AI can excel at medical diagnosis, but the harder task is to win hearts and minds first

Aug 13, 2016 11:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Science

Scientists in Japan reportedly saved a womans life by applying artificial intelligence to help them diagnose a rare form of cancer. Faced with a 60-year-old woman whose cancer diagnosis was unresponsive to treatment, they...

High-Speed Wireless Google Fiber To Be Tested in 12 More US Cities

Aug 11, 2016 09:46 am UTC| Technology

In a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission, Google has expressed its intention to expand its testing of a wireless version of its high-speed internet service to over a dozen other cities. The testing...

Sony On ‘ARK: Survival Evolved’ Coming To The ‘PS4,’ Evolve It Into A Full Game First

Aug 11, 2016 09:44 am UTC| Technology

ARK: Survival Evolved has had its fair share of controversy, but it seemed to be on a good track to both becoming a full-fledged game and transitioning over to consoles. The beta is already available on both the PC and the...

‘World Of Warcraft’ Demon Invasions, Major Character Deaths And Lots Of Loot

Aug 11, 2016 08:47 am UTC| Technology

The Legion expansion is almost here, but the pre-launch patch has already added a lot of interesting content in World of Warcraft. Theres obviously the new Demon Hunter class, which is reserved only for those who...

President Obama Invites Facebook Users For A Chat

Aug 11, 2016 08:46 am UTC| Technology

Most people would think that the President of the United States would be too busy for things like Facebook chats, but those people would be wrong. In an attempt to build abetter dialogue between the commander-in-chief and...

FCC Gets Thrashed, Municipal Internet Services Quashed

Aug 11, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Technology Law

The Federal Communications Commission recently lost a court case wherein the main focus was the use of its authority to come between states and cities in their battle to expand municipal internet services. The cities in...

Venture Capital Head Bill Maris Leaves Google, Alphabet Updates

Aug 11, 2016 07:41 am UTC| Technology

Google has had an interesting few years, with executive changes, structural reformations and so on going on behind the scenes. Bill Maris, the head of the venture capital arm of Google, has announced that he is leaving his...