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View ArticleSecureDrop – An open-source whistleblower submission system
SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. It was originally created by the...
View ArticleTensorFlow 1.0 Released
We're thrilled to see the pace of development in the TensorFlow community around the world. To hear more about TensorFlow 1.0 and how it's being used, you can watch the TensorFlow Developer Summit...
View ArticleHow the Anti-Vaxxers Are Winning
PhotoCredit Getty Images HOUSTON — It’s looking as if 2017 could become the year when the anti-vaccination movement gains ascendancy in the United States and we begin to see a reversal of several...
View ArticleGetting Started with Deep Learning: A Review of Available Tools
A review of available tools | February 15th, 2017At SVDS, our R&D team has been investigating different deep learning technologies, from recognizing images of trains to speech recognition. We...
View ArticleWinston Churchill's views on aliens revealed in lost essay
By Paul RinconScience editor, BBC News website15 February 2017From the section Science & EnvironmentShareShare this withEmailShare this with EmailFacebookShare this with FacebookMessengerShare this...
View ArticleRealtime Analysis of the Oroville Dam Disaster
In February 2017, reservoir levels for the tallest dam in the United States, located near Oroville, California, were beginning to reach capacity from high rainfall totals. Officials decided to begin...
View Articlerust/prepare.mk: Don't remove the $(nop) command below!
# Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT# file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at# http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.## Licensed under the Apache License,...
View ArticleThe most cited deep learning papers
README.mdA curated list of the most cited deep learning papers (since 2012)We believe that there exist classic deep learning papers which are worth reading regardless of their application domain....
View ArticleAutism detectable in brain long before symptoms appear
Image copyrightThinkstockBrain scans can detect autism long before any symptoms start to emerge, say scientists.The earliest that children tend to be diagnosed at present is at the age of two, although...
View ArticleNobody Knows What They're Doing (2013)
In his Washington Postcolumn today, Ezra Klein makes an important point about politics generally and Washington in particular that I think isn't widely enough understood. He calls it "the myth of...
View ArticleBrilliant Jerks Cost More Than They Are Worth
As a software engineer, I worked on a small team of mostly less experienced engineers on a new product. As part of our process to ensure the highest quality, we agreed to review each others code before...
View ArticleDuckDuckGo Donates $300K to Raise the Standard of Trust Online
At DuckDuckGo, our vision is to raise the standard of trust online. To that end, for our seventh year we are making donations to organizations that share a similar vision.We are lucky to have been...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Two Bankers and an Engineer Get a Billion Dollars?
Bill Woodburn showed up for dinner as a courtesy.It was 2006, and the former head of General Electric’s infrastructure business and Jack Welch protégé had made up his mind to turn down Adebayo Ogunlesi...
View ArticleWhat could happen if you refuse to unlock your phone at the US border?
Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesIn recent days, there have been numerous media reports of a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee and American citizen who was forced to unlock his phone while returning to the...
View ArticleSimple Made Easy (2011)
SummaryRich Hickey emphasizes simplicity’s virtues over easiness’, showing that while many choose easiness they may end up with complexity, and the better way is to choose easiness along the simplicity...
View ArticleMaster C++ Programming with Open-Source Books
Books are very personal and subjective possessions. And programming books are no exception. But regardless of their style, focus, or pace, good C++ programming books take the reader on a compelling...
View ArticleThe Future of Neuromorphic Computing
Artificial intelligence has achieved much of its recent success by mimicking biology. Now it must go further.CreditILLUSTRATION BY GORAN FACTORYMore than two hundred years ago, a French weaver named...
View ArticleElon Musk is boring a tunnel to skirt gridlock
The pit is at least 15 feet deep and more than 50 feet wide. It’s in a nondescript lot at Crenshaw Boulevard and West 120th Street, not far from Los Angeles International Airport. If not for the huge...
View ArticleMedieval books reveal the extreme methods with which artists achieved their reds
Recipe books from the Middle Ages reveal the extreme methods with which artists achieved their reds. Boris Grigoriev, Entrez!, 1913. Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts....
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