Facebook’s New AI Can Paint, But Google’s Knows How To Party
Facebook and Google are building enormous neural networks — artificial brains — that can instantly recognize faces, cars, buildings, and other objects in digital photos. But that’s not all these brains can do.
June 22, 2015 at 10:54AM
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America’s drone policy is all exceptions and no rules
The drone strikes in Yemen are a reminder that the “rules” are virtually meaningless. That sets a terrifying precedent for the next president.
June 22, 2015 at 09:48AM
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The First Graphene Light Bulb Is Also the ‘World’s Thinnest’ Light Bulb
On your rapidly diminishing list of things graphene cannot improve, go ahead and cross off “light bulbs.”
June 22, 2015 at 07:40AM
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The Humans Who Dream Of Companies That Won’t Need Us
Vitalik Buterin sees the blockchain — the public ledger underlying bitcoin — as a way to liberate us all from inefficiency, cut out the middleman, and make big government and business bow at the free market’s feet. What makes his vision different is its scope. Buterin’s Toronto-based company, Ethereum, aims to become what he calls “the foundational platform for everything.”
June 22, 2015 at 02:09AM
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You win, Microsoft: How I accidentally went back to Microsoft Word
Microsoft’s new cross-platform app strategy has worked on at least one person.
June 21, 2015 at 09:06PM
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Wean Yourself Off Your GPS Dependency and Actually Find Your Way Around
If your sense of direction is lacking and you want a more intuitive understanding of your city, here are a few things you can do to rid yourself off that GPS dependency and actually learn your way around.
June 21, 2015 at 07:01PM
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How America Broke Its Drone Force
The Pentagon’s generals amassed an unmanned armada. Then they ran it into the ground.
June 21, 2015 at 11:09AM
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Meet The New Worker, Same As The Old Worker
Faced with lawsuits that could threaten their business models, tech companies are pushing for a new classification of worker that would combine the flexibility afforded to contractors with the protections afforded to employees. How that new worker is defined could impact American labor for years to come.
June 21, 2015 at 05:39AM
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Old Heinz ketchup QR code leads man to a porn site
Does anyone actually scan QR codes? They already seem like a relic of the very recent past.
June 20, 2015 at 01:46PM
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Amazon Upgrades Review Software
Amazon is giving its reviews system an overhaul, using new software it says will surface more helpful commentary from buyers.
June 20, 2015 at 11:24AM
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