Grok Ventures, the …
This is the Carnival of Space 626. Here is an archive of all of the past weekly Carnivals of Space. This where space-related blog joined together for weekly summaries of articles from all of the space blogs. Just email an entry to [email protected], and the next host will link to it. 1. At Universe Today …
The Carnival of Space 625 is up at Cosmoquest. Richard Lawn of SETI Home is revisiting the Drake Equation. Nearly everyone interested in SETI has heard of the Drake Equation, but views of its utility vary widely. The equation is a useful way to estimate the number of technological civilizations in our galaxy and the …
Boring Company is Elon Musk’s third-highest value company after Tesla ($39 billion valuation as of Aug 28, 2019) and SpaceX ($33 billion). They just raised $120 million with a valuation of $920 million (just short of $1 billion). There are several big developments over the next 16 months that could propel Boring Company to higher …
A guest post by Joseph Friedlander In a reader comment I shall always treasure, I got this: What’s next, the economics of importing methane by wormhole from Titan? Well, actually that would not be a bad business to be in– but if you had access to a wormhole that itself would become …
Tesla and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (CATL) and other companies that have shown an initial interest in the Indian government’s plan to build large battery factories at an investment of about ₹50,000 crore (US$7 billion). India’s plan to set up 50-gigawatt hour (GWh) factories. The final tender expected to be awarded by February, …
Graphene sheets can block the signals mosquitos use to identify a blood meal, potentially enabling a new chemical-free approach to mosquito bite prevention. Researchers showed that multilayer graphene can provide a two-fold defense against mosquito bites. The ultra-thin yet strong material acts as a barrier that mosquitoes are unable to bite through. At the same …
SpaceX just had a successful 150-200 Meter hop of the Starhopper. SOURCES- SpaceX Written By Alvin Wang, Nextbigfuture.com AlvinSerial entrepreneur and CTO. www.nextbigfuture.com
Kyle Nel of Singularity University Uncommon Partners was interviewed by Nextbigfuture. After a long-time partnership, Singularity University acquired Uncommon Partners (UP) to expand the capabilities for clients and partners. Co-founded in 2018 by SU faculty member Kyle Nel and Amanda Manna, UP applies a multi-disciplinary approach to transformation that is rooted in behavioral science and …
John Blincow is the President of the Gateway Foundation. John Blincow has worked as a pilot for 24 years, flying all over the world in such aircraft as the Boeing 757, DC-10, and Boeing 747-400. John Blincow’s experience as a pilot instructor includes United Airlines, Boeing Flight Safety, and as a security instructor for The …