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Nomadic Computing Speeds p Big Data Analytics
The latest research by Inderjit Dhillon is a non-locking, stochastic multi-machine algorithm for asynchronous and decentralized matrix completion.
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Get Smart
Researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan have developed a system they say could lead to the next generation of home thermostats. ...
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Google Just Open Sourced Tensorflow, Its Artificial Intelligence Engine
Tech pundit Tim O'Reilly had just tried the new Google Photos app, and he was amazed by the depth of its artificial intelligence.
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Nsa Says How Often, Not When, It Discloses Software Flaws
The U.S. National Security Agency, seeking to rebut accusations that it hoards information about vulnerabilities in computer software, thereby leaving U.S. companies...
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Icy Volcanoes May Dot Pluto's Surface
Two icy volcanoes may lurk near Pluto's south pole, images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft suggest.
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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in .s.
Toyota on Friday announced a five-year, $1-billion investment to establish an artificial intelligence research laboratory in Silicon Valley.
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Where Computing Hits the Wall: 3 Things Holding Us Back
Jason Matheny, director of the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, warns several challenges to data analytics still need to be addressed.
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Google Tries to Make Machine Learning a Little More Human
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says advances in machine learning would soon affect every product and service the company provides.
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Same Rhetoric Permeates Going Dark Encryption Debate
The Going Dark encryption debate surfaced again on Wednesday at a small security conference here, and as in previous iterations before larger technical audiences...
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I'm Going to Make Facebook's AI Predict What Happens in Videos
What are the big challenges ahead for you?
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Nasa Mission Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian...
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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in .s.
Silicon Valley is diving into artificial intelligence technology, with start-ups sprouting up and Google and Facebook pouring vast sums into projects that would...
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Could Your Social Media Footprint Step On Your Credit History?
In December 1912, financier John Pierpont "J.P." Morgan testified in Washington before the Bank and Currency Committee of the House of Representatives investigating...
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Europe's Largest Data Observatory Turns Big Data Into Big Images
This week marks the official opening of Imperial College London's KPMG Data Observatory, the largest such facility in Europe.
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Google Aims to Make Vr Hardware Irrelevant Before It Even Gets Going
Google and Facebook are pushing virtual-reality technology along two different lines.
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With AI Advances, Facebook Tests M, Your Newest Assistant
Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer says the volume of data Facebook serves to users' News Feeds is increasing about 50 percent annually.
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The Significance of an MIT Drone Weaving Around Tree Branches at 30 Mph
To get his Ph.D., MIT grad student Andy Barry packed up a car with a drone and a catapult to launch it. Then he headed west.
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Can Big Data Predict Violent Behavior?
Researchers have used machine learning to predict the 5 percent of U.S. Army soldiers who later committed a third of all violent crimes in the workplace during...
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