Google and NASA revealed on Wednesday that they've found a critical piece to the enigmatic puzzle of quantum computing that could usher in a new generation of ultra-efficient computers.

For the past two years, Google and NASA have combined their scientific might via the Quantum AI team to study the mechanics and possible advantages of quantum computing. It's taken quite a while, but the team has finally tapped the power of its D-Wave X2 system to demonstrate just how powerful quantum computing really is.

Using a processing called quantum annealing, the Quantum AI team was able to prove that the quantum computer not only works but represents tremendous gains over traditional problem-solving systems. The scientists discovered a new quantum annealing algorithm that processed and solved complex binary workloads over 100 million times faster (10^8) than methods simulated on single-core non-quantum computers. Essentially this means that Google's D-Wave X2 system can serve as a major tool to understand, define and experiment with the realm of nanoscale quantum computing.

We've seen previous mods for Star Wars Battlefront which look great, but the "real life" for EA DICE's first-person shooter looks absolutely incredible. YouTuber Jack "jackfrags" Mason has blown us away, but you really need to check out the video that we've embedded below.

The clip has Star Wars Battlefront running the "real life" mod at 4K 60FPS, so if you've got the display and Internet chops to watch it, make sure you're watching it at 4K 60FPS. The footage itself is absolutely beautiful, with the track behind it also sounding great - with Mason using Maxence Cyrin's piano cover of Pixies' "Where is My Mind", which totally adds to the experience.

Mason said that he used a "modified version of SweetFX" to achieve the look of Star Wars Battlefront "real life", with SweetFX being a bunch of post-processing shader effects like specialized anti-aliasing and sharpening.

For a time the highest grossing picture in history before being pipped by 'Titanic' a little more than a year later, the aliens of 'Independence Day' have come back to finish the job they started, before being felled by the one-two punch of an Apple-borne computer virus and fighter pilot Will Smith. Twentieth Century Fox has today premiered the first teaser trailer of footage for what looks like one of 2016 biggest blockbusters in the making.

While Will Smith is absent this time round, returning starts Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch and Vivica A. Fox will be joined by newcomers Liam Hemsworth, Maika Monroe and Jessie Usher in welcoming the alien hoarde back to Earth. Expect explosions and general mayhem as the future of the planet is decided.

'Independence Day: Resurgence' hits 2D, 3D and IMAX cinemas worldwide in June 2016.

If you haven't watched Mr. Robot, I highly suggest you do, as it was one of the biggest surprises of the year for me. The show is very unique, with a 'Fight Club' vibe to it, but deeply entrenched in the world we live in today that is dominated by corporations, governments, spying, and technology.

The second season of USA's hit show will debut next year with the show's creator, Sam Esmail, set to direct every single episode. Variety is reporting that Esmail plans to direct every episode of the second season, which will show massive confidence in Esmail from USA as a writer-director. Esmail earned great acclaim from the first season of Mr. Robot, as he also directed three episodes, and now proven himself as a film director with 'Comet'.

As for Mr. Robot's second season, it was teased earlier this year at New York Comic Con that the second season will "get really f***ing dark" - which is interesting to hear, as the first season was pretty damn dark as it was. Rami Malek, who plays the main character Elliot on the show, said that when it comes to preparing for the second season, he said it's "going to be tough". Not only that, but series creator Sam Esmail added: "We should learn more about Elliot's relationship with his sister and follow fsociety member Darlene, and how that relationship fits in with the origins of the now infamous hacker group society".

We've heard about Intel's incredible new Core i7-6950X processor, which features 10 x CPU cores joined by 10 x Hyper-Threaded cores for a total of 20 threads, but it looks like we'll get a better look at Intel's new CPUs at Computex in June 2016.

Intel's new 14nm Broadwell-E offerings will arrive next year with a slew of different SKUs, ranging from the 12-threaded CPUs to 20-threaded CPU beasts. The Core i7-6950X will lead the pack with 20 threads of 14nm CPU goodness, with a Base frequency of 2GHz, 25MB of cache and support for DDR4. It'll feature a 140W TDP, and up to 3.5GHz on Turbo Boost.

We all know that Elon Musk has some doubts about artificial intelligence, with the SpaceX and Tesla founder saying that AI could be "more dangerous than nukes" back in April 2014. In October 2014, Musk warned the world about AI once again, saying that it's like "summoning the demon". It was only earlier this year that Musk said that AI would treat us "pet Labradors", a future that I don't want to live in.

These are some strong warnings from Musk, who has joined forces with some of the world's brightest minds, creating OpenAI. OpenAI, as explained on Medium, is a nonprofit that was funded by people like Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel and Amazon Web Services - just to name a few. These people are collectively pledging more than $1 billion to counteract large companies, or even governments that might gain too much power in the world of artificial intelligence.

As it stands, companies like Google are pretty open with their research into AI, but Y Combinator CEO and OpenAI founder Sam Altman says that as we get closer to the level where AI surpasses human intelligence, there's a large concern over how much these companies will share. OpenAI promises to make its results public, offering its patents royalty-free.

If you live in the UK, you might want to be careful of what photos you take... inside of your own house. Thanks to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 ready to roll through, it will include an extended form of copyright for designer objects - you know, like furniture - for 70 years after the designer has died. This means you'll need a license to post photographs of your own belongings.

We shouldn't see the average UK citizen being affected, because a large portion of Britons would be thrown in court straight away. As BoingBoing reports, it's "law that everyone is guilty of is a law that is ripe for abuse, because it allows rightsholders' estates -- often capricious corporate entities -- the right to ruin the lives of anyone they dislike, for any reason".

Who is the law being targeted at? It looks like it'll hit commercial photographers, of which the UK government seems to have "no sympathy for", reports BoingBoing, adding: "The Government considers that photographers and image libraries already bear costs for time and administration when assessing whether they need to obtain clearance when photographing". But more people will be hit by the law, with publishers of books with pictures of design objects, will feel the pain. The Digital Reader had a chat with Natalie Kontarsky, an Associate Director for Legal and Business Affairs at Thames & Hudson, a popular art publisher, where she said: "The government has actually said 'you are collateral damage' in a very sanguine, offhand way. The dark end of the spectrum would be to take books out of circulation and have to pulp. Obviously no one wants to look at that".

With close to $100 million secured through crowdfunding, Roberts Space Industries has the universe on its shoulders when it comes to Star Citizen. Well, RSI has released the Star Citizen Alpha 2.0, something that represents the "first true slice" of the game.

Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 allows for transport between multiple locations on a planet, and first-person ground combat is possible for the first time ever. Better yet, you can even do space walks, if you want to leave your ship that is. Even at this point, there's still much more work to do, but RSI is still fighting off criticism that they are taking the $100 million and running with it.

But, with a new 2-minute video released, RSI has something to whet the appetite of Star Citizen fans across the world. It shows that at the end of the day, and after $100 million in funding, there is a big game on its way - but are you still interested? Do you think RSI can pull it off?

On the day that Roberts Space Industries releases the Star Citizen Alpha 2.0, the developer has hit the huge $100 milestone for the game. It's a massive milestone to reach, as it's the only game ever to have $100 million entirely from crowdfunding.

Star Citizen is home to over one million "citizens", with 32,000+ fan-created organizations in the world already, with the largest organization home to over 11,000 people. RSI debuted some Alpha 2.0 footage of Star Citizen during The Game Awards 2015 show last week, which we've embedded above.

We heard about NVIDIA using GDDR5X on its next-gen Pascal-based offerings, and shortly after it was rumored that AMD would also use GDDR5X on their forthcoming 14nm-based parts. A new report has surfaced about GDDR6 arriving in 2016, which could be a rebranded name for GDDR5X - before it was even allowed to be released.

It makes sense though, as some users might think an 'X' isn't enough of an indication of increased performance between GDDR5 and GDDR5X, with a full number increase from GDDR5 to GDDR6 being a much better marketing strategy. The new GDDR6 is under development at Micron, but we don't know anything on the performance or specification side of things. We do know that the jump from GDDR5 to GDDR5X was actually quite significant, and while not quite as revolutionary as HBM, it was a great jump for cards not based on HBM.

Considering GDDR5 debuted on the 60nm process all the way back in 2007, it has matured greatly since then, where it is down to 20nm on current cards - including the GeForce GTX Titan X. I think GDDR5 and GDDR6 could be used starting next year in cards that are under $400, allowing the rest of the market above $400 to use the much more expensive HBM2 technology.