MIT Researchers Have Taught A Robot To Play Jenga
Well, it sort of taught itself, actually….

February 1, 2019 at 08:45AM
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Automated Background Checks Are Deciding Who’s Fit For A Home
But advocates say algorithms can’t capture the complexity of criminal records.

February 1, 2019 at 08:45AM
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I Cut Microsoft Out Of My Life— Or So I Thought
Microsoft is virtually impossible to completely avoid without also retreating from society entirely, which, at least for me, isn’t an option.

February 1, 2019 at 07:33AM
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Apple’s Power Over Facebook Ought To Worry The Rest Of Us
Facebook is an enlightened dictatorship, but so is Apple. Tim Cook and his lieutenants dictate the terms of an enormous economy, and can change that economy on a whim.

February 1, 2019 at 03:48AM
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An App That Promoted Cyberbullying Shifts To The Workplace
Sarahah, the anonymous gossip app notorious for promoting cyberbullying among teens, is pivoting to the workplace.

January 31, 2019 at 07:04PM
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From Books To Bullets: Inside Amazon’s Push To ‘Defend’ America
Jeff Bezos’s company hosts top secret CIA data and powers the US immigration case management system. Now it’s poised to take on a $10 billion Pentagon project.

January 31, 2019 at 04:49PM
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Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
Apple has now shut down Google’s ability to distribute its internal iOS apps, following a similar shutdown that was issued to Facebook earlier this week.

January 31, 2019 at 03:49PM
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TikTok’s Recommendation Algorithm Is Broken, Just Like YouTube’s and Facebook’s
TikTok is not immune from engagement-hungry algorithms that dominate the internet as we know it.

January 31, 2019 at 02:16PM
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When Your Technologically Inept Parents Get Their Hands On An iPad
The internet was not built for baby boomers.

January 31, 2019 at 09:37AM
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The Biggest Ever Data Dump Just Hit A Colossal 2.2 Billion Accounts
Thought Collection #1 was big? Collection #2-5 just dwarfed it.

January 31, 2019 at 08:37AM
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