6 ways AI is making an impact on video games

6 ways AI is making an impact on video games

AI has changed the way video games work, and it’s slated to change that even more. NPCs beware. Let’s get this out of the way: When you think of the words artificial intelligence, you may think “future of technology” or maybe “robot...
5 insights that big data has gleaned about cannabis

5 insights that big data has gleaned about cannabis

After gathering 65 million data points, Strainprint has collected the world’s largest medicinal cannabis dataset. That means a fascinating collection of marijuana-related information and high hopes for medical researchers. How do you collect data when the data stems...
11 great mechanical keyboards for coders

11 great mechanical keyboards for coders

[Editor’s note: This article was first published in 2017; it was updated in 2019 to update pricing, as well as to add the NightFox, Kinesis Freestyle Pro, and the Fujitsu Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2.] Developers and system administrators spend all day...
8 ways sci-fi imagines data storage

8 ways sci-fi imagines data storage

Storage is possibly the least exciting part of computing, but it’s oh so essential. After all, those who do not “Rekall” the past are doomed to recompute it. Yet, storage is a staple of both science and science fiction, and forms the basis, or a...