In the 2020 video game Cyberpunk 2077, transhumanism is commonplace. The game envisions a dystopic, sci-fi reality 50 years in the future, where high-tech gadgets are spliced and sutured into the human body to enhance abilities, augment performance, or replace disability. As little as five years ago, Cyberpunk’s cyberware body modification came across as pure…

The AI infrastructure crisis has a new, unconventional answer: float it in the ocean and let the waves handle the power bill. Oregon-based startup Panthalassa just closed a $140 million Series B led by Peter Thiel, valuing the company at close to $1 billion. The round also drew in John Doerr, Marc Benioff’s TIME Ventures,…