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Alphabet/Google passes Apple as the most valuable company on Earth
Posted in Business on 2nd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Alphabet is now worth around $568bn, compared with Apple, which has a value of $535bn.
Google's project skybender is another internet-firing drone
Posted in Hardware on 31st Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Both Facebook and Google have been testing aerial devices that would be able to provide reliable wireless internet access in remote locations.
Google launches a deep learning course on Udacity
Posted in Online on 22nd Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Deep learning is an increasingly popular type of artificial intelligence which involves training artificial neural networks on lots of data.
Minecraft to launch education edition
Posted in Games on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
More than 7,000 classrooms around the world already use Minecraft in some form.
The orbital internet: Could fleets of CubeSats bring global web access?
Posted in Online on 17th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Accessing the web may be simple in urban areas of the globe, but for the other four billion people on the planet it's much more difficult.