Here’s why thousands of AI researchers will boycott a science journal
Popular science journal Nature recently announced the creation of a new closed-access section of its publication dedicated to machine learning, to be launched in January 2019. The AI community’s reaction was, predictably, less than positive.

May 2, 2018 at 07:38AM
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A Delightful British Professor Explains Where The Computer ‘Byte’ Came From
Why are a group of binary digits or bits, usually eight in total, operated on as the unit called a “byte”?

May 2, 2018 at 07:38AM
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Snap’s Slowdown Stirs Doubt on Redesign, Triggering Share Plunge
Snapchat’s redesign isn’t working.

May 2, 2018 at 07:38AM
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This Video About Robots That Can Adapt To Physical Damage Like Animals Is Blowing Our Minds
So, you’re saying that robots are now extremely strong and adept, artificially intelligent and also now self-healing? Cool, cool. Right, and we’re all good with this? Gotcha. Great.

May 1, 2018 at 04:50PM
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The internet made sex work safer. Now Congress has forced it back into the shadows
How did FOSTA — a bill pitched as a way to end trafficking and make women safer — wind up driving women to work on the street, putting their lives and safety at risk in the process?

May 1, 2018 at 04:12PM
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Facebook Releases New Ad *Sort Of* Admitting They Lost Sight Of Why People Use Their Platform
“We had to deal with spam, clickbait, fake news and data misuse” seems like the wrong way to phrase the real problem here.

May 1, 2018 at 03:48PM
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Facebook’s F8: Dating, Oculus And All The Highlights
The company addressed how it would deal with fake news and data privacy after a year of intense controversy, and also announced new products.

May 1, 2018 at 01:44PM
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Facebook begins asking if every post you see is hate speech
Odd behavior pops up hours before Facebook’s annual developer-filled conference.

May 1, 2018 at 01:35PM
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The Internet Women Made
As tech continues to make history, it seems crucial to ask what, and whom, these stories leave out.

May 1, 2018 at 12:18PM
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Maybe Don’t Ask Alexa ‘What’s 10 To The Power Of 308?’
We don’t know what we were expecting.

May 1, 2018 at 12:00PM
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