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The current privacy debate is making things worse by not considering trade-offs, the inherent nature of digital, or the far bigger problems that come with...

The WeWork IPO is defined by audaciousness and excess, all of which is driven by unlimited access to capital.

It looks like an Apple lightning cable. It works like an Apple lightning cable. But it will give an attacker a way to remotely tap into your computer.

He wants companies to develop new tools.

In recent years, the country has rushed to pursue “intelligent education.” Now its billion-dollar ed-tech companies are planning to export their vision...

Here are all of our predictions for who will live, who will die, and who should take the Iron Throne.

Today, 21 October 2015 and over the coming days WikiLeaks is releasing documents from one of CIA chief John Brennan's non-government email accounts. Brennan...

Machine learning has great potential to transform disease diagnosis and detection, but it’s been held back by patients’ reluctance to give up access to...

After SoftBank announced its plans to launch a $5 billion innovation fund in Latin America, we reached out to the good folks at the Latin American Venture...

Companies succeed or fail not based on technology but rather according to their ability to integrate within their value chains.

Proposals to "pay" users for the value of their data don't reflect how internet giants like Facebook and Google really operate.

Tapping the power of AI technologies requires customizing them to your business context. The purpose of your first 1-2 pilot projects is only partly to...

Before 2011, three of the top accelerators in the US, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and Techstars, didn’t accept a single Latin American startup. 500 Startups...

Teachers are being forced to adapt to new tools that execute homework perfectly.

Researchers borrowed equations from calculus to redesign the core machinery of deep learning so it can model continuous processes like changes in health.

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Social media has allowed self-proclaimed ‘AI influencers’ who do nothing more than paraphrase Elon Musk to cash in on this hype with low-quality pieces. The...

Using Machine Learning to understand and leverage text.

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The founder and CEO of SpaceX has laid out a dazzling plan for getting to the Red Planet, but he also left a lot of blanks to fill in.

Pundits often describe deep learning as an imitation of the human brain. But it's really just simple math executed on an enormous scale.

The FAA is already working with SpaceX to ensure its Mars mission complies with the international Outer Space Treaty.

Neuroscientists hope to turn the delicate art of eavesdropping on brain cells into an automated technique.

Facebook is building satellites, drones, and lasers to bring the Internet to everyone who doesn't already have it. Now, the trick is to find those people.

The Dutch city Rotterdam is seriously considering a greener alternative to asphalt called Plastic Road.

After running silently in a public beta for a few weeks, Lynx — an app that builds a stream of links shared between friends — is opening up to the rest of...

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In last night’s John Oliver show (technically “Last Week Tonight”), his “top story” was all about net neutrality. This is both surprising (because the issue...

In the first part of our series on European models of news industry innovation, Ken Doctor looks at a Finnish publisher that's had success getting print...