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AI determines how much help Shakespeare had writing a play

November 25, 2019
Many believe that Shakespeare had help writing at least some of his plays, but to what extent? AI might have an answer. Czech researcher Petr Plecháč has developed a machine learning system that determined which portions of Henry VIII were likely written by Shakespeare’s contemporary (and long-suspected collaborator) John Fletcher. The approach trained an algorithm to recognize the…
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This week’s top stories: iPhone 11 battery cases, Apple’s December event, iOS 14 report, more

November 24, 2019
In this week’s top stories: More iOS 13 bug fixes, what improvements to expect with iOS 14, iPhone 11 Smart Battery Cases, a December Apple event, and more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news. Apple this week released iOS 13.2.3 and iPadOS 13.2.3 to the public. The update continues to make improvements to iOS 13 performance, and includes further enhancements to…
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Samsung's smaller Galaxy S11e

November 24, 2019
Samsung’s Galaxy S10e is clearly a compromise between its smaller screen and ‘just’ two rear cameras, but its follow-up might be more appealing. Hot on the heels of a purported leak for the full-size Galaxy S11, OnLeaks and Pricebaba have posted renders of…
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Recommended Reading: The making of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge

November 23, 2019
A journey to Galaxy’s Edge, the nerdiest place on Earth Adam Rogers, Wired By now, even people who aren’t Star Wars fans have heard something about Galaxy’s Edge: the massive and detailed new attraction at Disneyland. Wired spoke to “Imagineers” who created the 14-acre expansion at the park to offer a glimpse at the work that went into making it a…
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Humans are responsible for the antics of our AIs

November 23, 2019
Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we’ve done the hard work for you by scouring the internet for the most interesting, thought provoking books on science and technology we can find and delivering an…
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No, AI is not for social good

November 23, 2019
Faced with the public furor over problems with artificial intelligence, tech companies and researchers would now have us believe that the big fix for those problems is to develop AI for social good. This proposal is not new; it’s the latest in a long line of bold, mostly overreaching claims about technology’s capability to do social good. In his 2012 book The Master Switch, Tim Wu makes the…
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