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US Sec. Mattis pushes military AI, experts warn of hijacked 'killer robots'
TechRepublic - 16 Aug 2017 17:09
AI has the potential to revolutionize warfare, but its growth in the private sector far outpaces that of the government, according to a recent Harvard report.
ECHOGEAR Device Outlet Shelf
The Gadget Flow - 16 Aug 2017 15:00
Keep your space as tidy as ever with the ECHOGEAR Device Outlet Shelf. Installing in just seconds, this system gives you the perfect place to recharge. The Outlet Shelf encases the entire outlet plate. At the top is a co...
Elon Musk's OpenAI bot dominates DoTA 2 professionals
ReadWrite - 16 Aug 2017 08:00
Elon Musk's OpenAI previewed the power of its own artificial intelligence at Valve's yearly DoTA 2 tournament. The AI agent dominated several DoTA 2 professionals in 1 vs 1, showing the early capabilities of AI inside th...
Injecting Gold Nanoparticles Into 3D Printed Materials Will Protect Them From Hackers, Study Says
Motherboard - 16 Aug 2017 06:00
How to protect your 3D printer from getting hacked.
Neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer retreats to Dark Web
USA Today - 16 Aug 2017 02:29
The sitecan only be accessed byusing an anonymizingbrowser such asTor
See an astronaut wash her hair in space aboard the ISS
USA Today - 16 Aug 2017 01:14
Washing your hair aboard the International Space Station is a bit more complicated than on Earth. Astronauts use no-rinse shampoo and quickly the catch water droplets that could float away. Astronaut Karen Nyburg explain...
iPhone 7S may get thicker to fit in more goodies - CNET
CNET - 16 Aug 2017 21:05
The expanded waistline could make wireless charging a thing according to one report.
These 7 Forces Are Changing the World at an Extraordinary Rate
Singularity Hub - 16 Aug 2017 18:00
It was the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who first said, "The only thing that is constant is change." He was onto something. But even he would likely be left speechless at the scale and pace of change the world has experi...
Amazon expands program that pays Alexa developers for top-performing voice apps
TechCrunch - 16 Aug 2017 17:00
Amazon today announced a new program that gives developers a way to earn money for their Alexa skills – the voice apps that run on smart speakers like the Echo, and other Alexa-powered devices. According to the company...
In Praise of the Irish Goodbye
Life Hacker - 16 Aug 2017 17:00
There's no need to make a big deal about leaving every gathering you attend. Just leave--it's fine.
45 million people send birthday wishes on Facebook each day
TechCrunch - 16 Aug 2017 16:51
Roughly 1 in 30 Facebook users tells someone Happy Birthday each day, showing Facebook’s first major emergent behavior is still going strong. Now Facebook is equipping the 45 million people sending birthday wishes each...
Microsoft's autonomous gliders seek out thermal updrafts to stay aloft
TechCrunch - 16 Aug 2017 16:33
Microsoft wants to build autonomous tech for aircraft that require little to no power to fly. It just completed tests in the Nevada desert of gliders equipped with self-guidance systems that help them track regions of ri...
Apple readies $1 billion war chest for Hollywood programming
The Loop - 16 Aug 2017 16:17
Wall Street Journal: Apple Inc. (AAPL) has set a budget of roughly $1 billion to procure and produce original content over the next year, according to people familiar with the matter--a sign of how serious the iPhone mak...
Biophysics explains how immune cells kill bacteria
Science Daily - 16 Aug 2017 16:02
A new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis defines the dynamics and kinetics of key molecules in the immune response to an infection. These biophysical descriptions are expected to clarify the TCR micro...
What Can Scientists Actually Do With an Eclipse?
Gizmodo - 16 Aug 2017 16:00
Solar eclipses are certainly one of the most striking astrophysical phenomena. The most important light of the day, the Sun, gets blacked out by the most important light of the night. But there's actually nothing weird o...
47% off Solartab S1111 Solar Mobile Device Charger - Deal Alert
PC World - 16 Aug 2017 15:14
Whether in the park, at the beach, at a music festival or out trekking, Solartab lets you enjoy free and endless solar power. Simply open up the Solartab to start solar charging either the internal battery or or USB devi...
Another Game of Thrones episode has leaked online
The Verge - 16 Aug 2017 11:15
An unaired episode of Game of Thrones has appeared on the internet this morning. Episode six, due to be aired on Sunday, appeared first on file sharing sites and a Reddit post. Some Reddit users claim the episode was acc...
$1 billion tower lifts San Francisco skyline to new heights
ABC News - 16 Aug 2017 10:12
A 61-story skyscraper nearing completion in downtown San Francisco is remaking the city's iconic skyline and has sparked a debate about architecture and the future
9 ways Amazon's Alexa can help with back to school
CBSNews - 16 Aug 2017 08:16
Here's how you can use Amazon's Alexa-powered speaker to make the transition into the new school year a little easier
A new era of airline Darwinism, with AI accelerating natural selection
ReadWrite - 16 Aug 2017 07:48
Noodle.ai, a San Francisco based AI software applications company, recently developed the Noodle AI Index for Airlines. The index shows evidence that airlines that learn best, broaden their view externally, and use algor...
PayPal to pull services from sites linked to hate, violence, intolerance
ZDNet - 16 Aug 2017 07:22
PayPal has outlined how the company will be limiting and closing sites that accept payments or raise funds to promote hate, violence, and racial intolerance.
Labor-short Japan more at home with automation than US
ABC News - 16 Aug 2017 07:07
Japan is ahead of the U.S. and Europe in introducing robots to the workplace, but that has not resulted in the job reductions in routine mid-level employment observed in other nations