"The two attackers who opened fire in San Bernardino, Calif., earlier this month had not posted publicly on social media sites about supporting jihad, FBI Director James B. Comey said Wednesday. The …
Bitcoin tech approved as a way to issue shares
"For the first time, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is allowing a company to issue public shares using the technology behind Bitcoin. The honor went to Overstock, which was also the …
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Dell: ‘big data’ the next trillion dollars
"If you look at companies today, most of them are not very good at using the data they have to make better decisions in real time. I think this is where the next trillion dollars comes from for our …
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OpenAI artificial intelligence chaired by Elon Musk and Sam Altman
"Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and Y Combinator President Sam Altman will be co-chairs of OpenAI, 'a non-profit artificial intelligence research company' announced today. 'Our goal is to advance digital …
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Top VC Says Gene Editing Is Riskier Than Artificial Intelligence
"When it comes to existential threats facing the human race, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is more concerned about new technologies that can be used to remove genes in embryos that cause illness …
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MIT Is Opening An Innovation Center In Hong Kong
"Hong Kong is to be the location for a startup accelerator-style center of innovation from famed tech-focused U.S. university MIT. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (better know as MIT) …
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Pentagon Wants to Pair Troops with Machines to Deter Russia, China
"Pentagon leaders believe pairing soldiers with machines in combat will give American troops an edge on the battlefield of the future. The ambitious effort is the centerpiece of what the Pentagon is …
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Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill
"Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets. But before they can become widespread, carmakers must solve an impossible ethical dilemma of algorithmic morality." Source: Why Self-Driving Cars …
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The collapse of the US-EU Safe Harbor: Solving the new privacy Rubik’s Cube
"When people who care about technology look back at the year 2015, they will remember October as the month when the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor collapsed. An international legal agreement that has been in …
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Supercomputers: Obama orders world’s fastest computer
"President Obama has signed an executive order calling for the US to build the world's fastest computer by 2025. The supercomputer would be 20 times quicker than the current leading machine, which is …
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