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Academic expert says Google and Facebook’s AI researchers aren’t doing science

Jul13
by on July 13, 2018 at 11:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Google, Opinion


The field of artificial intelligence, to those on the outside, must appear to be an orderly gathering of intellectuals collaborating at the cutting edge of technology. It’s not. If you dig beyond the hyperbole of Elon Musk and the wonders promised by Google, there’s a number of gnashing dissenters who’re happy to toss shade at the entire industry. These people are called academics. And, I’ll be up front, I think they have a point. But more on that later, for now let’s talk about Simon DeDeo. You might not know who Simon DeDeo is, and that’s fine. Most people don’t…

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Report: Apple’s iPhone 6 has the highest failure rate among iPhones — but Samsung is worse

Jul13
by on July 13, 2018 at 10:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


A recent study of the past five years’ worth of iPhone releases saw that the iPhone 6 was, hands down, the worst Apple handset release in recent memory. Both the iPhone 6 and 6s models (regular and Plus) topped the chart of least reliable Apple handsets, according to the “State of Mobile Device Repair & Security“ report issues by Blancco, a data erasure and security firm. The 6 was notoriously bad, with a staggering 22 percent failure rate. For those keeping score at home, that means more than one in five of the handsets required repair or replacement at some…

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Report: Apple’s iPhone 6 has the highest failure rate among iPhones — but Samsung is worse

Jul13
by on July 13, 2018 at 10:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


A recent study of the past five years’ worth of iPhone releases saw that the iPhone 6 was, hands down, the worst Apple handset release in recent memory. Both the iPhone 6 and 6s models (regular and Plus) topped the chart of least reliable Apple handsets, according to the “State of Mobile Device Repair & Security“ report issues by Blancco, a data erasure and security firm. The 6 was notoriously bad, with a staggering 22 percent failure rate. For those keeping score at home, that means more than one in five of the handsets required repair or replacement at some…

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Facebook’s fight against fake news stops short of banning it

Jul13
by on July 13, 2018 at 10:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


As Facebook continues its alleged fight against fake news, it’s been undermined this week by a comment made by an executive that makes it seem as though the company isn’t actually going to do anything about the problem. In an interview with CNN reporter Oliver Darcy, Facebook‘s head of News Feed, John Hegeman waffled on one particular topic. Darcy asked him how the company could claim to be serious about fighting fake news while still allowing Alex Jones’ Infowars to maintain a page on the site. Hegeman gave a rather confusing answer: I guess just for being false that doesn’t violate the…

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Facebook’s fight against fake news stops short of banning it

Jul13
by on July 13, 2018 at 10:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


As Facebook continues its alleged fight against fake news, it’s been undermined this week by a comment made by an executive that makes it seem as though the company isn’t actually going to do anything about the problem. In an interview with CNN reporter Oliver Darcy, Facebook‘s head of News Feed, John Hegeman waffled on one particular topic. Darcy asked him how the company could claim to be serious about fighting fake news while still allowing Alex Jones’ Infowars to maintain a page on the site. Hegeman gave a rather confusing answer: I guess just for being false that doesn’t violate the…

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