Tim Crane considers the vast financial burden private academic publishers place on public institutions

The White House has issued a memorandum outlining the need for a new national wireless connectivity strategy; the document doesn't really establish anything new, but does request lots of reports on how things are going. Strangely, what it proposes sounds…

While experimenting with enhancements of the prediction model of Guess.js, I started looking at deep learning. I’ve focused mainly on recurrent neural networks (RNNs), specifically LSTM because of their “unreasonable effectiveness” in the domain of Guess.js.…

The AI-generated portrait of a fictional Frenchman sold for 45 times its original estimate.

Six months ago, on a sunny spring day in LA, I donned a suit—a rare event—and walked into a courtroom at UCLA. With me were Robert Miranda, a 24-year-old entrepreneur who runs an Xbox and smartphone…

No more organized photos of my cute dog

The US Copyright Office has made it legal to hack your tractor

Andy Rubin was reportedly paid $90 million after leaving over sexual misconduct allegations.

Job openings at Zentail

It’s available for preorder now on Amazon for $399.99.

It’s available for preorder now on Amazon for $399.99.

As expected, Alphabet’s core ad business continues to grow at a remarkable pace, with the company’s third quarter earnings announcement coming in well over Wall Street analysts’ expectations on profit, although slightly under sales estimates for the quarter.…

In a study, those who ate more organic produce, dairy, meat and other products had 25 percent fewer cancer diagnoses over all, especially lymphoma and breast cancer.

In a companywide email obtained by CNBC, Sundar Pichai says Google has fired 48 people in the last two years for sexual harassment. 

The app needs to come soon

Snapchat continued to shrink in Q3 2018 but its business is steadily improving. Snapchat’s daily active user count dropped again, this time by 1 percent to 186 million, down from 188M and a negative 1.5 percent growth rate in Q2. User count is still up 5…

Tiny device could replace expensive lab-scale equipment for many applications.

AI art arrives with a bang