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2016: The year AI got creative

Posted by futureguy on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @05:54PM
from the newatlas.com dept.

http://newatlas.com/ai-art-film-writing-review/46891/

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Darpa wants your gaming tactics for its drone army

Posted by futureguy on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @12:51AM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/12/darpa-wants-your-gaming-tactics-for-its-drone-army/

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Maker of Internet of Things-connected vibrator will settle privacy suit

Posted by futureguy on Thursday December 08, 2016 @06:33PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/maker-of-internet-of-things-connected-vibrator-will-settle-privacy-suit/

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Largest Rube Goldberg machine ever built successfully triggered (412 steps)

Posted by futureguy on Thursday December 08, 2016 @06:19PM
from the newatlas.com dept.

http://newatlas.com/worlds-largest-rube-goldberg-machine-latvia/46849/

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Nanocrystals may bring night vision to normal glasses

Posted by futureguy on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @12:15AM
from the newatlas.com dept.

http://newatlas.com/night-vision-nanocrystals/46813/

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Embedding isn’t copyright infringement, says Italian court

Posted by futureguy on Monday December 05, 2016 @05:55PM
from the arstechnica.co.uk dept.

http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/italy-copyright-infringement-website-block/

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French man jailed for 2 years just for visiting pro-ISIS websites

Posted by futureguy on Thursday December 01, 2016 @04:58PM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/1/13805168/france-isis-website-browsing-history-prison-conviction

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Scientists Just Created a Key Component for a Quantum Internet

Posted by futureguy on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @10:56PM
from the futurism.com dept.

https://futurism.com/scientists-just-created-a-key-component-for-a-quantum-internet/

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FDA approves Phase 3 trials for MDMA in the treatment of PTSD

Posted by futureguy on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @11:09PM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/29/fda-approves-new-trials-using-mdma-to-help-treat-ptsd/

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Scientists find way to make water freeze at boiling temperatures

Posted by futureguy on Monday November 28, 2016 @11:41PM
from the newatlas.com dept.

http://newatlas.com/water-weird-freezing-mit/46665/

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Singularity University's Brad Templeton on the Future of “robocars”

Posted by futureguy on Monday November 28, 2016 @05:38PM
from the newatlas.com dept.

http://newatlas.com/autonomous-cars-future-brad-templeton-singularity-university/46647/

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Elegant 0-day unicorn underscores “serious concerns” about Linux security

Posted by futureguy on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @05:34PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/elegant-0day-unicorn-underscores-serious-concerns-about-linux-security/

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Re:Does prospect theory explain Trump and Brexit votes? on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @12:08AM (#13011771)

People not voting are as important in this equation as those who voted. At least in the instance of the Trump situation.

The remix wars: Originality in the age of digital reproduction

Posted by futureguy on Monday November 21, 2016 @09:07PM
from the newatlas.com dept.

http://newatlas.com/internet-copyright-remix-originality-digital/44737/

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Hollywood movies and hacking in the 21st Century

Posted by futureguy on Thursday November 17, 2016 @12:31AM
from the newatlas.com dept.

http://newatlas.com/hollywood-hacking-2000s/45965/

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