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| Clinton is looking for a middle ground on encryption that experts say doesn’t exist |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton avoided taking a position on how easy it should be for law enforcement to access people's encrypted e-mails and texts during an interview at a women's leadership conference in Silicon Valley on Tuesday, calling the debate a "classic hard choice." Read full article » |
| Innovations: 5 classic Atari games that totally stump Google’s artificial intelligence algorithm |
| Computers are better than us at chess, “Jeopardy” and now plenty of Atari games, following Google’s breakthrough in artificial intelligence. But there are still a few games were Google’s impressive new algorithm is largely clueless. Of the 49 games it attempted, here are the five it struggled with the most: Read full article » |
| Innovations: The 22 Atari games that Google’s artificial intelligence algorithm is better at than a human |
| Google researchers published a landmark paper in artificial intelligence this week. They created a computerized system that can teach itself how to beat old Atari games. Of the 49 games tested, their system was better than professional human testers at 22 of them: Read full article » |
| Innovations: Google’s artificial intelligence mastermind responds to Elon Musk’s fears |
| Demis Hassabis is an impressive guy. A former child prodigy, a chess master at 13 and the founder of DeepMind Technologies, a British artificial intelligence company that Google acquired last year. Now 38, he’s at the forefront of an emerging technology with an unmatched potential for good and bad. Read full article » |
| Innovations: Google’s artificial intelligence breakthrough may have a huge impact on self-driving cars and much more |
| Google researchers have created an algorithm that has a human-like ability to learn, marking a significant breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence. In a paper published in Nature this week, the researchers demonstrated that the algorithm could master many Atari video games better than humans, simply through playing the game and learning from experience. Read full article » |
| What gender wage gap? D.C. is the best city for women in technology. |
| Patricia Arquette’s gender wage gap speech at the Oscars has ignited fresh debate about the right to equal pay for women.In the male-dominated world of technology, that disparity is even more acute and some tech companies are taking steps to close the gap. But if you’re a woman deciding where to look for a job, geography can play a role in ensuring you’re paid as much as your male colleagues. Read full article » |
| Innovations: Bridj, a start-up using big data to improve bus transit, set to launch in Washington, D.C. |
| Commuters in the Washington area will have another transit option this spring when Bridj launches in our nation’s capital. The Boston start-up offers point-to-point bus service. Its data science team crunches everything from census data to social media posts to figure out where a city has the biggest need for better bus service. Read full article » |
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| Innovations: The make-everything-’smart’ movement sweeps up the humble jump rope |
| There are smart toothbrushes, smart thermostats, smart basketballs and even smart belts. So it was probably just a matter of time before the smart jump ropes arrived.On Wednesday, Tangram Factory, a design agency in Seoul, launched a Kickstarter for its smart jump rope, which is almost certain to catch your eye. As you jump rope, the number of rotations is displayed on the rope itself thanks to a series of LED lights. The jump rope also connects with your iPhone via Bluetooth for more features, such as interval training. If you enter your height and weight and it will calculate how many calories you’ve burned in a given workout. Read full article » |
| How Silicon Valley won the day over some of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington |
| The Federal Communications Commission is poised on Thursday to give technology companies their latest in a series of victories in Washington, one that will see strong new rules applied to Internet providers such as Verizon and Cablevision. Read full article » |
| Thune says he isn’t throwing in the towel on net neutrality legislation |
| Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) isn't giving up on net neutrality legislation. In fact, he's still interested in finding alternatives to what the Federal Communications Commission has proposed as the strongest rules on Internet providers the country has ever seen. Read full article » |
| reddit is finally cracking down on revenge porn |
| The self-proclaimed "front page of the Internet" will finally ban nude or sexually explicit photos posted without the subject's consent. Link-sharing and discussion site reddit's announced an updated privacy policy including the ban Tuesday. Read full article » |
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