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The Mega Trends That Will Shape Our Future World

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Picture this: The year is 2040. You’ve just disembarked from a hypersonic flight from New York to London, a mere two-hour journey, and then take an air urban mobility “drone” to beat London’s rush hour traffic to be home in 20 minutes. While in the air, you streamed a holographic conference in real …

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Jensen Huang’s vision for Nvidia brings confidence to investors

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More recently, its GPUs have become the preferred choice for complex data center workloads, particularly for training large language models and running generative artificial intelligence applications. Citigroup estimates spending in the robotics sector could exceed $200 billion by 2035 and $1 trillion by 2040.

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AI is revolutionizing the treatment of glaucoma – the world’s second leading cause of blindness

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million cases by 2040. Glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness globally, affects millions and is projected to reach 111.8 This progressive

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Energy software development: Transforming business operations for maximum efficiency

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If the situation remains unchanged, IT emissions could account for up to 14% of global emissions by 2040. What business leaders say about energy software impact The IT sector’s carbon footprint is rapidly increasing.

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AI is revolutionizing the treatment of glaucoma – the world’s second leading cause of blindness

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million cases by 2040. Glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness globally, affects millions and is projected to reach 111.8 This progressive

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Is AI green, how sustainable is it?

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Projections indicate that by 2040, the emissions attributed to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector could account for 14% of global emissions , primarily driven by data centers and communication networks. months since 2012.

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This Essential Element of the Power Grid Is in Critically Short Supply

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The recent book Energy 2040 (Springer), coauthored by Georgia Techs Divan, lays out some of the staggering numbers. EV adoption suggests the country will have 125 million EVs by 2040. data centers may double by the end of this decade because of the boom in artificial intelligence. An average estimate of U.S.