Elon Musk thinks that, as AI technology and automation continue to replace jobs and more traditional technology, humans will become obsolete and need to merge with machines. Since computers can communicate at speeds well beyond an organic organisms' capacity, Musk thinks that creating a symbiotic relationship between us and our tech will give us the edge we need.

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A physicist has developed an update to the software used to design stellarators, the magnetic cages that confine plasma for use in fusion reactors. This innovation has the potential make building new stellarators cheaper and less time-consuming, which brings the dream of practical nuclear fusion energy closer to reality.

This super material is ultra-light, 200 times stronger than steel, electrically conductive, biodegradable, and can be formed into practically any shape imaginable. Once we can find a way to produce graphene in greater quantities, it could be used for everything from phone screens and headphones to supercomputers and cyborgs.