For centuries, eternal life has been a common quest for women and men around the world. Even today, tech tycoons like Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman are investing in startups that aim to reverse ageing by making tweaks to animal cells. While this sounds like a wonderful new era of carefree living, one expert has cast doubt over whether it would even be a good idea. Dr Stephen Cave, a philosopher at the University of Cambridge, said an extended human lifespan would be'absolutely catastrophic'. Attempts to radically lengthen lifespans will put too much pressure on Earth's resources, he claims – and could mean humanity will go extinct sooner.

Here are the results of the KDnuggets Poll inspired by this blog: Relax! As advances in AI continue to progress in leaps and bounds, accessibility to data science at a base level has become increasingly democratized. Traditional entry barriers to the field such as a lack of data and computing power have been swept aside with a continuous supply of new data startups popping up(some offering access for as little as a cup of coffee a day) and all powerful cloud computing removing the need for expensive onsite hardware. Rounding out the trinity of prerequisites, is the skill and know-how to implement, which has arguably become the most ubiquitous aspect of data science. One does not need to look far to find online tutorials touting taglines like "implement X model in seconds", "apply Z method to your data in just a few lines of code". In a digital world, instant gratification has become the name of the game.

Back in 2010, a team of self-described "data nerds" founded Sumo Logic. The vision was to build a platform to deliver–as a cloud native service–machine data analytics for anybody. It definitely turned out to be the right focus. Consider that today Sumo Logic analyzes 100 petabytes of data on a daily basis (to put this into perspective, a petabyte consists of 1,000 terabytes or about five years of the Earth Observing System). The platform also performs 30 million searches and handles a whopping 500 trillion record queries every day. Because of this, Sumo Logic has a unique view of some of the most important trends in technology.

Back in 2010, a team of self-described "data nerds" founded Sumo Logic. The vision was to build a platform to deliver–as a cloud native service–machine data analytics for anybody. It definitely turned out to be the right focus. Consider that today Sumo Logic analyzes 100 petabytes of data on a daily basis (to put this into perspective, a petabyte consists of 1,000 terabytes or about five years of the Earth Observing System). The platform also performs 30 million searches and handles a whopping 500 trillion record queries every day.

The world is changing, and it's all about your voice. In my house, there are voicebots everywhere. In the kitchen, I use the Google Home speaker to ask about recipes and the weather. In my office, there's an Amazon Echo connected to a high-end stereo, so I can control my music collection by voice. You'd think that would be enough, except that I have another Echo Dot in my family room, and another Echo in an upstairs room.

Cash is getting less attention and people are looking forward to paying companies with mobile apps and other technologies instead, according to a new survey by online invoicing and payment firm Viewpost, which surveyed 1,000 U.S consumers for its analysis. More than half of respondents say payments between companies and customers will soon be done through mobile apps. Only 11 percent of Americans think companies will bill them by paper in the future, and 54 percent believe companies will bill customers through automatic payments from their bank account or credit card. "People are willing to embrace a more convenient, frictionless payments future," Viewpost CEO Max Eliscu said in a released statement. Electronic payments are already popular today, with services like PayPal, Apple Pay, Android Pay and apps like Venmo.

But modern tools are helping to revive Ireland's national language. An Irish proverb advises that it is often wise for one to hold his tongue. An té is ciúine is é is buaine, or "he who is silent is the stronger." But that ancestral wisdom isn't the best policy when the very language it comes from is threatened. The Irish language, Gaelic, is one of more than 40 percent of the world's 6,000 spoken languages that are endangered, according to UNESCO.