Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
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In the most nightmarish drone scenarios, one of the little whirlybirds flies into an airliner, or wanders into military airspace, or swoops down on the White House...Wired From ACM News | July 17, 2017
Among the many reasons humans are bizarre among mammals (the dearth of body hair, the bipedalism, the fact that someone invented the turducken) is a sad shortcoming...Wired From ACM News | July 14, 2017
There's nothing new about worrying that superintelligent machines may endanger humanity, but the idea has lately become hard to avoid.
Wired From ACM News | July 10, 2017
Last July 4th, NASA's Juno spacecraft slowed its record breaking pace just enough to get caught in the pull of Jupiter's gravity.
Wired From ACM News | July 5, 2017
As cars here on Earth begin to drive themselves and robots autonomously roam sidewalks delivering food and nearly running over dogs, over on Mars, the Curiosity...Wired From ACM News | June 22, 2017
Just when the cybersecurity world thinks it's found the limits of how far Russian hackers will go to meddle in foreign elections, a new clue emerges that suggests...Wired From ACM News | June 9, 2017
Over the past year, the Kremlin's strategy of weaponizing leaks to meddle with democracies around the world has become increasingly clear, first in the US and more...Wired From ACM News | May 26, 2017
Snapchat knew it from the start, but in recent months Google and Facebook have all but confirmed it: The keyboard, slowly but surely, is fading into obscurity.
...Wired From ACM News | May 22, 2017
The world's largest genetics research center isn't at Harvard or Stanford or even the NIH. It's a 20-mile drive from Hong Kong International Airport, in the bustling...Wired From ACM News | May 19, 2017
The Cassini space probe is going to dive through Saturn's rings again on Wednesday, the third of a planned 22 orbits threading that planetary needle as the probe...Wired From ACM News | May 10, 2017
When the cybersecurity industry warns of digital threats to the "internet of things," the targets that come to mind are ill-conceived, insecure consumer products...Wired From ACM News | May 3, 2017