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It's not the big problem that gets you. It's the many small, silly problems. Like our shabby road infrastructure:
Where's the lane? Self-driving cars confused by shabby U.S. roadways
| Reuters
So here's the thing - you train an AI system to mirror humans, in this case a teenage girl. What could go wrong?
It’s Your Fault Microsoft’s Teen AI Turned Into Such a Jerk | WIRED
Home Depot is moving "some" of its data to the Google cloud. Still a long way to go to catch up with AWS, but they seem to be on a roll: Apple (at least for now), Spotify, Home Depot all announced transitions recently. Another good indicator that Google are growing business around their sphere...
Talks are apparently advanced. Signals perhaps that Apple's internal GPU development wasn't going so well, also that (if this goes through) ARM Mali which is already doing pretty well gets to run the board with non-Apple customers, notably Samsung.
Also a nice way out for IMG who haven't been...
Perhaps there is hope after all. Not that robots aren't cool and even useful in some contexts, but eventually the truth has to sink in - cool is not synonymous with profitable.
Who Will Buy Google's Robot Skunkworks? - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) | Seeking Alpha
This after partnering with IBM on cloud-related activity. There seems to be growing discomfort with the dominance of Amazon in this space.
Report: Apple signs up for Google's cloud, uses much less of Amazon's - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) | Seeking Alpha
In software tech of course, not hardware. Still, who would have thought banks would want to get into the commercial software biz? Banks like any other businesses are looking for ways to improve profits. Seems some think software they have developed may have value. We will see - would be fun to...
The reigning Go champion just beat the Google game demonstrating unsurprisingly (to me) that AI has way to go before superseding human intelligence even in this narrow domain:
Striking back against the machine: Korean Go player beats Google program
| Reuters
GM just announced acquisition of private Cruise Automation. Terms not reported but estimated at >$1B. Cruise’s main product is Cruise RP-1, a sensor pod mounted on the roof of the car equipped with a combination of cameras, radar, and other measurement systems. These sensor pod readings are...
This is a topic that has entertained for at least a century: which is more important - STEM or the liberal arts? It's a false dichotomy but that doesn't stop people jumping on their bandwagons. Debate is surging as multiple programs aim to encourage enrollment in STEM programs at the college...
This happened in December last year. It was a very sophisticated and carefully planned attack:
Started with spear-phishing - targeted in this case specifically at power grid operators. This attack started with an email with a Word attachment which when opened asked the recipient to enable...
Remember all those cool ideas for MEMS-based labs on a chip? Watch out - Illumina owns the sequencing market and is actively working to crush potential competitors...
Illumina, the Google of Genetic Testing, Has Plans for World Domination | WIRED
For now targeted to iOS app development and cloud-based service, but where will this go next?
Apple And IBM Move Forward In Enterprise Cloud Services - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) | Seeking Alpha
Can store 360TB/disk, stable up to 1000o, virtually unlimited lifetime at room temperature. Expected to be especially valuable for storing archives.
Eternal 5D data storage could record the history of humankind | Optoelectronics Research Centre | University of Southampton
Bodes well for EDA, at least so far..
Aart de Geus
Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. We are happy to report an excellent fourth quarter finish, wrapping up a strong fiscal year for Synopsys and providing a solid foundation as we enter 2016.
During the year, we made excellent...
Not something that would have crossed my mind in a million years, but an analyst at CitiGroup thinks it makes sense..
Citigroup analyst suggests Google buy AIG - American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) | Seeking Alpha