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Robot Job Diversification Allows For Radiation Testing, Rating Video Games For Sex And Gore

In an era when cars drive themselves and algorithms predict traffic, the robot as a guardian figure is rising: 'Bots are being used in Japan to measure radiation from crippled nuclear reactors, and the video games rating board is using automated systems to decide what rating a game gets. READ»

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iFive: Google Tweak Hits Mahalo, Malware Android Apps, Yahoo Leaving Japan, Amazon Threatens Cal., Twitter Axes Apple Parody

Tuesday, March 2, 2011: Time for Apple to reveal the iPad 2. But there's also plenty of other news, so let us help you tackle the early stuff, with iFive.READ»

Google Search Tweak Pours Salt on Content Farms

In a blog posting late yesterday Google announced it had tweaked its search algorithms--trying to improve its ranking accuracy, and affecting trillions of search queries. It's good for Google, but it may actually be terrible for a number of other businesses.READ»

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iFive: NASA's Alien Intrigue, BBC to Hit iPad, Google Tweaks Algorithm, Groupon is a Bargain, Times Paywall a Big Flop

Thursday's here, full of interest and intrigue. Here's a quick take on the first news to hit today:READ»

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Netflix Ditches Beat-Our-Recommendation-System Contest Due to Privacy Questions

Netflix's grassroots competition to best its recommendation algorithm was a bit popularity booster for the company--but thanks to concerns over privacy (backed up by one troubling example), the company has decided to kill the ...READ»

Spanish Team Goes Ant for Combat, Logistic Algorithm

In the rock-paper-scissors game of life, nature beats nurture, and here's the proof: A hook-up in Spain between geeks and the military has begot an algorithm for troops' battlefield maneuvers based on the behavior of ant ...READ»

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Skip Google, and Try These Search Engines

If Google had a dollar for every competitor that was hyped to defeat it, the search giant would be worth a hundred billion. And well, it is. Live Search, Cuil, Mahalo, whatever--Google only feels luckier as the field grows. ...READ»