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A brief history of artificial intelligence beating humans - PC Gamer

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 15:47

PC Gamer

A brief history of artificial intelligence beating humans
PC Gamer
Much AI research has been put into programs for playing the classic games: chess, checkers, poker, go. These games generally have simple rules but play out in profoundly complex ways, and their human players are often just as complex. When they went up ...

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#WhereIsRey? She's On Her Way, Says Hasbro - NPR

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 13:34

NPR

#WhereIsRey? She's On Her Way, Says Hasbro
NPR
Hasbro also points out that Rey is featured in Star Wars-branded games of Hands Down, Guess Who and Chess, and that two new Rey action figures will be arriving in stores this month. Meanwhile, Lego featured Rey in its line from the start — as a ...

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Solomon Wolf Golomb, USC professor, to receive top science-engineering honor - Jewish Journal

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 12:49

Jewish Journal

Solomon Wolf Golomb, USC professor, to receive top science-engineering honor
Jewish Journal
For recreation, Albert Einstein played the violin, while Solomon Wolf Golomb, an esteemed professor of engineering at USC, finds his relaxation in inventing mathematical games, such as “cheskers,” a hybrid of chess and checkers. At work, he deals with ...

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Intel: Strategy to Get Away from PCs Takes Shape, Says Summit - Barron's (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 09:28

Intel: Strategy to Get Away from PCs Takes Shape, Says Summit
Barron's (blog)
Shares of Intel (INTC) are down 45 cents, or 1.3%, at $33.38, in line with the broader market's decline, following the first responses this morning from the Street regarding the keynote last night given by the chip giant's chief executive, Brian ...

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The Let-Down Effect: Why You Might Feel Bad After the Pressure Is Off - U.S. News & World Report

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 08:04

U.S. News & World Report

The Let-Down Effect: Why You Might Feel Bad After the Pressure Is Off
U.S. News & World Report
In a 2014 study, researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York had migraine sufferers track their symptoms and stress patterns in a three-month electronic diary; it turned out that participants' stress levels didn't impact ...

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28 Authors on the Books That Changed Their Lives - Slate Magazine (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 07:32

Slate Magazine (blog)

28 Authors on the Books That Changed Their Lives
Slate Magazine (blog)
The novel changed my idea of how writing about myth using fiction could matter deeply in terms of understanding modern life, and the essays were essentially an education in the writing of fiction, and the research you would do to bring to life ...

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How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers - New York Times

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 06:01

New York Times

How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers
New York Times
You research players. You build a spreadsheet. You project data and enter a team. You watch the team either fulfill or fall short of your projections. The next day, you start over again. The ruinous thrill of other forms of gambling — sports betting ...
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Artificial intelligence: Can Watson save IBM? - Financial Times

Chess Research - Wed, 01/06/2016 - 01:13

Financial Times

Artificial intelligence: Can Watson save IBM?
Financial Times
... to machines. The AI highlights reel includes the “expert systems” of the 1980s and Deep Blue, IBM's world champion-defeating chess computer of the 1990s, as well as more recent feats like the Google system that taught itself what cats look like by ...

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Blankenburg blends learning forms in academic mixer - The Philadelphia Tribune

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 22:37

The Philadelphia Tribune

Blankenburg blends learning forms in academic mixer
The Philadelphia Tribune
Blankenburg is known for its outstanding chess club, whose honors including being the first in the School District of Philadelphia to win both the elementary and middle schools citywide chess tournaments in 2014. The elementary team went on to become ...

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Harold Dondis, 93, of Belmont; Globe chess columnist once defeated Bobby Fischer - The Boston Globe

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 18:26

The Boston Globe

Harold Dondis, 93, of Belmont; Globe chess columnist once defeated Bobby Fischer
The Boston Globe
A specialist in corporate and public utility law and estate planning taxation, he kept brief descriptions of US Supreme Court and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rulings in notebooks and on index cards to aid his research. During chess matches, he ...

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Smith & Wesson shares surge after Obama unveils gun control measures - The Guardian

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 17:15

The Guardian

Smith & Wesson shares surge after Obama unveils gun control measures
The Guardian
“Many demand drivers (presidential elections, potential regulations, and new product introductions) should allow for very strong top- and bottom-line growth for [Ruger],” he said in a research note. .... I can only say, start playing chess instead of ...

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Human Computation May Be Key to Solving World's Wicked Problems - TechNewsWorld

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 13:49

TechNewsWorld

Human Computation May Be Key to Solving World's Wicked Problems
TechNewsWorld
Researchers from Cornell University and the Human Computation Institute want more humans to help out in accelerating research and finding solutions to life's most difficult problems, such as cancer, HIV, climate change and drought. Crowdsourcing ...

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The battle against dementia: Could 2016 mark a turning point in the search for ... - The Independent

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 13:29

The Independent

The battle against dementia: Could 2016 mark a turning point in the search for ...
The Independent
In October, the Dementia Discovery Fund was launched with $100m (£65m) investment from the UK Government, Alzheimer's Research UK and global pharmaceutical companies to speed up the discovery of new treatments. In November, David Cameron announced the ...

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Artificial intelligence: Can Watson save IBM? - Financial Times

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 12:53

Financial Times

Artificial intelligence: Can Watson save IBM?
Financial Times
The AI highlights reel includes the “expert systems” of the 1980s and Deep Blue, IBM's world champion-defeating chess computer of the 1990s, as well as more recent feats like the Google system that taught itself what cats look like by watching YouTube ...

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Russia and China are drastically scaling up their presence in Antarctica - Business Insider

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 08:52

Business Insider

Russia and China are drastically scaling up their presence in Antarctica
Business Insider
Although Beijing did not establish its first Antarctic research base until 1985, Chinese efforts to expand its influence across the continent have intensified and are now outpacing other nations' plans. As this map from 2013 shows, at the time China ...

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Sunburn for January 5 – The future of the free world is at stake today - SaintPetersBlog (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 06:54

SaintPetersBlog (blog)

Sunburn for January 5 – The future of the free world is at stake today
SaintPetersBlog (blog)
With the drawing of a number, the Florida Senate either has a clear line of succession through 2022 or it has another season of chess-boarding. Like the ..... TOP FLORIDA-BASED POLLING FIRM MERGES via Adam Smith of the Tampa Bay Times – EMC Research ...

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Winning lottery ticket auctioned; hero cat; female farmers - Arizona Daily Star

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

Arizona Daily Star

Winning lottery ticket auctioned; hero cat; female farmers
Arizona Daily Star
In 2014, Tennessee became the first and so far the only state to pass a law criminalizing drug use during pregnancy, according to a December 2015 report from the Guttmacher Institute, a research center that supports abortion rights. Alabama and South ...

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Should We Teach Kids To Monetize Their Passions? - Fast Company

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 04:06

Fast Company

Should We Teach Kids To Monetize Their Passions?
Fast Company
As Vivek Nasta, a father of two and the cofounder and CEO of the investment research app Scout Finance, told me, "Like any parent, I want my children to be happy. And for me, that means they grow up knowing they can do what they love on ... he is going ...

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GreenBiz 101: Get smarter on artificial intelligence - GreenBiz

Chess Research - Tue, 01/05/2016 - 04:02

GreenBiz

GreenBiz 101: Get smarter on artificial intelligence
GreenBiz
Just ask Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is so concerned about the ethical implications of the technology that he recently co-founded a $1 billion-backed, non-profit organization called OpenAI dedicated to responsible AI research and development. Musk and his ...

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Santa Barbara-Based Gas Pods Company Aims to Save Drivers Money, Carbon Emissions - Noozhawk

Chess Research - Mon, 01/04/2016 - 23:45

Noozhawk

Santa Barbara-Based Gas Pods Company Aims to Save Drivers Money, Carbon Emissions
Noozhawk
Research finds GasPods work best on blunt-back vehicles like hatchbacks or mini vans, Chess said, creating a low-pressure area behind a vehicle. “If you make a vehicle more aerodynamic, it will save fuel,” she said. Seeing desirable results, GasPods ...

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