Computers Are Learning How To Treat Cancer And Diabetes By Playing Poker And Atari
Algorithms — including the ones that have mastered checkers and gotten really good at “Jeopardy!” — are being put to use in genomics labs, hospitals and airport security.
January 20, 2015 at 12:20PM
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The First Demonstration Of Self-Propelled Nanobots In A Living Animal
Researchers showed that artificial micromotors can travel inside a live mouse, deliver their cargo, and produce no toxic effects.
January 20, 2015 at 10:04AM
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Steam’s Twitch-style broadcasting feature is now live
After launching in beta in December, the new broadcasting feature for Steam is now available to all users. Much like the massively popular Twitch — which was scooped up by Amazon last year — Steam now lets you broadcast and watch other people play games from within the Steam client.
January 20, 2015 at 08:57AM
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Catch the big ads from the Big Game all month long
In addition to hosting all of the various Superbowl ads, YouTube plans to show their own halftime show, featuring the video hosting website’s most popular stars: EpicMealTime, Freddie Wong, Rhett and Link, Toby Turner and more.
January 20, 2015 at 08:04AM
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Xbox, Sony hackers hit by hack attack
Hacking group Lizard Squad has been hit by an embarrassing attack that exposed the entire database of people who signed up to use its services.
January 20, 2015 at 08:04AM
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At 90, She’s Designing Tech For Aging Boomers
In Silicon Valley’s youth-obsessed culture, 40-year-olds get plastic surgery to fit in. But IDEO, the firm that famously developed the first mouse for Apple, has a 90-year-old designer on staff.
January 20, 2015 at 08:04AM
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As It Seeks New Regulations In NY, Airbnb Estimates It Would Collect $65 Million In Taxes There
Airbnb has been trying to win over regulators and lawmakers in New York by pledging to crack down on illegal hotel operations and collect taxes from rentals that happen on its platform. In an effort to get new regulations passed to legitimize its service in NY, the company put an estimate of just how much the city and state is missing out on..
January 20, 2015 at 07:28AM
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How to hide your iPhone porn stash
Look, we all have needs, and sometimes those needs lead to private — and I mean really private — photos and videos ending up on our smartphones. It’s not exactly wise to keep this stuff in an easily-accessible place, even if it’s something you’ve saved from the Internet.
January 20, 2015 at 06:32AM
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How The Watch Industry Will Save Itself
If the Apple Watch fails – and it won’t – the Fossils and Calvin Kleins and Burberrys of the watch world have nothing to fear. If it succeeds, there will be a massive shake-up of the sort and scale not seen since the quartz crisis of 1979.
January 20, 2015 at 12:42AM
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New police radars can ‘see’ inside homes
At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped their officers with radar devices that allow them to effectively peer through the walls of houses to see whether anyone is inside, a practice raising new concerns about the extent of government surveillance.
January 19, 2015 at 10:08PM
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