Tag: Computers

Black Protester Shows Nazi That Love Really Does Trump Hate

Aaron Courtney, an African-American man and high school football coach probably didn't plan on hugging a white supremacist last weekend - however, that's exactly what happened. Last week, hundreds of white nationalists and counter-protesters faced off in Gainesville, Florida during a speech by alt-right leader, Richard Spencer (Spencer's speech was quickly drowned out by chants of "Go home!"). At one point during the protest, a...

The Family Profiting From the Opioid Crisis Hides Behind Charity

America is facing an unprecedented public health crisis— opioid addiction and the subsequent loss of many lives. The prescription drug OxyContin has been attributed to many of these deaths. Amazingly, however, little is known about the proprietors of OxyContin— the Sackler family. Their secret? Calculated and lavish acts of philanthropy. America’s Opioid Crisis: a Public Health Issue of Epic Proportions A recent article published in the New...
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Should You Cover Your Webcam With Tape? FBI Director Says Yes

If you're not covering your webcam with a piece of tape when not in use already, it's probably a good time to start. Yes, your...

Google’s Artificial Intelligence Uses ‘Imagination’ to Win World’s Hardest Game

News about a supercomputer beating a human at a board-game doesn’t quite capture the public imagination like it used to. A lot was made...

Computers Are Closing In On Possessing The Artificial Intelligence Of A Two-Year-Old

The race for AI is in full-swing with companies like Facebook, Google, and China’s Baidu all spending billions of dollars to create software that...

Old Computer Parts Find New Life in the Form of Beautiful Insect Sculptures

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IBM’s Quest to Clone the Brain with New Computer Language

Science has long been fascinated with the idea of recreating human intelligence, and while that mystery may be distant beacon on the horizon, recreating...

‘Deep Learning’ Reveals Computers of the Future Will Soon Think for Themselves

What if machines could not only learn, but learn by themselves without the input of a human mastermind? It's a radical idea, one that...

Ancient ‘Computer’ Proves Greeks Had Everything Figured Out Way Before Us

In the year 1900, a group of sponge divers were exploring the ocean floor off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island in the...