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Chess-Playing Robot Star of Taiwan Tech Fair

A chess-playing robot stole the show as Asia's largest tech fair kicked off in Taiwan Tuesday with artificial...

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Future IPads, IPhones Might Have A Special Chip Just For Processing AI

Apple’s reportedly working on a new kind of chip — potentially for future iOS devices — that’ll be used just...

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Google’s AlphaGo Retires On Top After Humbling World No. 1

The Google-owned computer algorithm AlphaGo is retiring from playing humans in the ancient Chinese game of Go after...

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Google AI Defeats Human Go Champion

Google’s DeepMind AlphaGo artificial intelligence has defeated the world’s number one Go player Ke Jie. AlphaGo...

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Chinese Fans Trash Blackout As Google AI Wins Again

Chinese netizens fumed Thursday over a government ban on live coverage of Google algorithm AlphaGo's battle with the...

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Ford Shakeup Underscores Detroit’s Tech Dilemmas

Ford's decision to oust its CEO is the latest sign of how Silicon Valley technology firms are shaking the foundation of...

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Ford Names Hackett As CEO To Tackle Car Rivals, Silicon Valley

Ford Motor Co (F. N) abruptly named James Hackett as chief executive on Monday, responding to investors’ growing...

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Google AlphaGo AI Takes On A Master of the Ancient Chinese Board Game

It's man vs machine this week as Google's artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo faces the world's top-ranked Go...

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Google AI Programme Beats Top-Ranked Go Player

Google's computer programme AlphaGo beat the world's top-ranked player in the ancient Chinese board game Go on Tuesday,...

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SoftBank-Saudi High-Tech Vision Fund Raises $93bn

Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank said, with Saudi partners, it has raised nearly $100 billion in pledges to launch a...

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Ready, Set, Go! Rematch of Man Vs Machine In Ancient Game

It's man vs machine this week as Google's artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo faces the world's top-ranked Go...

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Jean-Michel Jarre, Master of Mega-Concert, Finally Finds US

Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, who has performed some of history's largest concerts over a four-decade...

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In Battle of Digital Assistants, Google Heads To Apple Turf

Google announced Wednesday it was bringing its digital assistant to Apple iPhones as part of its effort to win the...

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Google To Unveil Its Latest Android Updates

Google is unveiling the latest version of its Android software alongside new plans to put the software in cars. The...

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GE Appliances To Get Google Voice Control Option

GE Appliances announced a deal with Google Wednesday enabling the US tech giant's voice control home hub to be used for...

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Microsoft Making Mobile Connection With Windows Update

Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a forthcoming Windows update aimed at keeping its desktop and laptop computers at the...

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Microsoft Aims To Make Artificial Intelligence Mainstream

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled new tools intended to democratize artificial intelligence by enabling machine smarts to...

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Facebook Takes Aim At ‘low Quality’ Websites

Facebook said Wednesday it was making changes designed to keep its users from linking to "low-quality" websites, part...

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Microsoft Aims To Make Artificial Intelligence Mainstream

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled new tools intended to democratize artificial intelligence by enabling machine smarts to...