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In a first for ancient game, Google AI conquers humans - Arkansas Online
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Arkansas Online
Google DeepMind, the London research group behind the project, is now getting the software ready for a competition in Seoul against the world's best Go player in March. The event harks back to the highly publicized chess match in 1996 when IBM's Deep ...
All systems Go! But what is it like to play against a computer?Cosmos
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Pawn star: How the 'David Beckham of chess' became a national hero - CNN International
CNN International
CNN International
"Kids love games, and if you can identify a way to teach all these topics in the context of a game, I think you have struck upon a scholastic goldmine." The 'grandfather of chess'. Armenia's modern-day love affair with chess owes a lot to one man ...
Brilliant mind of 'David Beckham of chess'WPTZ The Champlain Valley
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Pluto holds more water ice than we thought - Cosmos
Cosmos
Cosmos
Recently released data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft suggest there is much more water ice on Pluto's surface than previously thought. Scans of infrared light taken at 15-minute intervals by the craft's Ralph/Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array ...
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Smith: Thinking ahead in health care - Vermont Biz
Vermont Biz
UVM Health Network's recent growth is primarily in New York. And UVM Medical Center does need to be large enough to be a well respected and sought after academic, research and acute care facility. But you can't chalk it all up to size, some of it ...
NFL Notes: Report: Johnson told coach he will retire - Duluth News Tribune
Duluth News Tribune
Duluth News Tribune
The Lions hired Randy Edsall, who was fired as head coach at Maryland during the 2015 season, as the team's director of football research and special projects. Around the NFL. The NFL sent a memo to all 32 teams that said the league has no rule against ...
NFL notebook: Johnson told coach he will retireWPTZ The Champlain Valley
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Changing the Tire Game - Tire Review
Tire Review
If the off-highway tire market were a chess game, BKT would be preparing to declare checkmate and claim its place as a global leader. ... Part of BKT's vision to position itself as a leader in the off-highway tire market not only includes a new plant ...
Vol. 29, No. 1: Karats and Carats - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Why is the ancient Chinese board game Go usually spelled uppercase, including in our pages, while other board games such as chess or checkers are lowercase? After all, it isn't a brand name such as Monopoly. We did some research and deep thinking, and ...
Pawn star: How the 'David Beckham of chess' became a national hero - CNN International
CNN International
CNN International
"Kids love games, and if you can identify a way to teach all these topics in the context of a game, I think you have struck upon a scholastic goldmine." The 'grandfather of chess'. Armenia's modern-day love affair with chess owes a lot to one man ...
Brilliant mind of 'David Beckham of chess'WPTZ The Champlain Valley
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Pawn star: How the 'David Beckham of Chess' became a national hero - CNN
CNN
CNN
"Kids love games, and if you can identify a way to teach all these topics in the context of a game, I think you have struck upon a scholastic goldmine." The 'grandfather of chess'. Armenia's modern-day love affair with chess owes a lot to one man ...
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Westborough student is runner-up in national math competition - Community Advocate
Community Advocate
Community Advocate
I would never run out of money,” he said. Karnik also had the rare honor as a high school student to present his research on probability theory during the math meetings at the conference. Outside of math, Karnik is an avid chess player and participates ...
Kerala Council for Historical Research to dig up old board games - Deccan Chronicle
Deccan Chronicle
Deccan Chronicle
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR) through a popular campaign is set to document, conserve and illuminate available information and material remains on the traditional board games for the Muziris Children's Museum at ...
Autonomous Robot Weaponry - The Debate - iProgrammer
iProgrammer
iProgrammer
She also explains that for regulating such an affair and for reaching a mutual understanding, all stakeholders, states, industry and research institutions, must participate, regardless of how much they have advanced into this technology and knowledge ...
NFL notebook: Johnson told coach he will retire - 4029tv
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--The Lions hired Randy Edsall, who was fired as head coach at Maryland during the 2015 season, as the team's director of football research and special projects. --The NFL sent a memo to all 32 teams that said the league has no rule against moving to ...
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NFL notebook: Johnson told coach he will retire - WPTZ The Champlain Valley
WPTZ The Champlain Valley
--The Lions hired Randy Edsall, who was fired as head coach at Maryland during the 2015 season, as the team's director of football research and special projects. --The NFL sent a memo to all 32 teams that said the league has no rule against moving to ...
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Weekend tech reading: Duke Nukem 3D turns 20, EA wants to regain your trust, Xerox splits in two - TechSpot
TechSpot
TechSpot
These polar vortices, which were theoretically predicted more than a decade ago, could also "rewrite our basic understanding of ferroelectrics" according to the researchers who observed them. Phys.org ... Artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky ...
As Tehran Frees American Pastor, Persecution of Iranian Christians Rages On - Algemeiner
Algemeiner
Algemeiner
Mark Durie, a human rights activist and research fellow with the Middle East Forum think tank, told JNS.org. The “political threat” Durie mentioned is motivated ... Iran is a longer-term player, they invented chess. [Iran says,] 'No, we don't build a ...
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As Tehran Frees American Pastor, Persecution of Iranian Christians Rages On - Algemeiner
Algemeiner
Algemeiner
Mark Durie, a human rights activist and research fellow with the Middle East Forum think tank, told JNS.org. The “political threat” Durie mentioned is motivated ... Iran is a longer-term player, they invented chess. [Iran says,] 'No, we don't build a ...
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Paging through some ideas to take the winter chill out of February - Burlington County Times
Burlington County Times
Paid tickets and registration required. Feb. 13 (9:30 a.m.): Learn where to start your genealogy research and what resources are available during Beginning Genealogy. ... 23 (4 p.m.): Play Chess at the Library. All skill levels welcome. Bring your iPad ...
Thinking ahead in health care - Rutland Herald
Rutland Herald
UVM Health Network's recent growth is primarily in New York. And UVM Medical Center does need to be large enough to be a well respected and sought after academic, research and acute care facility. But you can't chalk it all up to size, some of it ...
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Thinking ahead in health care - Rutland Herald
Rutland Herald
UVM Health Network's recent growth is primarily in New York. And UVM Medical Center does need to be large enough to be a well respected and sought after academic, research and acute care facility. But you can't chalk it all up to size, some of it ...
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