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A Turing Award for a new AI Spring After years in the (mostly Canadian) wilderness followed by seven years of plenty, Deep Learning was officially recognized as the “dominant” AI paradigm and “a critical component of computing,” with its three key proponents, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, and Yoshua Bengio, receiving…

Bill Pugliano/GettyApple, Tesla, and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway rank among millennials' 10 favorite stocks.Disney, Netflix, and Amazon also made Apex Clearing's top 10 list.The digital wealth management specialist analyzed more than 734,000investment accounts.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Millennials' favorite stocks include Apple, Tesla, and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.…

Two former employees at BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer torrent client acquired by Tron in 2018, have sued Tron founder and CEO Justin Sun for alleged labor violations and harassment. Unsealed court documents filed in California on Oct. 28 reveal that plaintiff…

Countless business leaders, 53 heads of state, and a handful of celebrities are currently convening in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting.The conference's program features big names including President Trump, Greta Thunberg, and Marc Benioff, but its most impactful discussions will likely happen after hours.It's impossible…

Joining Microsoft President Brad Smith and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday called for new regulations for Artificial Intelligence (AI), saying the only question now is how to approach it. Although new regulation is needed…

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The reputation of Masayoshi Son, the worlds most prolific unicorn breeder, came crashing down last year with the collapse of WeWork. An 80% writedown on The We Co., and a 970 billion yen ($8.8 billion) loss at the SoftBank Vision Fund d…

In terms of technology, the world had been unifying for years. Now it is reverting back to the likes of the VHS-versus-Betamax era, with much bigger consequences. Imagine two countries with completely different sets of hardware and software for the internet, electronic devices, telecommunications, and even social media and dating…

By ALT Perspective The world began the new year with World War Three trending on social media but a series of memes generated appeared to trivialize the gravity of the matter. Perhaps the meme creators were right to stay calm. Last week, we experienced balli…

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin 2019 was another transformative year for retail, and there were a number of technology catalysts and disruptions that drove us to where we are today heading into 2020. Fi…

SINGAPORE: Singapore is opening up its banking industry to digital lenders in a reform that could shake up the sector across Southeast Asia, with Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and ride-hailer Grab among those seeking licences. Traditional banks are being chall…