| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | The Race To Buy The Human Brains Behind Deep Learning Machines | | | Any aspiring science fiction writer looking for a good protagonist could do worse than ripping off the Wikipedia page for Demis Hassabis: He grew up in England as a chess prodigy and built absurdly sophisticated video games before getting a degree in computer science from Cambridge, started studying neuroscience and publishing respected papers on amnesia and other topics, and then proceeded to co-found one of the hottest artificial-intelligence startups. (Businessweek)
Why This Is Important: Google's recent acquisition of DeepMind points to increasing interest in deep learning, a type of computer science that may be the key to building "Terminator"-like machines.
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| | #2 | Apple's Next Cash Cow Could Be Your Fingerprint
| | | The mobile payments arena may not seem so big right now, but make no mistake: We're just seeing the beginning of a rapidly growing trend. Some estimates we've seen from market research firms put the future mobile payment market in the US alone at around $90 billion spent in 2017. (Engadget)
Why This Is Important: Making payments with your fingerprint is the next logical step for Apple's Touch ID. Developers hope a fingerprint's uniqueness will combat such problems as credit thef or children buying apps without their parent's consent.
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| | #3 | Google-Samsung Patent Truce Will Boost Android And Wearable Tech, Say Analysts
| | | The Android ecosystem and wearable technology will probably get a boost from the patent deal Google and Samsung have struck, but the agreement is unlikely to have an influence on Samsung's intellectual property disputes with Apple, analysts said Monday. (PCWorld)
Why This Is Important: Eureka! Rather than try to destroy productivity, these big names are going to work together to produce better products.
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| | | Blog Post of The Day | Why Aren't App Designers As Famous As Chefs?
By Dennis Berman
In a world that can celebrate and fetishize the most obscure chefs, it's a relevant question: Why aren't the world's best app designers renowned?I posed that question, and many others, to John Maeda, whose new gig may be the single most interesting in Silicon Valley. More » |
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