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TECH INSIDER   Mark Zuckerberg just signed the death warrant for the smartphone Matt Weinberger   Apr. 18, 2017, 5:07 PM 543,974 It's no secret Mark Zuckerberg is pinning Facebook's prospects on augmented reality - technology that overlays digital imagery onto the real world, like Snapchat's signature camera filters. At this year's F8 conference, taking place this week, Zuckerberg  doubled down  on the company's ambitious 10-year master plan, which was first revealed in 2016. According to this timeline, Facebook expects to turn artificial intelligence, ubiquitous internet connectivity, and virtual and augmented reality into viable parts of its business over the next decade. The Facebook 10-year road map, first revealed in April 2016. Facebook To accelerate the rise of augmented reality, a big part of the plan, Zuckerberg  unveiled the Camera Effects platform  - basically a set of tools for outside developers to b

Yesterday, the US military dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal on Afghanistan. Nicknamed the Mother of All Bombs, reports indicate that it killed 36 ISIS fighters and there were no civilian casualties. TV news stations have been playing footage of MOAB bomb tests from 2003, but the military just released actual footage of the strike. As you can see, the aerial footage doesn’t give a great perspective on what happened. But it’s it’s a view that perhaps gives us a peek into how much life can be lost so quickly, despite it all looking like a video game. Thirty-six ISIS militants died in that strike—a blip on the screen for most of us.

Image: REUTERS/Fabian Bimme.  Third Party Content.  This article is published in collaboration with Business Insider 30 Mar 2017 Will Martin Markets Reporter, Business Insider UK When moving abroad, especially when you have a family, there is a lot to consider when it comes to quality of life. In a new survey by InterNations, the world’s largest network for people who live and work abroad,  the company asked 14,300 expats, representing 174 nationalities and living in 191 countries or territories, to rate 43 different aspects of life abroad on a scale of 1-7. Healthcare, safety, and the cost of living are crucially important, but so too is the quality of education available to expat families looking to give their children the best start in life. Education in the countries listed below can come at a price, but the quality of education in these nations are considered the best in the world. 13. Czech Republic — Education is highly afforda

Goodnight, New Horizons. Sleep Well.   Pixabay IN BRIEF The New Horizon's space probe is being put into a 5-month-long hibernation to reduce wear and tear while allowing for the allocation of resources to other missions. During this time, the probe will be prepared for the next leg of its extended mission. DO SPACE PROBES DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? NASA’s  Pluto probe,  New Horizons , has been hard at work for the past 852 days and has earned its epic five-month-long nap that just began on Monday, April 10. Imagine working for almost two-and-a-half years straight — you’d welcome a bit of hibernation yourself. Click to View Full Infographic The period of rest is meant to reduce wear and tear and allow for the allocation of resources, such as funds and personnel, to other NASA missions. According to New Horizons mission operations manager  Alice Bowman in a news release , “We’re looking forward [to] taking advantage of the reduced mission operations worklo

  TECH   If a nuclear bomb is dropped on your city, here's where you should run and hide Dave Mosher   and   Andy Kiersz Mar. 18, 2017, 4:00 PM   51,927 Shutterstock People who survive a nuclear blast may be exposed to radioactive ash and dust called fallout. Finding a good shelter as soon as possible and going inside is critical to surviving fallout. A scientist has come up with a strategy for when and whether to move to a better fallout shelter. President Trump has egged on a  new arms race . Russia  violated  weapons treaties to upgrade its  nuclear arsenal . North Korea is developing  long-range missiles  and  practicing  for nuclear war - and the US military is  considering preemptive attacks  on the isolated nation's military facilities. Meanwhile,  nuclear terrorism  and  dirty bombs remain a sobering threat. Though these events are unlikely to trigger the last-ditch option of nuclear war, let alone a blast in your neighborhood, th