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What Google's Winning Go Algorithm Will Do Next
Following the defeat of one of its finest human players, the ancient game of Go has joined the growing list of tasks at which computers perform better than humans...
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With Book on New Computer Language, Kernighan Guides Students at Princeton and Beyond
Princeton University professor Brian Kernighan has co-authored a book on the computer language Go with Alan Donovan, a member of the Go design team.
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High Throughput Computing Helps Ligo Confirm Einstein's Last nproven Theory
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is helping researchers detect gravitational waves caused by the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion...
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Less Than Meets the Eye
Computer-vision models designed to reproduce the capacities of the human brain may need to be adjusted.
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Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release
The new software could be particularly useful in fields where subjective interpretation has been the norm.
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How Google's AI Viewed the Move No Human Could nderstand
The move didn't make sense to the humans packed into the sixth floor of Seoul's Four Seasons hotel. But the Google machine saw it quite differently.
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Gates Thinks Quantum Computing in the Cloud May Come in a Decade
Bill Gates says it is possible that in six to 10 years "cloud computing will offer super-computation by using quantum."
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New Learning Procedure For Neural Networks
Max Planck Institute researcher Robert Gutig has used a computer model to develop a new learning procedure for neural networks.
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The 'Elephant in the Valley' Is Tech's Problem
The outlook remains bleak for gender and minority representation in Silicon Valley, according to the "Elephant in the Valley" survey.
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A Bitcoin-Style Currency For Central Banks
Virtual currency could become more viable thanks to a new Bitcoin-like system developed by University College London researchers.
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Eu Researchers Have Made Big Steps Towards the Creation of a Fully Functional Robotic Nose
The European Union's BIOMACHINELEARNING project has created a neuromorphic network for odor recognition.
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Nasa's K2 Mission: The Kepler Space Telescope's Second Chance to Shine
The engineers huddled around a telemetry screen, and the mood was tense. They were watching streams of data from a crippled spacecraft more than 50 million miles...
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The .s. Government Launches a $100-Million 'apollo Project of the Brain'
A new $100-million project will reverse-engineer a section of the brain in order to improve machine-learning and artificial-intelligence algorithms.
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Algorithm Reads Tweets to Figure Out Which Restaurants Make You Sick
A new app identifies food poisoning-related tweets and connects them to restaurants using geotagging, in order to identify likely hotspots of food poisoning..
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Researchers Spoof Phone's Fingerprint Readers Using Inkjet Printers
Michigan State University researchers used off-the-shelf inkjet printers to demonstrate how fingerprint readers on popular smartphones can be spoofed into unlocking...
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Machine-Learning Algorithm Aims to Identify Terrorists Using the V Signs They Make
Ahmad Hassanat from Mu'tah University in Jordan and colleagues have developed a way to distinguish people from the unique way they make the "V for victory" sign...
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System Loads Web Pages 34 Percent Faster By Fetching Files More Effectively
There are few things more frustrating than a slow-loading Web page.
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Big Data Analysis Is Changing the Nature of Sports Science
Sports scientists now can gather vast amounts of data on players and the action while games are in progress, but they still struggle to process the data in meaningful...
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One-in-Three Developers Fear AI Will Replace Them
A survey of developers found nearly a third identify the most worrisome part of their careers as the potential to be replaced by artificial intelligence.
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