Why driving is hard—even for AIs
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All hail the AI overlord: Smart cities and the AI Internet of Things
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22 apps with 2 million+ Google Play downloads had a malicious backdoor
Almost two dozen apps with more than 2 million downloads have been removed from the Google Play market after researchers found they contained a device-draining backdoor that allowed them to …
Amazon “automated machine” punctures bear spray can, 24 employees hospitalized
Enlarge / Employees fufill online orders at the Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, on Thursday, June 7, 2018.
On Wednesday, 24 Amazon employees working in a Robbinsville …
NASA’s next Mars rover will use AI to be a better science partner
Enlarge / The Mars 2020 rover will likely carry artificial intelligence software to help manage the science workload.
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AT&T/Verizon lobby misunderstands arrow of time, makes impossible claim
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The telecom industry lobby group that represents AT&T and Verizon has consistently claimed that net neutrality rules hurt broadband investment. Yet the same lobby group has …
Artificial Intelligence and the coming of the self-designing machine
Enlarge / Robot, heal thyself.
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As US coal use drops to 1979 levels, EPA may ease rules on new coal plants
Enlarge / An eastbound Norfolk Southern Corp. unit coal train passes through Waddy, Kentucky.
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears poised to roll back Obama-era rules that effectively …
Iranians indicted in Atlanta city government ransomware attack
Enlarge / The message posted to social media by the city of Atlanta in the wake of an apparent ransomware attack.
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The US Attorney’s Office for the …
Ajit Pai buries 2-year-old speed test data in appendix of 762-page report
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai testifying at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on May 17, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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The Federal Communications Commission yesterday …