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Microsoft Partner With Kano To Release a PC DIY Kit for Kids
Microsoft Partner To Release Kano PC I’m pretty sure that the way computers are taught in schools today is very different from when I was a lad. Hell, my middle school had 1 singular computer that (if we were lucky) you got to touch more than once in a year.…
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CareSkore Spending Millions on Machine Learning
CareSkore is something which many have come across, although few know they have even seen it. CareSkore’s system is often used on Facebook quizzes to tell you just how long you’ll have to live, often with rather rare and unique ways such as being squashed by a piano being the…
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Yahoo Taught a Machine to Detect Abuse Online
The internet is a wide and open place, capable of catching the imaginations and dreams of millions of people with videos, pictures and words alike. The problem is that not everyone uses the internet to bring together people, instead using it to spread hate and break apart groups. The people…
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BBC Micro Bit Shipping Date Revealed
BBC’s Micro Bit pocket-sized and programmable computer is an amazing little piece of technology, but the best of all is that one million of them will be given free to any year 7 pupils across the UK. Originally the BBC Micro Bit should have started shipping out October last year,…
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Apple Turn Stores into Classroom for a Day
Apple is known for a wide variety of things, from their phones and tablets to their business practices with other companies and their own employees. Craig Federighi, one of Apple’s executives, wants them to be known for something else, something that he hopes will be the start of something amazing. Stating that…
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Nvidia Introduces Its Drive PX Self-Driving Car Computer
Nvidia has introduced its Drive PX, a self-driving computer for the automotive industry, which is now available as a developer kit. The device is said to go on sale this May for a price tag of $10.000, which is not a huge price for the car industry. Nvidia’s CEO, Jen-Hsun…
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NVIDIA Discuss the Rise of Deep Learning
GTC 2015: For the most part, GTC has already been a huge event for NVIDIA with the unveiling of the new TITAN X graphics card to the market but while this is great for the average consumer, NVIDIA have a lot more to offer than just their GeForce segment and…
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Kickstarter Campaign ‘Reading Rainbow’ Most Successful Campaign To Date
Back in the 80’s, Reading Rainbow was one of the best known educational programs going, teaching kids of all ages how to read and when it came off air in 2006, many thought this would be the last we would see of one of the best educational programmes of recent…
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A.I. Company DeepMind Acquired By Google, Should We Expect Cyborgs Now?
Google is in process of acquiring artificial intelligence company DeepMind based in London for a reported price of $400 million. It is said that Google confirmed the acquisition, but they did not specify a price for the deal. DeepMind has been founded by games prodigy and neuroscientist Demis Hassabis, along…
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