How Google’s New Wireless Service Will Change the Internet
GOOGLE SAYS ITS new wireless service will operate on a much smaller scale than the Verizons and the AT&Ts of the world, providing a new way for relatively few people…
By 2020, 80% of the world’s adult population will own a smartphone
THE dawn of the planet of the smartphones came in January 2007, when Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, in front of a rapt audience of Apple acolytes, brandished a slab…
Microsoft researchers say their newest deep learning system beats humans — and Google
Microsoft Research has outdone itself again when it comes to a trendy type of artificial intelligence called deep learning. In a new academic paper, employees in the Asian office of…
Robot Scientist to Discover Drugs Dramatically Faster
A new robot just discovered that a mixture of elements that can fight cancer can also treat malaria. Will artificial intelligence be able to unearth life-saving drugs quicker and more…
How AI will take work away from design studios and what you can do about it
Artificially intelligent online tools like The Grid will replace a lot of bread-and-butter web design jobs, says Tom Church ofFullScream. How does the digital design industry adapt and fight back?…
Robots will be smarter than us all by 2029
By 2029, computers will be able to understand our language, learn from experience and outsmart even the most intelligent humans, according to Google’s director of engineering Ray Kurzweil. One of…
The coming rise of AI means humanity will need to grow up
Perhaps the most exciting and talked about technology today is Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, mentions of AI can be traced back to antiquity, be it Greek Mythology that talked about…
US security agency intercepts Google, Yahoo traffic overseas
The National Security Agency has tapped directly into communications links used by Google and Yahoo to move huge amounts of email and other user information among overseas data centers, the…
Microsoft, Apple tablets have most profit margins – US judge tosses Apple suit against Motorola
Microsoft and Apple are garnering the highest profit margins for their tablets, followed by Google and then Amazon, according to research firm IHS. Microsoft Corp’s first self-made tablet, the Surface,…
A dog saved my life
Sharon Le Noury, 41, was so worried about her deaf mum she got a specially trained dog to help her. But it was she who cried out for the Labrador…
