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Does a chair exist if nobody sits on it? Relational quantum mechanics says ‘NO!’ What if things only exist in their interactions with one another? What does it mean to be relational? During the scientific revolution, the English physics pioneer Isaac Newton and his German counterpart Gottfried Leibniz disagreed on the nature of space and time. Newton claimed space and time acted like a “container” for the contents of the universe....

Does AI get more hype than it deserves? What’s all the fuss about? Story byRich Heimann Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week. Also tagged with Related Articles More TNW About TNW Has wave energy finally found its golden buoy? German startup OroraTech raises €25M to scale wildfire early warning system Discover TNW All Access Can OpenAI’s Strawberry program deceive humans? How AI can help you make a computer game without knowing anything about coding

Does having a European HQ still matter in a ‘remote’ world? Absolutely Choosing the right location still remains a critical decision. The path to go global runs through Europe At$28.7 trillion, EMEA represents roughly 30% of the world’s GDP and is the largest addressable market outside of America. Europe itself is the world’s second-largest B2B software market, and for more than two decades has been the location of choice when US companies look beyond their own borders....

Does having a European HQ still matter in a ‘remote’ world? Absolutely Choosing the right location still remains a critical decision. The path to go global runs through Europe At$28.7 trillion, EMEA represents roughly 30% of the world’s GDP and is the largest addressable market outside of America. Europe itself is the world’s second-largest B2B software market, and for more than two decades has been the location of choice when US companies look beyond their own borders....

Does the right to bear arms cover AI guns and killer robots? A simple question with a complicated answer Sentry guns In 2018, a Syrian man built this dead-simple autonomous sentry gun: The system features a universal rifle mount, a trigger-pulling mechanism, and a base that rotates 360-degrees to track targets using heat signatures. It’s completely controlled via laptop and, presumably, could work with any number of simple artificial intelligence systems to track, tag, and eliminate targets....