Items tagged with 'jeopardy'

IBM's Watson To Compete On Jeopardy! Game Show

IBM's Watson To Compete On Jeopardy! Game Show

We know it's cliché, but really, what will they think up next? Just last month, researchers at IBM developed a supercomputer that could track some of the oldest English words to ever be uttered, and now another powerful machine will be tasked with taking on some of the quickest minds this planet has to offer... on one of... Read More
Electronic Privacy in Jeopardy

Electronic Privacy in Jeopardy

According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a dangerous legal precedent has just been set that can potentially unravel existing federal privacy protections for e-mail and Internet usage. The alert from the EFF is not just to sound a general warning, but it also takes the form of an Amicus curiae (friend of the... Read More