There’s plenty of precedent for the use of Minecraft in an educational setting. Hell, Microsoft issued an Education Edition of the popular PC game earlier this year targeted at use in a classroom setting. Turns out the game could also prove a useful tool for helping artificial intelligence be more, well, intelligent. Back in March,…
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Christoffer O. HernæsCrunch Network ContributorChristoffer O. Hernæs is vice president of Strategy, Innovation and Analysis at Sparebank 1 Group, Norway’s second-largest financial institution. More posts by this contributor:Banks should not underestimate Facebook MessengerThe wide world of e-sportsHow to join the network One of the most exciting aspects of fintech is the promise of delivering financial services to…
The email, data and privacy implications of Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn
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Microsoft and Boeing team up to streamline aviation through big data and AI
Cortana is set to fly the friendly skies thanks to a new partnership between Microsoft and Boeing, bring the Microsoft intelligent assistant closer still to the domain of its namesake. Microsoft and Boeing announced a partnership today to move Boeing’s suite of digital aviation offerings over to Azure, and the end result is that said…
Microsoft’s Q4 earnings beat Street with $22.6B in revenue, $0.69 EPS
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Microsoft debuts Bookings, a new Office 365 service for online appointment scheduling
Microsoft this morning announced an expansion to its Office 365 suite with the debut of a new service called Bookings, which will allow customers to schedule appointments with a business using online software. In addition to connecting businesses and customers without the need for a phone call, Bookings will also manage other aspects to appointment management,…
Learn-to-code startup CK targets the Minecraft modding craze
The learn to code space is packed with ideas. But when it comes to what children want to do online, towering over everything else is the build-it-yourself Microsoft-owned Minecraft platform. All lesser virtual, creative playgrounds are doomed to be overshadowed by this pixellated silhouette. Minecraft is clearly great fun for kids, but less great if you’re a startup trying to…
Weekly Roundup: Elon Musk’s master plan, Peter Thiel speaks at RNC and iPhone 7 leak
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Slashdot reader mkwan writes: Economies are just a collection of processes that convert raw materials and labour into useful goods and services. By representing these processes as a series of equations and solving a humongous linear programming problem, it should be possible to maximize an economy’s GDP. The catch? The economy needs to go communist….
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