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- Google fights spam with artificial intelligence
Gmail announced that it had prevented 99.9 percent of spam from reaching inboxes, but will artificial intelligence help bridge that final tenth of a percent?
- Ellen Pao's Reddit exit: More than just another case of Internet sexism?
On Friday, Ellen Pao resigned as CEO of social media site Reddit, after more than 200,000 Redditors called for her ouster in an online petition.
- Automakers and Silicon Valley have competing visions for self-driving cars
Traditional car companies and tech titans both want to create consumer-ready autonomous vehicles within the next few years.
- Should Google be able to reveal the names of your online enemies?
A Las Vegas lawyer has sued to force Google to identify people who he says have defamed him online.
- Facebook's new data center will run entirely on renewable energy
Facebook will build its fifth data center in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Snapchat responds to social media backlash with ‘West Bank’ story
The app featured snaps of 'West Bank Life' on Thursday, two days after it featured live stories from Tel Aviv.
- IBM reveals the world's smallest and fastest computer chip. Now what?
The new chips are some of the first to be made with 7 nanometer transistors – half the size of those normally used.
- 'Furry solar cells'? Lessons in solar power from space.
Companies build 3-D solar cells to solve problems in space, which might help Earth too.
- How to choose what you see in your Facebook news feed
Facebook's new 'see first' feature will enable users to select a specific person or page they would prefer to see in their news feed.
- Finnish teen convicted of 50,000 hacks avoids jail time. Why?
A Finnish teenager found guilty of credit card theft and email hijacking, among other things, has avoided jail time. The case raises questions about how judicial systems should deal with juvenile hackers.
- Coming soon: 3-D printers recycle plastic in space
The first company to print 3-D objects in space will soon bring recycling to space.
- Experts: No quick technological fixes for climate change
Scientists agreed at Paris climate change talks that political and economic reforms will be more critical than technical innovations in reversing the effects of global climate change.
- Are Facebook's graphic designers feminists?
Facebook changes their 'friends' and 'groups' icons, placing female figures in front of male figures for the first time.
- How a bomb, an ape, and a brawl shaped Godzilla co-creator Eiji Tsuburaya
Special effects whiz Eiji Tsuburaya received a kaiju-filled tribute from Google, 114 years after his birth.
- Why is the BBC making a pocket computer?
The BBC unveiled the final product of a highly-anticipated tech scheme Tuesday called the Micro Bit, a pocket-sized computer hoping to teach children how to code.
- How to prevent death-by-selfie: a guide from Russian government
Russia's Interior Ministry has launched a "safe selfies" campaign following a series of accidental selfie-related deaths.
- Google ads suggest higher paying jobs to men. Is the algorithm sexist?
A new study shows that Google ads display more high-paying job ads to men than to women. How do we get human bias out of computer programs?
- Why Samsung's surprise hit led to lower-than-expected profits
Samsung bet big on the Galaxy S6, but the S6 Edge turned out to be the real winner.
- Minecraft in school? How video games could be the future of learning
A new study is the latest to support the use of video games, in particular the popular children’s game Minecraft, in classroom learning.
- What's the deal with Google's Eiji Tsuburaya Godzilla doodle?
Tuesday’s interactive Google doodle celebrates Eiji Tsuburaya, a Japanese filmmaker who revolutionized monster movie making.