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The promise and perils of synthetic data

Is it possible for an AI to be trained just on data generated by another AI? It might sound like a harebrained idea. But it’s one that’s been around for quite some time — and as new, real data is … Continue reading

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The original source code for Backyard Baseball is long gone. Mega Cat Studios remastered the game anyway.

Backyard Baseball 1997 is back in all of its nostalgic glory, sliding onto Steam like Pablo Sanchez when he steals a base. But before Mega Cat Studios could remaster the cult favorite PC game, founder James Deighan had to sift … Continue reading

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Data center tech is exploding but adoption won’t be easy for startups

The data center industry is expanding rapidly to keep up with the flywheel growth of AI. While these data centers are necessary AI infrastructure, they store an AI company’s compute, they are expensive to build, seemingly more so to run, … Continue reading

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Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war

Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which top U.S. officials have described as an “epoch-defining threat.” In recent months, U.S. intelligence officials said Chinese government-backed … Continue reading

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This three-person robotics startup is working with designer Yves Béhar to bring humanoids home

It’s hard to know where to focus when speaking to Christoph Kohstall. The contents of his packed Palo Alto garage compete for attention. To his immediate right stands a tower of electrical components, dotted with flashing lights. To his left … Continue reading

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How a medtech market opportunity is shaping up for wearable neurotech

When you think of brain stimulating medtech, startups building wearables as therapeutics probably aren’t the first thing that springs to mind. Such tech is still flying fairly under the radar — perhaps, in part, because these sorts of companies have … Continue reading

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From Wimbledon to VAR, is tech hurting the drama of sport?

As Wimbledon scraps human line judges, sport insiders suggest how we can make games more exciting.

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How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?

Algorithms can watch our behaviour and determine what millions of us see when we log on.

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Meta’s Yann LeCun says worries about A.I.’s existential threat are ‘complete B.S.’

AI pioneer Yann LeCun doesn’t think artificial intelligence is actually on the verge of becoming intelligent. LeCun — a professor at New York University, senior researcher at Meta, and winner of the prestigious A.M. Turning Award — has been open … Continue reading

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In latest move against WP Engine, WordPress takes control of ACF plugin

The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues, with Mullenweg announcing that WordPress is “forking” a plugin developed by WP Engine. Specifically, Advanced Custom Fields — a plugin making it easier for WordPress users to … Continue reading

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