Iceland's WOW Air to resume flights with new owners
An American aviation firm said on Friday it had taken over Iceland's bankrupt airline WOW Air together with local investors and said flights would resume in October.
Sep 6, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
AI Aristo takes science test, emerges multiple-choice superstar
Aristo has passed an American eighth grade science test. If you are told Aristo is an earnest kid who loves to read all he can about Faraday and plays the drums you will say so what, big deal.
Sep 6, 2019 weblog
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Security
Oklahoma pension fund reports $4.2 million cyber theft
Officials with the pension system for retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers and other state law enforcement officers say the FBI is investigating after computer hackers stole $4.2 million in funds.
Sep 6, 2019
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Internet
Simulating quantum many-body systems on Amazon Web Services
Quantum many-body systems (QMBs), which are physical systems made up of multiple interacting particles, are among the most challenging structures to reproduce in numerical simulations. In the past, researchers have attempted ...
Sep 6, 2019 feature
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Engineering
Use smart traffic lights and self-driving cars to see an end to traffic jams, says new paper
With towns and cities across the world using traffic control systems boosted with artificial intelligence—the University of Surrey has released a comprehensive report detailing how such technologies could make traffic jams ...
Sep 6, 2019
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Internet
As feds loom, states hit Facebook, Google with new probes
Two groups of states are targeting Facebook and Google in separate antitrust probes, widening the scrutiny of Big Tech beyond sweeping federal and congressional investigations into their market dominance.
Sep 6, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Linking brains to computers: How new implants are helping us achieve this goal
Cyborgs are no longer science fiction. The field of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) – which use electrodes, often implanted into the brain, to translate neuronal information into commands capable of controlling external ...
Sep 6, 2019
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Internet
Zao's deepfake face-swapping app shows uploading your photos is riskier than ever
The latest photo app craze can make you look like a movie star. Zao uses artificial intelligence to replace the faces of characters in film or TV clips with images of anyone whose photo you upload to the app.
Sep 6, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Nature's most beautiful performances could inspire the next generation of artificial intelligence
Scientists have discovered a possible driving force behind some of nature's most beautiful displays paving the way for more complex and autonomous AI.
Sep 6, 2019
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Robotics
Empathy for robots can have life-changing consequences for troops
It is increasingly common to use robots in war zones to examine and disarm hazards or recover objects with the understanding that the loss of a robot is a far more acceptable outcome than the death of a solider.
Sep 6, 2019
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