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IBM AI model predicts onset of Alzheimer's disease by analyzing descriptions of a cookie theft
The model predicted the onset of Alzheimer's more accurately than standard clinical methods by searching for symptoms in ...
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IBM announces Call for Code 2020 grand prize winner
IBM gave the prize to Agrolly, an app that helps small farmers threatened by climate change decide what to plant and when. ...
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The future of AI depends on 9 companies — if they fail, we’re doomed
If artificial intelligence will destroy humanity, it probably won’t be through killer robots and the ...
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IBM announces the 2020 Call for Code regional finalists
It's that time of year again! The David Clark Cause and its partner IBM have officially announced the regional finalists for the 2020 Call for Code challenge. Call for Code is a multiyear challenge issued in 2018 with the purpose of soliciting solutions from the global developer's ...
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AI-powered ship sets sail for sea trials and environmental research missions
The AI vessel went seaborne on the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's voyage to the New World.
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IBM, the Linux Foundation, and Grillo unveil global earthquake early-warning system
Only a handful of countries (Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, and China) have nation-wide earthquake early-warning systems. Isn't that ...
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IBM's new open-source 'COVID notebooks' arrive chocked full of data for deep analysis
IBM today launched 'COVID notebooks,' an open-source data solution designed to help overwhelmed developers, researchers, ...
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EU privacy watchdog thinks that Clearview AI is illegal
Clearview AI's planned expansion into the EU hit a roadblock yesterday when the bloc's privacy watchdog said it "doubts" ...
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IBM won’t develop facial recognition tech for mass surveillance anymore
IBM said yesterday that it won't offer or develop general-purpose facial recognition technology to encourage responsible ...
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IBM's new open-source tool helps developers make their apps more accessible
When designing an application, developers might not put accessibility on top of their list. Plus, the developer might not ...
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IBM's Call for Code showcases promising solutions for common pandemic problems
IBM senior vice president Bob Lord and Chelsea Clinton, chair of the Clinton Foundation, recently revealed three promising ...
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IBM takes on coronavirus with 2020 Call for Code challenge
The David Clarke Foundation and IBM announced the 2020 Call for Code challenge back in late February – seemingly a decade ...
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AI captain takes the wheel of an autonomous ship
Four hundred years after the Mayflower ship took the first Pilgrims to the New World, a boat steered by an AI captain will ...
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Vatican's AI ethics plan lacks the legal restrictions it needs to be effective
Microsoft and IBM have added a divine touch to their AI ethics efforts by signing a new pledge endorsed by his holiness ...
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WiFi network made of rubber ducks could save lives during natural disasters
The IBM-backed developers behind Project Owl, winner of 2018's Call For Code challenge, have successfully tested their rubber ...
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IBM and David Clark Cause announce 2020 Call For Code Challenge
IBM and its partner David Clark Cause today announced the official commencement of the 2020 Call For Code Challenge. The ...
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This AI suitcase could help visually-impaired people to travel
A group of Japanese companies is developing a suitcase-shaped robot that uses AI to help visually-impaired people to travel ...
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Buffett dumps $800M worth of Apple stock, invests in biotech and groceries
Berkshire Hathaway still owns more than 5% of Apple, despite unloading almost a billion dollars worth of stock in the last ...
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The dongle-hiding Lenovo ThinkBook 14 is great if you get the right screen
There’s a lot to like about the discreet, no-nonsense Lenovo ThinkBook 14 laptop - but I'm most excited about its hideaway ...
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India finally commits to quantum computing, promises $1.12B investment
The Indian government said today it plans to invest ₹8,000 crores ($1.12 billion) in quantum computing research over five ...
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2019 was a huge year for quantum computing
2019 was the biggest year for quantum computing since, well, ever. It's the year IBM put a quantum computer in a box and ...
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IBM's efficient new battery for gadgets doesn't require mining for heavy metals
IBM Research's new battery design eschews nickel and cobalt for three new materials that can be extracted from seawater, ...
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Moonday Mornings: US arrests Ethereum dev for teaching North Korea about cryptocurrency
Welcome to Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines you shouldn't ...
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This fish-farming Mitsubishi subsidiary just put salmon on the blockchain
Norweigian fish farmers Cermaq are using blockchain technology to track salmon from 'egg to plate," but it'll be only for ...
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IBM's 'Code and Response' documentary proves developers can be superheroes too
IBM's upcoming “Code and Response” documentary is an hour-long tour-de-force showcasing several developer-activists using ...
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Nestlé and Carrefour just put baby milk formula on the blockchain
Organic milk powder is the latest thing to be put on the blockchain, thanks to two of the biggest players in worldwide foods. ...
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Blockchain devs looking for work are spoiled for choice right now
Despite regulatory concerns, businesses are still pushing forward and hiring for blockchain and cryptocurrency positions. ...
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Google and IBM fight for ‘quantum supremacy’ — but they’re both wrong about it
Google claims to have demonstrated something called “quantum supremacy,” in a paper published in Nature. This would mark ...
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IBM joins ING in saying central bank digital currencies are on the way
ING isn't the only institution that's expecting central bank digital currencies to be a thing quite soon, IBM also says they ...
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IBM quantum physics researchers make atoms dance on a needle's point
IBM Research today revealed a breakthrough nanotechnology technique that allows researchers to position individual atoms ...
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Study: Facial recognition AI's alright, if you're cisgender and white
I'm a cisgender white male. I can unlock my phone, sign into my bank account, and breeze through border patrol check points ...
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Autonomous 'Mayflower' to sail across the Atlantic 400 years after the original
The Mayflower set sail from England in 1620 carrying approximately 130 Pilgrims across the Atlantic ocean to The New World. ...
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IBM announces 2019 Call For Code grand prize winner
IBM today announced the 2019 Call for Code grand prize was awarded to Prometeo for developing a health monitoring platform ...
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Moonday Mornings: Investigations into UK crypto businesses rise 74% in 1 year
Welcome, it's time for Moonday Mornings. It's Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. ...
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The Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab just bought a 5,000-qubit quantum computer
D-Wave today announced its next generation “Advantage” quantum computer system. It'll pack a whopping 5,000 qubits and ...
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Meet the finalists for IBM's $200K Call for Code competition
The 2019 Call for Code challenge is coming to a close as partners IBM and David Clark Cause are set to announce the grand ...
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Moonday Mornings: IBM wants to put your browser history on the blockchain, forever
Welcome to another Moonday Mornings. Let's waste no time and take a look at the weekend's cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines ...
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Malware attacks on infrastructure and state-run facilities shot up 200% in 2019
A new IBM research warns destructive attacks devised with an intent to wipe data and shut down critical systems have increased ...
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Listen to this AI chat up a frustrated telemarketer for 15 minutes
Telemarketers are the bane of our existence. With the rise of robocalls and automated bots meant to call hundreds of numbers ...
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Here's what you need to know about IBM's new open-source Data Asset Exchange for AI
IBM's Center for Open-Source Data and AI Technologies (CODAIT) recently unveiled a pair of carefully curated databases designed ...
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The New York Times wants to fight fake news using blockchain – good luck to it
The New York Times has announced that it's working on a "news provenance project" based on blockchain technology in an attempt ...
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Google expected to achieve quantum supremacy in 2019: Here’s what that means
Google's reportedly on the verge of demonstrating a quantum computer capable of feats no ordinary classical computer could ...
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IBM's Call for Code Starter Kits are a perfect intro to coding and AI
IBM recently debuted technology Starter Kits to aid those joining the company's Call for Code challenge. Anyone interested ...
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Nestlé plans blockchain pilot for its palm oil, but it won't run on IBM tech
Nestlé says it will start piloting a DLT system to help with its problems with transparency. First, it will put milk on ...
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This IBM Code Pattern makes it easy to create your own object recognition AI
IBM developer Nicholas Bourdakos recently created a new Code Pattern that lets just about anyone develop and train an AI ...
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How 3D spintronics will take hard drive performance to the next level
Spintronics might not be the sort of word that comes up in everyday discussions, but it has been revolutionising computer ...
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3 years later, Visa’s blockchain-powered payment network finally goes live
Visa’s blockchain-powered B2B payments product has finally gone live after almost three years in the making.
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IBM is giving away 1,500 DJI drones to help with natural disasters
IBM's Developer Drone Drop 2019 contest is officially underway. Now through June 16 the company will give away 1,500 drones ...
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See you earlier: Physicists sent a (simulated) particle back in time
An international team of physicists looking for loopholes in the laws of physics recently simulated a brute-force method ...
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IBM is putting sustainable shrimp on the blockchain
Shrimp is the latest foodstuff to make its way to the blockchain, courtesy of IBM's blockchain-based Food Trust ecosystem. ...
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IBM’s Hyperledger isn’t a real blockchain — here’s why
Back in 2016, enterprise “private blockchain” was a new, unfamiliar idea. There were not many major players in the private ...
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Amazon says AT&T, Accenture, and Nestle are all using its blockchain tools
Amazon is ramping up its blockchain services – and it's already convinced giants like AT&T, Accenture and Nestle to use ...
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IBM's Call For Code hackathon takes aim at California's wildfire problem
IBM and 42 Silicon Valley are hosting a hackathon in early May to come up with solutions to California's wildfire problem. ...
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Moonday Mornings: Jaguar Land Rover plans to reward drivers with IOTA cryptocurrency, and more
Here's the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Jaguar Land Rover is getting on the blockchain, and cases ...
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Full moon patents: IBM’s ‘eye contact’ file transfer and Ford’s self-cleaning car
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series ...
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IBM launches blockchain skills academy with University of Louisville
One of top 200 universities in the US, along with a helping hand from IBM, is getting its students into blockchain with dedicated ...
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Carrefour wants to track 20% of its products on the blockchain by 2020
French supermarket giant Carrefour wants to track 20 percent of all of its in-house products on the blockchain by the end ...
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Why corporate acquisitions could be good for the open source community
Open source is all over the media, IBM announced its acquisition of Red Hat, one of the largest in tech history, for $34 ...
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Here's how many classic novels fit into the total words of patents
Recently, one of colleagues shared the number of patents filed each year. It's a lot. Like, an overwhelmingly large number. After ...
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'Broad Band' is the best book we’ve read on women in computing
To those unfamiliar with computing history, the world's first general-purpose computer was the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical ...
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Facebook is hiring 22 people for its secretive blockchain division
Facebook is currently seeking to hire a number of blockchain and cryptocurrency experts in the fields marketing, UX design, ...
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Visa is looking for someone to spearhead permissionless blockchain
Global payment services provider and Fortune 500 company, Visa, is showing signs that cryptocurrency and blockchain will ...
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Moonday Morning: Bitcoin dev ordered to prove Craig Wright isn’t Satoshi
It's Monday which means it's Moonday Morning and time to catch up with the top cryptocurrency and blockchain news from over ...
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IBM's latest trick: Turning noisy quantum bits into machine learning magic
IBM researchers built a pair of algorithms that lay the foundation for the future of machine learning with quantum advantage. ...
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The top 3 blockchain employers are old-school corporates, our data shows
Despite the crypto-winter causing widespread layoffs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, there are still plenty ...
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Shell is recruiting science graduates to build blockchain use cases for oil and gas
The world's fifth largest oil and gas producer in the world, Royal Dutch Shell, is looking to train the next generation of ...
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NBC's tool will tell you if IBM's used your photos to train its AI
IBM failed to notify Flickr users that it was using their pictures to train an AI - and you could be one of them. Here's ...
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Carrefour will use blockchain to let curious mammals know where their milk came from
French supermarket giant Carrefour is pouring milk all over its blockchain, allowing its customers to see the whole thing ...
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AI will soon decide what we eat
Machines will take away our free will and force us to eat soylent green. Just kidding. They'll actually help us feed more ...
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Intel takes on IBM and Microsoft with its own ‘off-the-shelf’ blockchain packages
Intel is expanding its blockchain offering even further to make it easier for businesses to get into the blockchain game. ...
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IBM's new quantum computer might not change everything, but it could make history
IBM recently debuted a monumental achievement in quantum computer engineering: the IBM Q System One. We spoke with CTO Bob ...
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Ford drives cobalt supply chain transparency with IBM blockchain
Ford has become the latest company to jump on the blockchain pilot bandwagon.
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IBM teaches AI to debate humans by crowdsourcing arguments
IBM's AI wants to take on all-comers in debates on every topic. But, first, its going to crowdsource its arguments from humans ...
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New blockchain center opens in New York amid cryptocurrency market woes
The city of New York has a new Blockchain Center.
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IBM thinks outside of the lab, puts quantum computer in a box
IBM introduces its first fully functioning quantum computer system outside of a laboratory. The age of commercial quantum ...
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AI is incredibly smart, but it will never match human creativity
One could be forgiven for thinking that machines are creative. Numerous artificial intelligence projects appear to demonstrate ...
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2018 was a crappy year for tech and science
2018 is dead! Here's just a few of the ways it was a crappy year for technology, science. From Elon Musk to cheating researchers, ...
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IBM just proved quantum computers can do things impossible for classical ones
The debate over whether quantum computers will ever be able to do anything better than classical ones is over. A team of ...
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Moonday Morning: Israel is cracking down on cryptocurrency tax evaders
It's been another weekend of hodling and watching the markets, here's a wrap-up of the weekend's top cyptocurrency and blockchain ...
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Here's why 100 qubit quantum computers could change everything
The 100 qubit quantum processor represents the next major milestone for quantum computers, and the point at which they're ...
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Don't believe the hype: There's nothing wrong with the space station robot
Reports of belligerent AI with a mind of its own terrorizing astronauts aboard the International Space Station aren't exactly ...
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Full moon patents: US Navy tube drones and Facebook doppelgängers
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series ...
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Amazon likely to win $10B Pentagon contract – Google, IBM, and Oracle aren't happy
The Pentagon's lucrative Project JEDI remains mired in controversy amid accusations it was always meant for Amazon -- and ...
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Developing bionics: How IBM is adapting mind-control for accessibility
IBM Research is developing artificial intelligence tools to create a brain-computer interface for people suffering from conditions ...
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IBM and Columbia University are tag-teaming the blockchain
The Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency will leverage Columbia’s academic and scientific networks ...
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Experts throw shade on Australia's $750M investment in IBM blockchain tech
The Australian government has awarded IBM with a lucrative $750 million contract to develop blockchain and other related ...
