May 5, 2016

Weekly Computing Newsletter

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Why machine vision is flawed in the same way as human vision

Humans and machines both use neural networks for object and face recognition. Now evidence is emerging that both types of vision are flawed in the same way.

 
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IBM put its latest quantum computing chip online for anyone to tinker with

IBM believes it can demonstrate an experimental chip that will prove the power of quantum computers in just a few years.

 
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WhatsApp’s Brazil blackout could be the start of an international encryption fight

Facebook’s popular messaging app was shut down by a judge in Brazil after improved encryption irked investigators.

 
 

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The Best of the Physics arXiv (Week Ending April 30, 2016)

A selection of the most interesting and intriguing arXiv papers from the past week.

 
 

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Web pages and apps will get a lot faster thanks to an upgrade to the Internet standard

A company that powers two million websites is switching on a major upgrade to the protocol that underpins the Web.

 
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