Artificial intelligence called in to tackle LHC data deluge
Algorithms could aid discovery at Large Hadron Collider, but they raise transparency concerns.

December 1, 2015 at 05:45PM
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When Your Boss Is an Uber Algorithm
Researchers examine how Uber steers its drivers’ behavior with its automated management system, despite its promise of being “your own boss.”

December 1, 2015 at 04:40PM
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A letter to our daughter
In a note released on Facebook on Tuesday, Zuckerberg pledged what amounts to $45 billion to the newly-formed Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

December 1, 2015 at 04:08PM
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The Frankensteinway Is A Piano-Playing Robot The Might Also Be Tone-Deaf
The Frankensteinway hurls a weird metal disk at a modified piano to play songs… really, really poorly.

December 1, 2015 at 01:46PM
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Where did the word ‘Taser’ come from? A century-old racist science fiction novel | Jamiles Lartey
The newest tool in the law enforcement arsenal has an unseemly — and perhaps unsurprising — origin story. It starts with a century-old racist sci-fi novel.

December 1, 2015 at 01:35PM
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Hoverboard Jousting In Full Medieval Armor Looks Like Too Much Fun
We are not responsible if you try this and get impaled. Cool? Cool. Good talk.

December 1, 2015 at 11:27AM
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After 44 Years In Jail, Man Adjusts To Life In The Future
Otis Johnson went to jail at age 25. Now 69 years old, he stepped out into a world that had changed significantly since the last time he saw it.

December 1, 2015 at 09:17AM
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Physics whizzes create ‘black hole’ to stop urinal splash-back
Aiming to keep khakis clean of urine droplets, a team of researchers turn to moss to develop an insert that will grab more pee.

December 1, 2015 at 08:32AM
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How Rikers Inmates And Columbia Students Built A Twitter Bot–With No Internet
Teenage inmates worked alongside Columbia students to learn the basics of Python, put together tweets about their personal experiences, and contributed code to Rikers Story Bot, which randomly selects and posts a tweet from the group every day.

December 1, 2015 at 08:00AM
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Formula E Is Launching a Racing Series for Self-Driving Cars
The robot uprising is coming, in the form of ROBORACE

December 1, 2015 at 08:00AM
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