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What Google's grand Go victory means: Technology is about to get a lot smarter
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 11.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, game
Summary | For the first time in history, artificial intelligence (AlphaGo program) beat the world champion in the game of Go (board game). This victory is important for the future of AI and Google. The principles used with AlphaGo can be used to improve Google’s products (e.g. search, translation, photos, videos and social media). AlphaGo's algorithms are very similar to how a human brain works.
Image Description | Photograph of South Korean world Go champion, two men in front of a chart, smartphone, and two videos
Image Tags | chart, male(s), smartphone
Pokemon Go: What is it, how to play it and everything you need to know
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 26.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game, smartphone, threat, virtual reality
Summary | The augmented reality game Pokemon Go is now available in the UK. Users can catch Pokemons in real life thanks to their smartphone. Pokemon Go is a popular game around the world, but playing the game can be dangerous; there have been robberies, shootings, and car accidents because of the game.
Image Description | Screenshot of Charlotte Nice's tweet, two videos about the game, two photographs of hands holding a smartphone displaying the game Pokemon Go, four photographs about accidents and injuries linked to the game.
Image Tags | game, hand(s), smartphone, Twitter
A Poke-error! Players in Gloucestershire left shocked after the game labels a symbolic sculpture an 'inbred attempt at modern art'
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 19.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game
Summary | Pokemon Go players from Gloucestershire were horrified after the game labelled them 'inbreds'. One Pokestop was located next to the sculpture "Strata", but instead of displaying the name 'Strata', the game labelled the Pokestop 'inbred attempt at modern art.'
Image Description | Screenshot of the game and the display 'inbred attempt at modern art', and photograph of a hand holding a smartphone and playing Pokemon Go.
Image Tags | game, hand(s), smartphone
'Snowden' filmmaker Oliver Stone warns Pokemon Go is creating a totalitarian world filled with robot-like people
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 22.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game, privacy, smartphone, social media, threat, virtual reality
Summary | The game Pokemon Go has become so popular that it has overtaken major social media in number of active users. Oliver Stone spoke about the smartphone phenomenon as 'a new level of invasion' that could potentially lead to totalitarianism and a culture of surveillance. Internet giants are tracking everyone's online behavior, especially through the game Pokemon Go.
Image Description | Photograph of Oliver Stone, photograph of three male children looking at their smartphone, photograph of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and photograph of Edward Snowden
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Two Saudi women are sentenced to 20 lashes for using bad language while arguing with each other over WhatsApp
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 24.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, game, gender, WhatsApp
Summary | Two Saudi women were sentenced to 10 days in prison and 20 lashes because they used bad language on WhatsApp. Saudi Arabia has been condemned numerous times for violating human and women's rights, and restricting freedom of expression. For instance, the game Pokemon Go was banned because it is similar to gambling.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone with the WhatsApp logo on the screen, and photograph of the city of Jeddah.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone, WhatsApp
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