Learning and motivation are driven by internal and external rewards. Many of our day-to-day behaviours are guided by predicting, or anticipating, whether a given action will result in a positive...

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This blog post presents the main bot detection techniques and explain how behavioral approaches, fingerprinting, as well as CAPTCHA can be used to detect bots.

Apple, for one, benefited, though it didn’t spark this revolution, as Steve Jobs claimed

The Linux 5.6 merge window is anticipated to be ending today followed by the Linux 5.6-rc1 test release.

A hybrid thread / fiber task scheduler written in C++ 11 - google/marl

Slides available here: http://il.pycon.org/2016/static/sessions/anna-herlihy.pdf

The BA Boeing 747-436 reached speeds of 825 mph in the jet stream accelerated by Storm Ciara.

When it comes to falling in love, it’s not just fate that brings people together

1. Three weeks ago, I ordered a box of boxes from @PkgWholesalers, via @amazonca. Specifically, I ordered a package of 25 boxes, each 6x9x6: amazon.ca/gp/product/B00…

NASA is at a critical juncture in its push to get people back to the moon by 2024, with key decisions expected within weeks. This effort to meet an

Hi, Welcome to BIG, a newsletter about the politics of monopoly. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here. Or just read on… Today I’m going to write about podcasting, with some observations on how a media market that is far healthier than online publishing…

Over a lifespan of around 60 years, whales accumulate an average of 33 tons (30 metric tonnes) of CO2.