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Google’s AlphaGo AI has been retired so its creators can focus on bigger challenges

By James Farrell May 29, 2017

Google Inc.’s artificial intelligence Go player, AlphaGo, last week beat Ke Jie, a Chinese 19-year-old considered to be the world’s best Go player. Now, at the top of its game, AlphaGo is retiring. Google announced…

Emerging Tech

Computex 2017 kicks off this week: Here’s what’s coming at Asia’s big tech show

By Collen Kriel May 29, 2017

Computex 2017, the largest information technology conference in Asia, kicks off May 30 in Taipei, Taiwan and runs until June 3. This year may not be quite as announcement-filled as last year, whose product introductions…

Apps

Startup uses AI to create programs from simple screenshots

By Mike Wheatley May 28, 2017

Artificial intelligence is threatening worker’s jobs in dozens of different professions, from manufacturing and legal to banking and driving, and many more. Now, it’s time to add programming to that list. A new neural network being built…

Emerging Tech

Proposed drone law would allow state and local governments to make their own regulations

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2017

Hot on the heels of a court ruling that struck down the Federal Aviation Administration’s ability to force owners of noncommercial drones to register them, a newly proposed law would give state and local governments the ability…

Infra

Qualcomm settles with BlackBerry, but its legal troubles keep piling up

By Mike Wheatley May 28, 2017

Embattled mobile chip maker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. last week wrapped up one of its long-running legal cases only to be immediately slapped with a new one, this time by its own shareholders. First up,…

Infra

Proposed bill would allow victims to legally hack those who hack them

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2017

A revision to a controversial proposed bill that would allow victims of hacking to legally hack their hackers back was tabled Friday by Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.). The proposed law, the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act, would…

Infra

Microsoft sues Chinese company over Xbox game currency theft

By Duncan Riley May 28, 2017

Microsoft Corp. has filed a lawsuit alleging a Chinese company illegally accessed Xbox accounts to purchase game currencies using the credit card details of the victims. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court Northern…

Emerging Tech

Report: Apple working on an AI chip for iPhone and other devices

By Robert Hof May 26, 2017

Despite its early success with its digital assistant Siri, Apple Inc. has trailed its big technology rivals in artificial intelligence. Now, according to one report, it’s working on a dedicated AI chip to help…

Infra

Raspberry Pi Foundation merges with coding charity for kids

By Eric David May 26, 2017

The Raspberry Pi Foundation, the United Kingdom charity organization behind the tiny Raspberry Pi computers, announced today that it will be merging with CoderDojo, a coding club for children between 7 and 17 years old.…

Emerging Tech

Swiping in VR: Worldpay demos credit card payments in virtual reality

By Kyt Dotson May 26, 2017

London-based Worldpay, one of the world’s leading payment processing companies, on Thursday revealed a demonstration showing how people could make credit card payments in virtual reality. Using credit cards may not be the most…

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Google’s AlphaGo AI has been retired so its creators can focus on bigger challenges

Computex 2017 kicks off this week: Here’s what’s coming at Asia’s big tech show

Startup uses AI to create programs from simple screenshots

Proposed drone law would allow state and local governments to make their own regulations

Qualcomm settles with BlackBerry, but its legal troubles keep piling up

Proposed bill would allow victims to legally hack those who hack them

Microsoft sues Chinese company over Xbox game currency theft

Report: Apple working on an AI chip for iPhone and other devices

Raspberry Pi Foundation merges with coding charity for kids

Swiping in VR: Worldpay demos credit card payments in virtual reality

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