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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/taxes-cra-facebook-big-data-1.3941416
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The Canada Revenue Agency is scrutinizing the Facebook pages and other social media posts of people it believes are at "high risk" of cheating on their taxes. It's also rapidly expanding its use of cutting-edge big data techniques for everything from improving customer service to deciding who to audit.
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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3364833-CRA-Presentation.html
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/01/18/154516/ai-software-learns-to-make-ai-software/
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Progress in artificial intelligence causes some people to worry that software will take jobs such as driving trucks away from humans. Now leading researchers are finding that they can make software that can learn to do one of the trickiest parts of their own jobs—the task of designing machine-learning software. In one experiment, researchers at…
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https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2017/dangerous-world-of-illegal-mining/
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Illicit diamond diggers risk their lives in South Africa, where mineral wealth was not equally shared.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/15/electronic-e-waste-levels-soar-asia-gadgets-united-nations-university-report
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Amount of electronic waste up 63% in five years, with Chinas more than doubling, United Nations University report finds
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http://99percentinvisible.org/article/machines-living-technology-shaped-century-interior-design
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In today’s hyper-connected world, we are more interested in interior design than ever before. Websites like Houzz and Pinterest allow us to amass digital collages of decorating ideas. Television networks such as HGTV and DIY transform the otherwise rather mundane activity of redecorating our living spaces into prime time TV. However, most people would be
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https://mashable.com/2017/01/12/europe-robot-laws/#Gi3lwrTq3kqL
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The European Union's legal affairs committee approved a proposal on robot governance and will debate potential legislation on robots and AI.
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https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/is-marijuana-the-luxury-industrys-next-big-opportunity
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oP-5E0vkHE
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In 2017, Canada will become the first G7 nation to fully legalize marijuana use. The stock prices of cannabis companies reveal investors are anticipating mil...
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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-china-russia-should-fear-what-comes-after-the-f-35-18923
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It could be a game changer.
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https://www.salon.com/2017/01/02/the-great-garbage-fire-debate-should-we-be-burning-our-trash-into-energy/
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Other countries convert incinerated waste into electricity and heat. Could this help our trash crisis?
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https://medium.com/@MattBruenig/the-ubi-already-exists-for-the-1-d3a49fad0580#.flmiz8pkk
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The universal basic income — a cash payment made to every individual in the country — has been critiqued recently by some commentators. Among other things, these writers dislike the fact that a UBI…
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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/2016-the-year-we-stopped-listening-to-big-techs-favorite-exc
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For a time, "We’re just a platform” was a handy excuse for the unexpected consequences of Silicon Valley's most important companies. But this year it stopped working.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/12/28/154859/mining-24-hours-a-day-with-robots/
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Each of these trucks is the size of a small two-story house. None has a driver or anyone else on board. Mining company Rio Tinto has 73 of these titans hauling iron ore 24 hours a day at four mines in Australia’s Mars-red northwest corner. At this one, known as West Angelas, the vehicles work…
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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38426389
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Could wave energy ever power the world?
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https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2016/12/24/a-breakthrough-in-miniaturising-lidars-for-autonomous-driving
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New chips will cut the cost of laser-scanning
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https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/12/machine-learning-has-transformed-google-translate/
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Alex Tabarrok draws my attention to an article in the New York Times Magazine this weekend. It’s about machine learning in general, but it starts out with this: Late one Friday night in early November, Jun Rekimoto, a distinguished professor of human-computer interaction at the University of Tokyo, was online preparing for a lecture when […]
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http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/12/boeing-get-90-million-contract-to.html
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Boeing has been awarded an estimated $90 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the development and delivery of an experimental laser pod. The contractor will provide rese
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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/12/this-is-how-blockchain-will-change-the-face-of-our-cities
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Hussein Dia explores the impact that blockchain will have on our lives and future cities.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sweden-s-recycling-so-revolutionary-country-has-run-out-rubbish-a7462976.html
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Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has to import rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. What lessons can we learn, asks Hazel Sheffield
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https://www.space.com/34960-star-in-a-jar-fusion-reactor-works.html
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New tests verify that Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion energy device is on track to safely suspend plasma in magnetic fields.