Seven Must-Read Stories (Week Ending November 1, 2014)
Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review.
- Alert! Websites Will Soon Start Pushing App-Style Notifications
A new feature of most browsers will let them issue alerts through a PC or mobile operating system. - Your Retirement May Include a Robot Helper
As industrial robots become more capable, they could start helping out around the home. - A Credit Card Terminal That Takes Apps
A former head of Google Wallet rolls out a “smart” terminal for all kinds of payments. - Will a Breakthrough Solar Technology See the Light of Day?
A startup that might have a record-breaking solar cell is in danger of going out of business. - Materials Trick Might Help Move Computers Beyond Silicon
Ferroelectric materials could take computing beyond digital logic. - Google’s Secretive DeepMind Startup Unveils a “Neural Turing Machine”
DeepMind has built a neural network that can access an external memory like a conventional Turing machine. The result is a computer that mimics the short-term memory of the human brain. - Computers Could Talk Themselves into Giving Up Secrets
Malware might use a voice synthesizer to bypass some security controllers, researchers say. <
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