Google’s Self-Driving Cars Still Face Many Obstacles
Would you buy a self-driving car that couldn’t drive itself in 99 percent of the country? Or that knew nearly nothing about parking, couldn’t be taken out in snow or heavy rain, and would drive straight over a gaping pothole?
August 28, 2014 at 10:44AM
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An Intelligent Algorithm Made A Discovery That Slipped Past Art Historians For Years
Could a computer program influence how we understand art history and the canon? Or, could an artificially intelligent algorithm do the work of art experts for them? A recent researcher project doesn’t quite suggest such a reality, but it does demonstrate that machines can highlight subtleties within arts and culture that humans have previously never noticed.
August 28, 2014 at 10:27AM
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What Happened to Motorola
How a culture shift nearly doomed an iconic Chicago company that once dominated the telecom industry.
August 28, 2014 at 6:36AM
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How We Can Get Submarines to Travel at Supersonic Speed
Chinese researchers say they are developing technology that would allowsubmarines to travel more than 750 mph. That’s faster than commercial aircraft fly, and yes, it is possible.
August 27, 2014 at 6:28PM
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Germany mulls ban on after-hours work emails and calls
In the last few years, some German firms such as BMW, Volkswagen and Deutsche Telekom have banned after-hours call and emails to workers. Now a ban on office communications in the evening and during vacation time could even become law.
August 27, 2014 at 4:36PM
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Electromagnetic Warfare Is Here
A briefcase-size radio weapon could wreak havoc in our networked world.
August 27, 2014 at 4:36PM
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Amazon has sold no more than 35,000 Fire phones, data suggests
Amazon doesn’t give sales data for its devices, but figures from comScore and Chitika suggest only modest sales so far.
August 27, 2014 at 3:05PM
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Apple’s iOS ads are about to take over your whole screen
Apple’s assuredly making phones with bigger screen sizes, and ahead of that, its ads are getting bigger too. Today the company announced two new ad formats for developers as part of its iAd platform: full-screen interstitial banner ads, and pre-roll videos.
August 27, 2014 at 2:21PM
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Is This Alibaba-Like New Startup The Tinder Of Lyfts For The Airbnb Snapchat Uber Dear God Please Click This?
What does this mean for the future? We can only pretend — at length — to know, while thanking you profusely for clicking this article.
August 27, 2014 at 12:53PM
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In Photos: Live a Day in the Life of an Obsessive Ghost Hunter
Elizabeth Moran’s mother Cary grew up in a haunted house in Memphis. That’s how the story goes, anyway.
August 27, 2014 at 12:08PM
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