Minuscule ID chips could help spot even the smallest counterfeits

There are times when something is simply too small to tag it with existing technology, and that can be a serious problem when you're trying to fight counterfeits. MIT researchers might have a way to tag even the tiniest devices, though. They've creat...

Facebook shows how you’ll be able to auto-tag friends in videos

On stage at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference, the company did a quick demo of an upcoming auto-tagging feature for video. Using the artificial-intelligence-based recognition technology Facebook already uses to identify your friends in photos...

Beats Vs. Spotify: Let The Streaming Wars Begin


Beats Music is being launched today to much fanfare and rightfully so. Using “music curation” as its main calling card, it’s a different take on a theme used by other competitive services. Whether...

Time-Saving Apps


Did you accomplish everything you wanted to in 2013? If not, it might be efficiency that’s holding you back. Make your resolutions count this year, by utilizing apps that keep you on track. From day...
    






Why Is Machine Learning (CS 229) The Most Popular Course At Stanford?


“New Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience,” reads a headline on the front page of The New York Times this morning. The article focuses on machine-learning algorithms, known as a neural...
    






The New Patent would Allow Siri to Search through Photos


Apple Balla reports that in a response to the increasing need to catalogue and search through digital photos accumulated in iPhones and other devices, Apple applied for a patent for a system that...