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The new compute module comes with a 64-bit processor and 1GB of RAM, with the flexibility of on-board storage
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Well-tended Python framework offers wide selection of robust algorithms, but no deep learning
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The IT industry should build AIs that will enhance our productivity, not take our jobs, they suggest
Why create a deep learning framework that doesn't use GPU acceleration by default? For Intel, it's part of a strategy to promote next-gen CPUs for machine learning
Google's Key Transparency project offers a model of a public lookup service for encryption keys
Nim compiles and runs fast, delivers tiny executables on several platforms, and borrows great ideas from numerous other languages
The US federal government collects vast quantities of data on hundreds of topics and makes it publicly available. Those efforts now face an existential threat
The developer-centric alternative to Twitter and Facebook might give rise to something new—but it probably won't be a social network