Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image

Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image:

Read the article above, then go to the website and play the game.  Post your thoughts about this technology, along with your high score, in a comment below.



NB:  The score to beat is 8576



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Why You Should Care About Apple’s Fight With the FBI

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Why You Should Care About Apple’s Fight With the FBI:

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Tim Cook says Apple will fight US gov’t over court-ordered iPhone backdoor

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Google’s CEO just sided with Apple in the encryption debate

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If Apple loses to the FBI, we're all screwed

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This is why the FBI can’t hack into iPhones

Instructions:  

Read the five articles linked above regarding the ongoing legal battle between the FBI and Apple.

Read the official letter from Apple, linked here:  http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/

Summarize the issues in a comment below.  State the arguments from each side.

• Explain where you stand on these issues, on privacy in general, and your understanding of what is at stake for all of us.   
• Include an explanation of what we stand to lose if Apple does not win this battle.

How to Avoid Passing on "Fake News" on Social Media

5 Things To Do To Avoid Passing On Fake News on Social Media | Awesomely Luvvie:

The article linked above lists a number of ways to check the validity of online content.   After reading it, answer the following questions:

1. Which of the suggestions listed in the article do you already use?  
2. Do you think that everyone has a responsibility to fact check information, before passing it along/sharing it with others?  
3. Why is this important? 

NB:  Comments should add to the overall conversation about this article.  Do not repeat what others have already said.

Study finds Wikipedia as accurate as the Encyclopedia Brittanica

"Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature."

Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica

 

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Instructions:  
Read the article linked above.  Answer the following questions in a comment below.  Do not repeat what others have already said.  Contribute your own relevant, unique viewpoint to the conversation.

1. Does this study change your opinion of Wikipedia as a source?
2. Did you notice the year that the article on the study (above) was published?  Do you think Wikipedia has become more or less accurate since then?
3. Summarize what Wikipedia says about itself in terms of reliability:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia

N.B.  Everyday reference is different than academic research.  For more on how this difference applies to you (as a student):   Wikipedia:Academic use - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia