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Tech

Algorithms Claim to Hunt Terrorists While Protecting the Privacy of Others

01.11.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

How to Teach a Robot to Build a Rube Goldberg Machine

01.04.16

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Why Not: A Sorting Algorithm Based on the Fake-Theory of Intelligent Design

12.28.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

A Machine Successfully Predicted the Hit Dance Songs of 2015

12.17.15

By Meghan Neal
Tech

How Machines Write Poetry

12.15.15

By Elizabeth Preston
Tech

Why ‘True’ AI In Video Games Is a Marketing Gimmick

12.09.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Can Soldiers Trust Guns That Tell Them Where to Shoot?

12.03.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Robots Could Take Over Nearly 50 Percent of Jobs in Japan in the Next 20 Years

12.03.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

Harnessing the Chaos of the Cosmic Microwave Background for Better Encryption

12.02.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

What Makes Paris Look Like Paris? Let an Algorithm Tell You

11.30.15

By Clinton Nguyen
Tech

Our Grins Have Grown Wider Over the Last Century, Machine-Vision Algorithms Show

11.25.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

Why GPS Almost Always Overestimates Distances

11.16.15

By Michael Byrne

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Gaming

Fortnite v40.20 Leaks 11 New Skins – Full List, Prices & First Look

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Membership

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Speaking to the thrillseekers who were at the unlicensed and ultimately blood-soaked free party in Dorset on Easter weekend.

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NASA

Life

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