January 12, 2017

Weekly Computing Newsletter

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The U.S. Air Force is testing IBM’s brain-inspired chips on aerial tank spotting

Chips with silicon “neurons” could make satellites, aircraft, and drones smarter.

 
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When a gadget fixer becomes a paid FBI informant, are your privacy rights being breached?

Members of Best Buy’s Geek Squad passed incriminating evidence to the law enforcement agency and received payments from agents.

 
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Bitcoin’s $1,000 value is something to worry about, not cheer

The cryptocurrency has reached a three-year high, but it’s no cause for celebration.

 
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An optical chip with 1,000 components could crunch tricky math problems for breakfast

Hewlett Packard Labs has developed a complex processor that uses light to outperform regular chips on tasks like the traveling salesman problem.

 
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