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AlphaZero Is the New Chess Champion, Harbinger of Brave New World in AI
2017-12-12 13:30:02| Extremetech
AlphaZero stands to upend not merely the world of chess, but the whole realm of strategic decision making. If that doesn't give you pause, it probably should. The post AlphaZero Is the New Chess Champion, Harbinger of Brave New World in AI appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Could Auto Dealers' Anemic Stock Performance be a Harbinger of U.S. Economic Weakness?
2016-01-21 14:36:45| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The shares of publicly owned automobile dealers have fallen off a cliff in January, indicating perhaps another ominous harbinger for the U.S. economy in 2016. The group bounced higher in trading on Wednesday, possibly in sympathy with the shares of another dealer chain, Sonic Automotive , which rebounded nearly 6% amid the day's market decline.
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Disappearance of Bolivian lake a harbinger
2016-01-20 23:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was Bolivias second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain. Lake Poopo was officially declared evaporated last month. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have lost their livelihoods and gone. High on Bolivias semi-arid Andean plains at more than 12,000 feet and long subject to climatic whims, the shallow saline lake has essentially dried up before only...
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The bionic pancreas: harbinger of a new era in organ replacement?
2015-12-21 19:00:07| Extremetech
A bionic pancreas is being developed by doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston University, with the goal of winning FDA approval. If it succeeds, this will likely be the first bionic organ to see widespread adoption.
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U.S. appeals court rejects Harbinger claims in LightSquared case
2015-12-07 20:26:25| Agriculture - Topix.net
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a decision rejecting claims of fraud by Harbinger Capital Partners, the equity owner of bankrupt wireless venture LightSquared, against Deere & Co and other GPS firms. Hedge fund Harbinger had accused Deere, Garmin International, Trimble Navigation Ltd, and a GPS industry group of misleading LightSquared about interference concerns and hastening the wireless spectrum's plunge into bankruptcy.
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