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Elon Musk says there's a '70 percent' chance he will make the trip to Mars

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

Buzz60's Tony Spitz has the details. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., unveils the companyís newest products, Powerwall and Powerpack in Hawthorne, Calif., Thursday, April 30, 2015. Mars may not be the kind of place you raise your kids, as goes the Elton John song "Rocket Man." The first flight to Mars will likely happen in seven years, Musk said Sunday night on "Axios," the news site's half-hour HBO TV series. Musk, 47, says there's a "70 percent chance" he will take a flight to Mars in his lifetime.


There's a reason so many Amazon searches show you sponsored ads

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Amazon is finding gold in sponsored posts but what is it costing consumers? Amazon's sponsored ads over the best-selling smartwatch from Apple (Photo: screenshot) Do a search for laptops on Amazon, and the first result might be ones made by Microsoft or HP, despite Asus being Amazon's best seller. Try for printers, and while HP and Brother top the Amazon best seller chart, the first three (sponsored) results are for a Bluedriver scanner and replacement batteries for printers made by Zebra. Searching TVs take you directly to LG and Sansui, a company probably most American consumers have never heard of, despite Amazon's best-seller category being dominated by Chinese brand TCL. These are sponsored posts, paid by the manufacturer to get better placement on the top e-commerce site, and if you think you're seeing a lot more of these this year, your eyes are not playing tricks on you.


Need to know why baby is crying? There's an app for that and Trevor Noah is skeptical

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Barbie becomes a robotics engineer, a new app for baby and Siri gets mad. You can now talk to Alexa through your iPhone, Barbie is becoming a robotics engineer and an app can tell you why your baby is crying -- the late-night comics talk about the newest rollouts related to technology, and why some of it isn't as impressive as you might think. Late-night comic Trevor Noah kicks things off by pointing out why, when it comes to parenting, apps can't replace good old fashioned common sense. Seth Meyers gives us the mansplaining Ken doll and Jimmy Fallon gets in some woman trouble. Find out why Siri tells him off in today's Best of Late Night, above.


There's no evidence having sex with robots is healthy, report says

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A man interacts with his'smart' sex doll as he lays in a bed in his home in Guangzhou, Guandong Province, China. The smart sex industry is growing, and medical experts warn there's no evidence to show their health benefits or risks. Some sex robot creators have been working on the machines for decades, but a new report shows the medical community can't endorse them as a healthy companion. In fact, there's no evidence showing the dolls have any impact on health at all, according to Susan Bewley, an obstetrician at King's College London and Chantal Cox-George, a doctor at St. George's University Hospitals, also in the British capital. The two analyzed medical journals and general online searches for any primary data relating to health aspects of sex robots and came up short.


Don't like the iPhone X's notch? There's an app that can help

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In the 10 days since it has gone on sale, Apple's new $999 iPhone X has received plenty of praise for its screen, cameras and new features like Face ID facial recognition. One part of Apple's latest iPhone, however, has been a bit more divisive: The "notch." Otherwise known as the black bar that breaks up the top of the phone's 5.8-inch display, the notch holds the front camera and sensors for the iPhone X's Face ID feature and is a necessity given that Apple has removed the iPhone's traditional bezels that previously housed the phone's front camera components. The design decision has drawn the ire of some users online and even has become the butt of a new Samsung ad that pokes fun at ten years of the iPhone. More: I've had an iPhone X all week.


Bank of America analysts think there's a 50 per cent chance we live in The Matrix

The Independent - Tech

Analysts at Bank of America have reportedly suggested there is a 20 to 50 per cent chance our world is a Matrix-style virtual reality and everything we experience is just a simulation. The report, which was issued to clients, also implies even if our world was an illusion, we would never know about it. Bank of America Merrill Lynch backed up the claims by citing comments from leading philosophers, scientists and other thinkers. BANK OF AMERICA: There's a 20%-50% chance we're inside the matrix and reality is just a simulation Myles Udland pic.twitter.com/TltpYbjPxI "It is conceivable that with advancements in artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and computing power, members of future civilizations could have decided to run a simulation of their ancestors," the report stated.


Google My Activity shows everything that company knows about its users – and there's a lot

The Independent - Tech

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display