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You’re probably not reading this right now. That’s not a philosophical statement about the number of non-readers a given news article has. It’s a declaration of the literal. This article might not exist. You, me, TNW’sNeuralvertical for artificial intelligence news and analysis, our offices in Amsterdam, your favorite T-shirt: it’s quite possible that none of these things actually exist. Or that they all exist but the reality they exist in doesn’t....

By the end of 2021, if everything goes according to plan, the richest man in the world will takea pleasure cruise to outer spaceon his personal spacecraft and bothBitcoinandDogecoinwill literally goto the Moon. Space exploration and exploitation have traditionally been nationalist endeavors. But the rise of the12-digit billionairehas suddenly made outer space look like open territory. The players Jeff Bezos is stepping downfrom his position as the CEO of Amazon after 25 years ahead of his imminent launch into space aboard one of his own Blue Origin spaceships....

Over the past few months, many high-profile companies have had their customer details compromised by attackers, targeting the third-party marketing firms that hold email addresses and many other personal details. Perhaps the most notable attack was that onEpsilon, the world’s largest permission-based email marketer. Playing host to customer details of hundreds of companies including Kroger, TiVo, US Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, Citi, Home Shopping Network, Ameriprise Financial, LL Bean Visa Card and many more, people present on the marketing lists for these companies suddenly found themselves receiving warning emails informing them that their details might have been compromised....

We’ve got computers inside of our smartphones that can perform massive calculations. An iPhone, for example, could oversee 120 million Apollo moon landing missions simultaneously. But you know what computers can’t do? 3D-print me a pizza or plant a tree. Sure, we can use our devices to order a pizza or to sponsor a charity that plants trees. But the idea of a computer that couldliterallydo anything is preposterous. Isn’t it?...

Over the last 10 days, a group of around 50 Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, investors and techies who appropriately call themselves “GeeksOnaPlane” have been discovering first-hand the South American tech scene, successively landing in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and Buenos Aires. But what is GeeksonaPlane and more importantly, what does this tour tell us about each city? GeeksonaPlane, or#goapfor the intimates, is an international business travel program for Silicon Valley leaders launched by Super AngelDave McClure, founding partner at500 Startupsand one of the25 most influential people tweeting about entrepreneurship....