Stephen Hawking

Elon Musk-led Neuralink’s “Show & Tell” event took on Wednesday evening after a delay of a month. What Happened: The event was originally slated for Halloween (Oct. 31). On Wednesday, Musk, who also leads Twitter, SpaceX, and Tesla, tweeted ahead...

Canadian investors have more cannabis exchange traded funds to invest in than their U.S. counterparts and the universe of Canada-listed marijuana is slated to grow with Horizons ETFs Management Canada Inc. planning a new fund that focuses on U.S.-based marijuana companies. What To Know Prior to...

A group of researchers are warning the world about weaponizing artificial intelligence and robotics, but that machine-learning genie may already be out of the bottle. There are clear signs that the United States is already engaged in an AI arms race with China and Russia to develop weapons systems...

The machines moved in so quickly, people were caught off guard. Once they saw the scope of the threat, they rioted and smashed the devices in nightly raids. But the machines proved too powerful, and a turbulent transition to a new world soon ensued. This was Britain in the early 19th century when...

Suffice it to say, when you are a billionaire you can take on any sort of pet project you would like. Case in point, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is joining forces with fellow billionaire Yuri Milner and famed scientist Stephen Hawking to search for alien life on a nearby planet...

It looks like billionaire Virgin America Inc (NASDAQ: VA) founder Richard Branson took the “aim for the stars” idiom way too literally. The crazy thing is he seems to have succeeded. On Monday, Branson's Virgin Galactic said it received an operating license from the Federal...

The Future of Life Institute has published a new open letter calling for a global ban on autonomous weapons. The letter has been signed by hundreds of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics researchers, as well as several high-profile names from the business and scientific community. The...

Last Tuesday, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)’s creator, Mark Zuckerberg, conducted a Q&A session via his profile. The young billionaire posted a photo of himself in an office, accompanied by an easily recognizable Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook and iPhone, plus some other tech gadgets....

Earlier this year, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX founder Elon Musk made public comments via Twitter concerning his fear of an Armageddon brought on by artificial intelligence. When promoting a book that details artificial intelligence, “Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers...

As if Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Glass didn’t have enough to deal with on the “privacy concerns” front, now a team in London is about to launch a new app that could allow users to control the device with their thoughts, according to TechCrunch. The company, This...