• Google Intends to Share Revenue with News Publishers

    Google Intends to Share Revenue with News Publishers

    Google told the Financial Times that they want to share revenues with publishers who take advantage of their new subscription tools.  Similar to its ad system, it would use machine learning know-how and a vast collection of user data to find potential new and renewing subscribers, and take a cut from sales when people take…

  • 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…