Raise Your Computer’s IQ
San Jose, Calif. — Facebook, Google and Microsoft are tapping the power of a vintage computer gaming chip to raise your smartphone’s IQ with artificially intelligent programs that recognize faces and voices, translate conversations on the fly and make searches faster and more accurate. It’s part of a trend toward the use of an artificial intelligence technique called “deep learning” that is creating a sense that a new era of smart...
Grass-Fed Beef Fills Market Niche
Deleon Springs, Fla. — Cow No. 150, her pregnant belly bulging, nosed around rancher David Strawn’s pickup hoping to find something good to eat in the bed of the truck. For decades, Strawn’s family raised cows, lambs and pigs on this lakeside spread about 40 miles north of Orlando. But when his father died in 2002, Strawn shifted the family business to grass-fed cattle, eventually eliminating the other animals. Strawn loves a good...
