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Google Fined Record $2.7 Billion in E.U. Antitrust Ruling
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/technology/eu-google-fine.html
Google suffered a major blow on Tuesday after European antitrust officials fined the search giant a record $2.7 billion for unfairly favoring some of its own search services over those of rivals.
Passengers Are Happier Interacting With Technology Than With People, Study Finds
Source: http://www.travelandleisure.com/airlines-airports/biometric-airline-apps
The most recent passenger survey published by air transport technology company SITA found that the majority of passengers now want to use biometrics for identification.
Technology of tomorrow on display at Smart Cities Conference
Source: http://kxan.com/2017/06/27/technology-of-tomorrow-on-display-at-smart-cities-conference/
The 2017 Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo, coinciding with the U.S. Ignite Application Summit, is underway. Companies from all over the world are showing off their latest technology while city leaders from throughout the country discuss ways to use that tech in their towns.
Who Is Winning the AI Race?
Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608112/who-is-winning-the-ai-race/
China and the United States dominate the world of artificial-intelligence research. Microsoft, IBM, and Google are the leading companies.
"Mind reading" technology can now decode complex thoughts
Source: http://newatlas.com/mind-reading-complex-thoughts/50228/
In the past, "mind reading" systems have been able to guess what single-digit number a person might be thinking of, but deeper thoughts have been beyond the technology's reach. Now, a team from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has developed a way to accurately read more complex concepts from a brain scan, and even piece together entire sentences.
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Now the tech leaders, including Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, to name but a few, have been working a lot in frontier researches, especially on artificial intelligence. In your opinion, which company is going to win the AI race?
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English articles 英語文章:
Be a smart gambler! #1 - Gambler's fallacy
Let's play a game #1 - Prisoner's Dilemma
Paradox is fun! #1 - Boy or Girl?
No solution! #1 - Prime numbers
Everyday Tech Series
Bilingual articles 雙語文章:
Welcome to the world of mahjong! 歡迎來到麻雀教室! #1
No solution! #2 - P vs NP Problem / 無解 #2 - P vs NP問題
Paradox is fun! #2 - Will you switch the door? 趣味悖論 #2 - 你會換另一道門嗎?