A new White House directive will require academic journals to provide immediate access to papers that are publicly funded. Announced Thursday, the policy, which will be phased in over the next several
Kyle Wiggers Contributor Kyle Wiggers is a senior reporter at TechCrunch with a special interest in artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in VentureBeat and Digital Trends, as well as a ra
Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column, Perceptron (previously D
Depending on the theory of intelligence to which you subscribe, achieving “human-level” AI will require a system that can leverage multiple modalities — e.g., sound, vision and text
In a recently published, roughly 75-page report, British non-profit organization The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts (RSA) outlined several scenarios for how the UK labor market will be im
Once upon a time a startup sent me a full gasoline can full of coffee beans. These beans, once infused by the malodorous fumes of the plastic container, were useless. The can, which was fairly small,
In a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-03/uoc--cts031714.php">fascinating project</a>, researchers at University of California San Diego and the University of Toront
A <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/03/05/1314788111.abstract?sid=6a5de1a9-9a9f-474f-b392-cb1783fe1522">new study</a> reveals why women have a hard time cracking the glas
We basically all knew this, but science just confirmed that <a target="_blank" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-01/vt-vtr_1122013.php">novice drivers are easily distracted by cellphon
While I don't have to remind you about the value of studies - many company-funded studies are best dropped directly in the trash after publication - this one about 3D printing does have some merit. Pr
In a study that could have ramifications on how we think of both online worlds including MMORPGs and online titles like FarmVille, researchers at UB School of Management have found that users return t
A study in the Journal of Consumer Research found that even with all of our Facebooks, Twitters, and Wi-Fi dongles, 25% of us "have no one to discuss important matters with." What's more, those lonely
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/mediapiracy.jpg" />“[P]iracy is better conceived as a failure of affordable access to media in legal markets.” So says the just-relea
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/deloitte2011.jpg" />Deloitte, the multi-faceted professional services company that's perhaps best known for its annual Football Money Lea
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/shoesuntied.jpg" />Are you suggesting we raise a generation of super-kids? Even if you are, know this: we may be raising a generation of
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/computerkillingus.jpg" />How about that, all of this technology is killing us. That's what researchers at University College London have
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/tivostudy.jpg" />Reasonably interesting study coming out of Duke University that says that digital video recorders (TiVo and the like) do
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wiifitstudy.jpg" />Shocking study coming out of the University of Minnesota that says <i>Wii Fit</i> won't get you into shape, despite wh
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/information.png" />There's a pretty interesting report that was just published today entitled “How much information?” It was put toge
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/redbox_kiosk.jpg" />Proving once again you can find a study to prove almost anything, a report came out today showing that Redbox will br
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