16
Nov
Category Archives: Uncategorized
15
Nov
“Paris Attacks: European Demand For Security Technology Will Likely Increase After Terror Attacks”
“Following the grisly citywide attack in Paris that left 129 dead and 352 injured on Friday night, the demand for high-tech state security products will likely increase in the coming months.”
11
Nov
“Microsoft bolsters artificial intelligence with additions to Project Oxford”
“Microsoft’s Project Oxford, a suite of developer tools based on the company’s machine learning and artificial intelligence research, is getting a new quintet of services, the company announced at its Future Decoded conference in London.”
Read: Microsoft bolsters artificial intelligence with additions to Project Oxford
06
Nov
“Ben Carson admitted a key part of his life story was false. And other parts look fishy.”
“Ben Carson, who is currently leading polls for the Republican presidential nomination nationally and in Iowa, has admitted that he has lied for over two decades about being accepted to the US Military Academy at West Point.”
Read: Ben Carson admitted a key part of his life story was false. And other parts look fishy.
06
Nov
“Twitter Engineering Lead Alex Roetter Apologizes for Diversity Issues: ‘We Have Blind Spots’”
“Diversity was (once again) a popular topic of conversation inside Twitter headquarters this week following a blog post from a former employee who criticized company execs for failing to create a diverse workplace.”
Read: Twitter Engineering Lead Alex Roetter Apologizes for Diversity Issues: ‘We Have Blind Spots’
26
Oct
“No More Pencils, No More Books”
“Eighteen students file into a brightly lit classroom. Arrayed around its perimeter are 18 computers. The students take their seats, log in to their machines, and silently begin working.”
14
Oct
“The Face Detection Algorithm Set to Revolutionize Image Search”
“Back in 2001, two computer scientists, Paul Viola and Michael Jones, triggered a revolution in the field of computer face detection. After years of stagnation, their breakthrough was an algorithm that could spot faces in an image in real time.”
Read: The Face Detection Algorithm Set to Revolutionize Image Search
13
Oct
“NPR One”
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01
Oct
“Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying ‘Yelp for people’ — whether you want them to or not”
“You can already rate restaurants, hotels, movies, college classes, government agencies and bowel movements online. So the most surprising thing about Peeple — basically Yelp, but for humans — may be the fact that no one has yet had the gall to launch something like it.”
30
Sep
“DeepMind: inside Google’s super-brain”
“This article was first published in the July 2015 issue of WIRED magazine. Be the first to read WIRED’s articles in print before they’re posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online The future of artificial intelligence begins with a game of Space Invaders.”