Jeopardy "Hacker" Method Is Used By Other Players—Including Watson

Jeopardy "Hacker" Method Is Used By Other Players—Including Watson

Arthur Chu returns to television today, the Jeopardy champion with the unconventional playing style who’s either hacking or ruining one of America’s most popular game shows. But Chu’s supposedly unorthodox methods are not all that radical: IBM’s Watson uses those same tactics to beat humans.

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The Rise of the Aerial Commuter: When Will We All Be Flying to Work?

The Rise of the Aerial Commuter: When Will We All Be Flying to Work?

Last month, a blog post by Sam Cookney captured the imagination of anyone who pays a little too much money for the convenience of living near work. He reasoned that, for the same price he paid for his one-bedroom London flat, he could live in a three-bedroom flat near the beach in Barcelona and fly to work in London four days a week. And he’d still have 387 Euros left over at the end of the month.

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