Experiments with optical tweezers race to test the laws of quantum mechanics

Nov 08, 2018 16:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology

One might think that the optical tweezer a focused laser beam that can trap small particles is old hat by now. After all, the tweezer was invented by Arthur Ashkin in 1970. And he received the Nobel Prize for it this...

Who wins and who loses when platforms like Airbnb disrupt housing? And how do you regulate it?

Nov 08, 2018 16:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Short-term letting platforms like Airbnb are changing property owners and investors views and behaviour in the Sydney and Melbourne rental markets. These changes are directly affecting housing availability in localised...

The argument from cyberspace for eliminating nuclear weapons

Nov 08, 2018 16:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

At the height of the Cold War in 1982, American psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton argued that the central existential fact of the nuclear age is vulnerability. That warning predated the proliferation of computers into almost...

'Red Dead Redemption 2' Latest News & Update: Anti-Feminists Celebrate Ability to Hurt Women in Game

Nov 08, 2018 05:58 am UTC| Technology

Red Dead Redemption 2 basically allows players to become outlaws in the final days of the cowboys, so its only natural that there would be those who commit distasteful atrocities in the game. However, YouTube recently...

'Call of Duty: Black Ops 4' Latest News & Update: Copies ‘Fortnite’ Again? Combines Battle Royale & Zombies

Nov 08, 2018 05:58 am UTC| Technology

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has just confirmed the criticism that has been leveled at the franchise for many years now, which depicts the developers of having run out of ideas. In the latest change to the games Blackout...

‘Legend of Zelda’ Latest News & Update: ‘Breath of the Wild’ Part 2 Coming Soon?

Nov 07, 2018 05:40 am UTC| Technology

Legend of Zelda developer Nintendo has recently put up some suggestive job posts that might indicate a new game in the storied franchise is being made. Whats more, its going to be a 3D title. This could either mean that...

‘Fortnite’ Latest News & Update: Players Could Soon Fly Airplanes via Bumble Vehicle

Nov 07, 2018 05:35 am UTC| Technology

Fortnite has had many things changed and added to it over the course of its brief existence, and it seems like there is yet going to be another major update coming. It might have to do with a Bumble vehicle that the...