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Mayhem reigns in battle of the self-healing computers - Financial Times

Chess Research - Fri, 08/05/2016 - 08:01

Financial Times

Mayhem reigns in battle of the self-healing computers
Financial Times
Computers have shown they can play games from chess to Go better than humans, but the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) set them a much tougher challenge: to learn to fix themselves and protect against hackers.
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No One Wins Gold for Practicing the Most - Scientific American

Chess Research - Fri, 08/05/2016 - 05:00

Scientific American

No One Wins Gold for Practicing the Most
Scientific American
He would later publish work extending his theory to other pursuits, including sports, chess and medicine. ... Jeffery Fairbrother, a motor behavior scientist at the University of Tennessee who was also not part of the study, agrees that the new ...

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Credibility of Electoral and Separatist Politics in Jammu and Kashmir - CounterPunch

Chess Research - Fri, 08/05/2016 - 04:10

Credibility of Electoral and Separatist Politics in Jammu and Kashmir
CounterPunch
Writing about this anti-historical attitude, Kai Friese reported in the New York Times that in November 2002, the National Council of Education Research and Training, which is the central government organization in India that finalizes the national ...

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Expert reveals how contactless card payments are still vulnerable to attack - Daily Mail

Chess Research - Fri, 08/05/2016 - 03:17

Daily Mail

Expert reveals how contactless card payments are still vulnerable to attack
Daily Mail
Dr Steven Murdoch, Principal Research Fellow in the Information Security Research Group of the Department of Computer Science at University College London explores the risks for contactless cards, and ways to solve this problem. ... The relay attack is ...

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Game over security researchers - DARPA's AI bug hunters are coming for your jobs - The Register

Chess Research - Fri, 08/05/2016 - 02:38

The Register

Game over security researchers - DARPA's AI bug hunters are coming for your jobs
The Register
The contest, held at the DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas, was organised by the research arm of the US military and saw seven teams test out their automated seek-and-patch-ware in a simulated operating system. The eight-hour contest saw the ...

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Here's why these 4 ASX shares are soaring today - Motley Fool Australia

Chess Research - Fri, 08/05/2016 - 00:15

Here's why these 4 ASX shares are soaring today
Motley Fool Australia
AngloGold Ashanti Limited (CHESS) (ASX: AGG) is the pick of the gold miners today after jumping over 5% to $5.85. The majority of the gold miners are pushing higher ahead of the all-important US ... Hot on the heels of a downgrade to a sell rating by ...

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Central Oregon Volunteer Search - Bend Bulletin

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 18:33

Central Oregon Volunteer Search
Bend Bulletin
CHESS FOR SUCCESS seeks volunteers to assist in classroom chess clubs throughout the Bend and Redmond area. Chess experience is not necessary. Volunteers will help take attendance and assist the coach with lessons. Chess clubs meet twice a week ...

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Kalimba Keeps Earth Wind & Fire's Music Alive at 3rd & Lindsley - Nashville Scene

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 14:38

Nashville Scene

Kalimba Keeps Earth Wind & Fire's Music Alive at 3rd & Lindsley
Nashville Scene
White, who attended Chicago Conservatory in the mid-'60s, had an impressive background as a studio musician for Chess prior to forming EW&F. He not only played on hits by The Impressions, Muddy Waters, Billy Stewart, Etta James and Fontella ...

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Wyoming Alzheimer's Group: Stay Active, Socialize - Kgab

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 13:03

Kgab

Wyoming Alzheimer's Group: Stay Active, Socialize
Kgab
Janet Lewis says the latest research shows being socially active seems to offer some protection against dementia, although researchers don't know why. She says that could include such things as being active in a church, going out to dinner with friends ...

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Hackers Fool Tesla S's Autopilot to Hide and Spoof Obstacles - WIRED

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 10:38

WIRED

Hackers Fool Tesla S's Autopilot to Hide and Spoof Obstacles
WIRED
“The worst case scenario would be that while the car is in self-driving mode and relying on the radar, the radar is obscured and fails to detect an obstacle ahead of it,” says Wenyuan Xu, the University of South Carolina professor who led the research ...

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Walmart Takes Fight to Amazon; Is It Too Little Too Late? - TheStreet.com

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 10:18

Walmart Takes Fight to Amazon; Is It Too Little Too Late?
TheStreet.com
Online sales in the U.S. are expected to reach $523 billion by 2020, a 56% increase from $335 billion last year, according to Forrester Research. The segment is expected to grow at an annual rate of 9.32% over the next five years. But at the same time ...

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Robot Funds and Bank Regulation - Bloomberg

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 08:36

Robot Funds and Bank Regulation
Bloomberg
As a result, more funds outside the traditional quant universe are snapping up computer scientists, overhauling their technology, and tapping new sources of big data and analytics, like Kensho, which automates previously human-intensive research ...

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Why is social engagement so important as we age? - The Daily Courier

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 08:04

Why is social engagement so important as we age?
The Daily Courier
According to data from the Pew Research Center's internet & American Life Project, the 74-plus demographic is the fastest-growing group across Web-based social networks. Use of sites like Facebook and Twitter among internet users 65 and older grew 100 ...

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Why Women Feel More Stress at Work - Harvard Business Review

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 07:14

Harvard Business Review

Why Women Feel More Stress at Work
Harvard Business Review
Other experiments showing stereotype threat have included activities as different as playing chess and driving. Women, of course, are not the only ... These are all research-backed strategies for overcoming stereotype threat. Our experience suggests ...

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War or peace: Armenia's dead end - EurActiv

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 02:06

EurActiv

War or peace: Armenia's dead end
EurActiv
Dr. Kamal Makili-Aliyev is leading research fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) Baku, Azerbaijan. The game of chess is a very popular sport and entertainment in both Azerbaijan and Armenia. In Armenia, it is even a compulsory subject in ...

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Ray Duckler: A life lived on the edge, feeling lucky the whole way through - Concord Monitor

Chess Research - Thu, 08/04/2016 - 00:51

Concord Monitor

Ray Duckler: A life lived on the edge, feeling lucky the whole way through
Concord Monitor
Artist Dennis Morton poses in front of some of his paintings, including portraits of his parents and depictions of life in prison. The Laconia artist has always felt fortunate. “I've always been lucky in my life,” Morton said. GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor ...

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Coming Events - My Eastern Shore

Chess Research - Wed, 08/03/2016 - 23:09

My Eastern Shore

Coming Events
My Eastern Shore
13, Saturday — Discover Your Legacy: Tips & Tools for African American Genealogy Research — 10:30 a.m., Chestertown Branch. ... Thursdays — Chestertown Chess Club — 7 to 11 p.m., Play It Again Sam, 108 S. Cross St., Chestertown. All ages and skill ...

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Chinese Consortium Braces Mobile Gaming Position, Buys Caesars Online Games Unit in $4.4B Deal - YIBADA English

Chess Research - Wed, 08/03/2016 - 23:04

YIBADA English

Chinese Consortium Braces Mobile Gaming Position, Buys Caesars Online Games Unit in $4.4B Deal
YIBADA English
The revenue in the mobile game sector in China is expected to reach $10 billion this year, market research agency Newzoo estimated. The agency also predicted that the country will continue to become the biggest games market in the future, with revenue ...

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Postcards from the Fringe - Calgary Sun

Chess Research - Wed, 08/03/2016 - 20:09

Calgary Sun

Postcards from the Fringe
Calgary Sun
Cameryn says the idea for this show came during her research when she asks people to recall the strangest thing they'd ever done for money and someone told her about being a human chess table. "Most of us will do something for money but I wondered ...

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'I could cut off your lips,' Suicide Squad's Jared Leto stops joking around - New Zealand Herald

Chess Research - Wed, 08/03/2016 - 19:01

'I could cut off your lips,' Suicide Squad's Jared Leto stops joking around
New Zealand Herald
I did a lot of research into the 75-year history of The Joker but at a certain point I stopped because I realised I needed to let my imagination run wild and dream up something completely different." The pressure to do something different and new with ...

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