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  MIT made a psychopathic AI based on a Hitchcock thriller

  TNW - Tristan Greene

  A team of mad scientists from MIT’s ghoulish Media Lab have created an AI-powered version of Alfred Hitchcock’s mother-loving murderer Norman Bates. Norman is an intentionally-biased neural network designed to caption images. We’ve covered similar AI projects (this one was hilarious, and here’s one …

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  8 Internet of Things Companies Worth Watching

  Inc Magazine - Emily Canal

  How the internet of things became a $1.2 billion industry of everything. With thermostats you can control remotely, fitness trackers that log your workouts, and dermal patches that customize delivery of medications, the internet of things has grown from fuzzy concept to big business in little more …

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  Logitech’s customizable Pop buttons can now be connected to Apple’s HomeKit

  The Verge - Jacob Kastrenakes

  The wonder of smart homes is being able to connect and automate all your devices, but it’s still important to have physical switches that can turn things on and off as you come and go throughout your house. Logitech’s Pop buttons were introduced last year as one way to do that, and today they’re …

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  The maker of an internet-connected garage door disabled a customer's device over a bad review

  Business Insider - Rob Price

  There's a new, dystopian risk to using internet-connected gadgets: If you complain, the company that made it might remotely kill your product. This is what happened to one customer who bought Garadget — an internet-connected garage door opener. It lets you remotely lock or unlock your garage with an …

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  Verizon gearing up to dominate IoT landscape in 2017

  ReadWrite - Francesco Gatti

  The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing at a rapid rate and telecommunications giant Verizon wants a large slice of the cake, with the aim of $1 billion in sales by 2017. Over the past year, it has made a few large purchases to bolster its position in the market. It acquired fleet management firm …

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  Mark Zuckerberg has the same IoT problems we all have

  ReadWrite - Ryan Matthew Pierson

  Mark Zuckerberg began 2016 with the goal in mind to recreate the artificially intelligent personal assistant featured in Iron Man, J.A.R.V.I.S. Well, maybe not to actually recreate it, but to create simple AI to run his home. He recently updated the world on his progress in a note on Facebook. So far …