• Google’s DeepMind Achieves Machine Learning Breakthroughs, Which is Terrifying

    Google’s DeepMind Achieves Machine Learning Breakthroughs, Which is Terrifying

    I wrote an article last week about the AlphaGo and AlphaGo Zero “robots” that used machine learning to beat humans in Go.  But I want to explore the technology behind what made all of that possible.  If you want to read more about that particular battle, check out my previous post.  Google is making progress…

  • Google Home Speakers Now Let You Control YouTube TV With Your Voice

    Google Home Speakers Now Let You Control YouTube TV With Your Voice

    Home assistants are going to bring us so many changes to technology over the next couple of years.  We can already turn on our lights, adjust our thermostats, see who is at our front door and get the news that we want in the morning.  The other thing that we are going to see more…

  • Tech Giants & Other Companies Urge Supreme Court to Hear Gay Rights Case

    Tech Giants & Other Companies Urge Supreme Court to Hear Gay Rights Case

    Dozens of companies including Google, Apple and Microsoft are all asking the U.S. Supreme Court to address whether a law banning sex discrimination in the workplace provides protections to gay employees.  The companies are asking the Supreme Court to take up the case of Jameka Evans – a former security guard at a Georgia hospital,…