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"Older adults think the benefits of social technology greatly outweigh the costs and challenges of technology," said Michigan State University's William Chopik. "And the use of this technology could benefit their mental and physical health over time."

Technology news is full of incremental developments. These are the breakthroughs that matter.

A new technique to create a single-molecule diode has been developed by scientists, and, in doing so, they have developed molecular diodes that perform 50 times better than all prior designs. This research group is the first to develop a single-molecule diode that may have real-world technological applications for nanoscale devices.

"The top prosecutor in Manhattan thinks Washington will finally heed his call to make Apple resume opening devices to investigators."

The Vision Of Infinite Dimensions (THE VOID), the world's first Virtual Reality (VR) theme park, will open its doors in Pleasant Grove, Utah, in the summer 2016. THE VOID will combine physical environments with VR technology to offer the ultimate entertainment experience. "At THE VOID you will walk into new dimensions and experience worlds without limits," says THE VOID's website. "From fighting intergalactic wars on alien planets, to casting spells in the darkest of dungeons, The Void presents the Future of Entertainment."

Solve's mission is to inspire extraordinary people to work together to solve the world's toughest problems. Solve will convene technologists, philanthropists, business leaders, policy makers, and change agents to examine and address the problems where technology, business innovation, and smart policy can be leveraged to bring about real and lasting change. Solve embraces a diverse community of thought leaders and activists, empowers them to work together, and holds them accountable for their commitments and actions. In this way, the Solve community does not just talk about grand challenges; it works to conquer them. https://www.facebook.com/SOLVE-367733343374679

The Open Content Alliance (OCA) is a collaborative effort of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that helps build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia material. An archive of contributed material is available on the Internet Archive website and through Yahoo! and other search engines and sites.

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Sentient machines are a greater threat to humanity than climate change, according to Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom