OUT of the way, human, I’ve got this covered. A machine learning system has gained the ability to write its own code. Created by researchers at Microsoft and the University of Cambridge, the system, called DeepCoder, solved basic challenges of the kind set by programming competitions. This kind of approach could make it much easier […]
Who Rules the United States? by Matthew Continetti…
Donald Trump was elected president last November by winning 306 electoral votes. He pledged to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C., to overturn the system of politics that had left the nation’s capital and major financial and tech centers flourishing but large swaths of the country mired in stagnation and decay. “What truly matters,” he […]
Now Half of Families Text Each Other in Same House…
Some will find it depressing. Others will recognise an all-too familiar snapshot of tech-obsessed modern life. But nearly half of families with children now text each other when they are in the same house. Just under a third of us (32 per cent) are guilty of tapping out messages on mobiles when we want to […]
Former Twitter Engineer: ‘Making it Difficult to Be a Conservative’ Important for Professional Communities to Do…
A former Twitter engineer recently tweeted his belief that the most important thing professional communities can do is to make it difficult to be a conservative. Travis Brown, a former open source engineer at Twitter, recently tweeted his disapproval of the tech conference LambdaConf following the announcement that computer scientist Curtis Yarvin would be speaking […]
The AI Threat Isn’t Skynet. It’s the End of the Middle Class
In February 1975, a group of geneticists gathered in a tiny town on the central coast of California to decide if their work would bring about the end of the world. These researchers were just beginning to explore the science of genetic engineering, manipulating DNA to create organisms that didn’t exist in nature, and they […]
Another Ransomware Attack Shuts Down an Entire County’s Government…
Last week, all of Licking County’s government offices were completely shut down by ransomware, a type of malicious software created to obstruct access to an online network until the victims cough up a certain amount of cash. The ransomware even shut down the network of the county’s police force…
More Than 2,000 Tech Executives Are Calling for Trump to Rescind His Muslim Ban…
The tech world, specifically in NYC, is not putting up with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on immigration, which bars people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. On Monday, more than 400 leading executives and investors signed an open letter to President Trump detailing the long-term humanitarian and economical damage…
Facebook Ordered to Pay $500M in Damages over VR Suit…
Facebook’s Oculus lost a case against game maker ZeniMax, leaving the tech company on the hook for $500 million. A jury ordered Facebook to pay $500 million in damages to ZeniMax due to theft of intellectual property on Wednesday. Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin that she was “disappointed in certain elements of the […]
Chinese Government Engaged in ‘Holistic’ Cyber Effort to Infiltrate U.S. Industries…
The Chinese government is engaged in a systematic cyber-economic campaign across industries in the United States, according to expert testimony before a congressional commission. Jeffrey Johnson, president and CEO of SquirrelWerkz…described them as a “holistic” attempt by the Chinese government to infiltrate information technology, finance, media, and the entertainment industry…
Massive Networks of Fake Accounts Found on Twitter…
The largest network ties together more than 350,000 accounts and further work suggests others may be even bigger. UK researchers accidentally uncovered the lurking networks while probing Twitter to see how people use it. Some of the accounts have been used to fake follower numbers, send spam and boost interest in trending topics…
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