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Toyota is creating a “guardian angel” system for its cars

Not everyone is open to the idea of self-driving cars, and Toyota wants to ensure that those people can still enjoy most of the benefits of self-driving cars while still...

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Video games might speed up artificial intelligence development

Video games have evolved immensely over the past forty years, and for those of us who experienced this evolution first-hand, it can be strange to see how society has come...

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Google can now determine the location of almost any image

Tobias Weyand, a computer vision specialist, and a couple of his co-workers at Google have developed a deep-learning machine that determine with a surprising amount of accuracy where a photo...

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Reviews for the cloud-first Robin smartphone are coming in

Storage anxiety is something that most smartphone owners are painfully familiar with, and the only solution is to drop some extra cash on more internal storage, or buy a microSD, assuming your...

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Toyota is developing an artificially intelligent vehicle safety system

Earlier today, the Toyota Research Institute announced a number of new artificial intelligence and robotics research projects, including some collaborative projects with the likes of MIT and Stanford. It even plans...

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Researchers have developed the first light-based microprocessor

A group of researchers from Berkeley, Boulder, and MIT have successfully demonstrated a microprocessor that transmits data through optical connections instead of electrical wires, which the researchers claim allows it transmit data at...

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Wikipedia is using artificial intelligence to attract more contributors

Although a handful of restrictions have been put in place over the years to reduce online vandalism, people are still more or less free to create and modify Wikipedia pages...

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Your fitness tracker data is pretty much useless for doctors

Wearable gadgets are a great way to gather information on your fitness and health habits, but what do you do with that information once you've gathered it? Giving it to...

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Next-generation anti-virus software will work like a human brain

Evading anti-virus software isn't exactly easy, but if malware authors have a mind to do so, they can design their malware to mutate in such a way that anti-virus software...

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Disney is investing millions in virtual reality technology

The virtual reality market is still in its infancy, which is why so many companies are practically tripping over each other trying to establish a dominant position in the market. Tech...

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Criminals are holding back some of the world’s most revolutionary tech

It's hard being a Bitcoin supporter when criminals are constantly damaging the digital currency's reputation with their illicit activities, but like it or not, they come with the package. A...

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Richard Stallman: Police body cams should turn on automatically

Body cameras have become an important topic of discussion amid the string of police brutality cases we've seen over the past year or two, and Richard Stallman has his own...

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