Aug 16 Google’s search engine directs voters to the ballot box By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Google is pulling another lever on its influential search engine in an effort to boost voter turnout in November's U.S. presidential election. Continue reading
May 28 How will driverless cars make life-or-death decisions? By Kamala Kelkar In a future when cars no longer need humans to drive, decisions about who might live or die in a crash are already being made — by the so-called “moral codes” preprogrammed into a car's neurology. Continue reading
Apr 27 House backs bill bolstering privacy of old emails By Alan Fram, Associated Press The House has used a rare show of unanimity to approve legislation requiring the government to get a warrant if it wants people's older emails. Continue reading
Apr 18 Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google’s online library By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to Google's online book library from authors who complained that the project makes it harder for them to market their work. Continue reading
Apr 01 Google’s April Fools joke completely bombed By Dominique Bonessi Google’s April Fools’ Day joke was suppose to be a mic drop, but ended up as a flop. Continue reading
Mar 09 Google artificial intelligence beats world champion in first game of Go tournament By Nsikan Akpan Artificial intelligence 1, humans 0 is current score of a five-game, five-day tournament between a Google computer program and the world champion of Go, the most complex board game ever created. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 5:14 News Wrap: Big tech supports Apple’s defiance of court order By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, a dozen major tech companies, including Facebook, Google and Microsoft, filed briefs supporting Apple’s refusal to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone despite federal court order. Also, Florida lawmakers approved a bill that could reinstate… Continue watching
Feb 09 What do New Hampshire voters care about? By Laura Santhanam New Hampshire voters often pride themselves on their ability to pick presidents, but who are these voters and how do they compare to the rest of the United States?… Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 8:08 How a computer program became champion of the world’s trickiest board game By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Google artificial intelligence beats champion at world’s most complicated board game By Nsikan Akpan Go is considered the most complicated game in human history. Google has now built an artificial intelligence program that can beat a professional player. Continue reading