Posted by Karol Kurach, Research Lead and Olivier Bachem, Research Scientist, Google Research, Zürich The goal of reinforcement learning (RL) is ...

Prominent tech reporter Peter Bright has been arrested for soliciting sex with children online. He was employed by Ars Technica until recently. 

Comcast deception leads to refunds and $9M fine, a fraction of the amount sought.

Circle City Con is a yearly conference that focuses on information security talks. At this years conference Josh Conway presented an interesting talk noscriptd "SigInt for the Masses Building and Using a Signals Intelligence Platform for Less than $150". Josh's…

Tesla is removing Standard Model 3 owners' access to the Standard Plus features they didn't pay for in the next few days.

Answer (1 of 1345): You have an issue that's hard to reproduce but you finally find the trigger, then determine the root cause and put in a fix for it and the fix works! You're a genius!

You commit the fix. QA tests it out and they're happy. You've squashed…

Are you a plant breeder, seed company, farmer, gardener, or interested eater who wants to join the Open Source Seed Community?

Unity Technologies, the multibillion-dollar gaming engine, is facing a lawsuit from its former VP of global talent acquisition, Anne Evans, who accuses CEO John Riccitiello of sexual harassment. The sexual harassment allegedly took many forms — ranging from…

Workers keen to buy more luxury goods keep toiling away

I have one of those personal projects that I just can’t finish. I think most software developers can relate to this. You have some awesome…

Other browser makers don't seem to be on board with Google's decision to neuter its extensions API, and essentially, ad blockers.

Desalination, electrolysis, CO2 capture, methanol synthesis: all running on solar panels.

Over a million people have joined a mass protest against the Hong Kong government’s controversial extradition bill, according to organisers. Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. Jimmy Sham, a spokesperson for o…

Scientific Reports - Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality by sex and age: a prospective cohort study among 12.8 million adults

Any time a friend of Eddie Gill’s calls him on the phone, his first thought is: “Why the fuck are you calling me?”

Blender is Free Software. It is free to use for everyone. Free to use for any purpose, also commercially. Blender is free to share with others, it is free to study Blender's sources and free to make new versions.

The notch may soon be a thing of the past.