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Jumping the Corners - Flathead Beacon

Wed, 01/27/2016 - 06:13

Jumping the Corners
Flathead Beacon
We should all be relieved to hear that Saudi Arabia's grand mufti has determined chess is forbidden in Islam. The game is a waste of time apparently, and leads to gambling. So don't expect speed chess tournaments in Mecca anytime soon. No word on if ...

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Why Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Have Their Eyes Set on the Chinese Game of Go - NDTV

Wed, 01/27/2016 - 04:57

NDTV

Why Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Have Their Eyes Set on the Chinese Game of Go
NDTV
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shared a link to a research paper that shows off the company's progress in creating a bot that can move lightning fast, and still be as good as previous systems at playing Go. Go is a Chinese game where two players ...

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Facebook trains AI to beat humans at Go board game - BBC News

Wed, 01/27/2016 - 02:00
Facebook trains AI to beat humans at Go board game  BBC News

Facebook has created an artificial intelligence system that is "getting close" to beating the best human players at the Chinese board game Go, Mark Zuckerberg ...

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B.o.b. Releases Rap Hitting Back At 'Flat Earth' Critic Neil Degrasse Tyson - Contactmusic.com

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 20:25

Contactmusic.com

B.o.b. Releases Rap Hitting Back At 'Flat Earth' Critic Neil Degrasse Tyson
Contactmusic.com
The hip-hop star was unfazed by the backlash and urged critics to do their own research before attacking him, but deGrasse Tyson refused to let B.o.B.'s comments slide. Addressing the Twitter controversy, he remarked, "Flat Earth is a ... B.o.B ...

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Facebook's artificially intelligent Go player is getting smarter - VentureBeat

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 20:00

VentureBeat

Facebook's artificially intelligent Go player is getting smarter
VentureBeat
Facebook today is demonstrating recent progress in its effort to have a computer program beat a human being in the ancient Chinese board game Go. In an academic paper that Facebook published online today, Facebook documents the advancements of its ...

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Today's Calendar - Bennington Banner (subscription)

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 19:55

Today's Calendar
Bennington Banner (subscription)
Vermont's bat species, disease impacts, research and how to help. Alyssa Bennet, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department All lectures begin at 7 p.m. One World Conservation Center, 413 Route 7. Beginning beekeepers course: The Bennington County ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 18:14

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, ..... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...

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Fox News Announces Lineup for Thursday's GOP Debate - TVNewser

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 17:37

TVNewser

Fox News Announces Lineup for Thursday's GOP Debate
TVNewser
Polling in Iowa was based on research done by American Research Group, Quinnipiac University, FOX News, CNN/ORC, and Loras College; while New Hampshire data came from American Research Group, Franklin Pierce/Boston Herald, FOX News, ...

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The Lyrics To BoB's Flat Earth Anthem 'Flatline' - With Science Annotations - Forbes

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 17:36

Forbes

The Lyrics To BoB's Flat Earth Anthem 'Flatline' - With Science Annotations
Forbes
Yesterday, rapper B.o.B. tweeted out several items indicating support for the idea that the Earth is flat. In response, astrophysicist and science popularizer Neil deGrasse Tyson issued a few fact-checks of B.o.B.'s tweets, refuting them as thoroughly ...

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The Secret High-Society History of the Playboy Mansion - Curbed LA

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 17:08

Curbed LA

The Secret High-Society History of the Playboy Mansion
Curbed LA
He was also an avid chess player and music lover. Anne was a founding member of the Music Center, a member of the Southern California Symphony Association, and the ... "The Spring Spree at Charing Cross," a cocktail party to benefit orthopedic research ...

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Area schools and camps have so much to offer - Holmdel Independent

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 16:28

Area schools and camps have so much to offer
Holmdel Independent
The program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade include sports camps, arts and crafts, STEAM-based exploration, chess, Go, drama, creative writing, coding, and many others.The Jayne S. Carmody School for children with language-based ...

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Area schools and camps have so much to offer - East Brunswick Sentinel

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 16:01

Area schools and camps have so much to offer
East Brunswick Sentinel
Camps include a long list of sports (lacrosse, basketball, tennis and baseball), along with full-day and half-day options for technology, writing, art, chess, Legos and more. For the youngest campers, they offer MiniBlast, where children can play and ...

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The rivalry was always Manning vs. Belichick, not Manning vs. Brady - Today's Pigskin (blog)

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 12:56

Today's Pigskin (blog)

The rivalry was always Manning vs. Belichick, not Manning vs. Brady
Today's Pigskin (blog)
To throw something at him he had not gleaned from his video research and first-hand knowledge. Last week, Belichick spoke ... Manning, though, got the last laugh on Sunday, an appropriate bookend to their longtime chess match. In professional sports ...

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Our favorite virtual reality filmmakers at Sundance explain how to make great VR - The Verge

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 11:01

The Verge

Our favorite virtual reality filmmakers at Sundance explain how to make great VR
The Verge
And so for us it's an ongoing research. It's not as if in the last two .... is beyond it being a game. When you're playing a game, you know what the rules are — whether it's chess or a video game or a sport, you know there are rules, and you play by ...

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The Many Minds of Marvin Minsky (RIP) - Scientific American (blog)

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 09:18

Scientific American (blog)

The Many Minds of Marvin Minsky (RIP)
Scientific American (blog)
"I don't consider this to be a serious research institution at the moment," he announced. But as we wandered through the lab looking for a lecture on a chess-playing computer, a metamorphosis occurred. "Isn't the chess meeting supposed to be here ...

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Artificial Intelligence: Gods, egos and Ex Machina - The Guardian

Tue, 01/26/2016 - 05:49

The Guardian

Artificial Intelligence: Gods, egos and Ex Machina
The Guardian
Artificial intelligence is one of the most narcissistic fields of research since astronomers gave up the geocentric universe. A central ... The first sentient machine might be happy trolling chess computers all day, for all we know; or seeking patterns ...

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Cancer can be predicted reveals new study - Western Daily Press

Mon, 01/25/2016 - 22:06

Cancer can be predicted reveals new study
Western Daily Press
The way cancer spreads was thought to have been random but a new study reveals it can be predicted. The research shows cancers evolve over time in patterns governed by the same natural laws that drive physical and chemical processes as diverse as the ...

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Carter: National Mentoring Month: Volunteering for the sake of the children - Richmond.com

Mon, 01/25/2016 - 21:37

Richmond.com

Carter: National Mentoring Month: Volunteering for the sake of the children
Richmond.com
Research by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership shows that young people who are at-risk for not completing high school but who have a mentor, report higher educational aspirations and matriculation into post-secondary education, as well as ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Mon, 01/25/2016 - 20:06

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, ..... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...

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Why machines are taking over what people used to do - the Irish News

Mon, 01/25/2016 - 19:19

the Irish News

Why machines are taking over what people used to do
the Irish News
Chess falls under a class of computing problems known as NP problems (nondeterministic polynomial time). They are solvable, but it would take computers an incredibly long time to solve. The Shannon number puts the number of moves available in chess at ...

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