Smarter Than You Think: Aiming to Learn as We Do, a Machine Teaches Itself

Smarter Than You Think: Aiming to Learn as We Do, a Machine Teaches Itself


Smarter Than You Think: Aiming to Learn as We Do, a Machine Teaches Itself

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:56 PM PDT

A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University is fine-tuning a computer system that is trying to master semantics by learning more like a human.


Twitter Founder Stepping Aside

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:11 PM PDT

Richard Costolo has been named to succeed Evan Williams, who will focus on developing new products.


Chile miners' rescue 'very close'

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:04 PM PDT

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera says he hopes the 33 trapped miners will be rescued within two weeks.


Flu jabs in pregnancy 'aid child'

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:02 PM PDT

Babies whose mothers have the flu vaccine in pregnancy are less likely to catch it themselves, a US study says.


Germans killed in Pakistan strike

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:58 PM PDT

Officials say five Germans among eight fighters killed in drone strike in North Waziristan.


'Father' of IVF wins Nobel Prize

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:50 PM PDT

Decades after beginning the research into 'test tube babies,' Robert Edwards has finally been awarded a Nobel Prize .


Chief executive of Ceop resigns

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:58 PM PDT

The chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) has resigned, the BBC has learned.


Cuba 'may release more prisoners'

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:45 PM PDT

The Cuban government is considering another large-scale release of political prisoners, reports say.


Israel orders pro-Palestinian Nobel laureate deported

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:37 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A pro-Palestinian Nobel peace laureate has lost an appeal in the Israeli Supreme Court against her deportation after describing Israel as an apartheid state engaged in ethnic cleansing.


Vatican critical of IVF Nobel win

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:20 PM PDT

A Vatican official says the awarding of a Nobel prize to British IVF pioneer Robert Edwards was "completely out of order".


Asteroid has deep debris blanket

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Lutetia, the giant asteroid visited by Europe's Rosetta probe in July, is covered in a thick blanket of dusty debris at least 600m deep.


U.S. Reaches Deal in Credit-Card Antitrust Suit

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:58 PM PDT

The Justice Department has a proposed deal with two of three companies it sued for anticompetitive practices.


Pakistan: Strike kills 'German militants'

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:16 AM PDT

Eight suspected German nationals were killed in a suspected drone strike in northwestern Pakistan, two Pakistani officials said Monday.


12 Britons arrested in Spain on suspicion of drug trafficking

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Spanish authorities have arrested 12 Britons on suspicion of drug trafficking in nightclubs on Spain's eastern Mediterranean coast and on the island of Ibiza, the country's Civil Guard said Monday.


PM in referendum challenge to SNP

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:50 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron challenges the SNP to have the "courage" to call an independence referendum.


Search for balloonists called off

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:12 AM PDT

The Italian coastguard calls off the search for the two missing American balloonists in the Gordon Bennett race.


AIG 'seeks $15bn in Asian IPO'

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:52 AM PDT

Insurance giant AIG will aim to raise about $15bn from investors when it sells shares in its Asian unit AIA, reports say.


£700,000 to redevelop Vetch site

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:47 AM PDT

The demolition of Swansea City's former home, the Vetch Field, is a step closer with the approval of £700,000 funding to redevelop the site.


Growing risk

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:20 AM PDT

EU navies warn Somali piracy may enter deadly new phase


Japan Recycles Minerals From Used Electronics

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:40 AM PDT

Recent problems with Chinese supplies of rare earths have sent Japanese traders and companies in search of alternative sources.


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