Mark Zuckerberg Congratulates Google's AlphaGo for Beating Human Champion

Mark Zuckerberg wears an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset

The Facebook CEO says he believes virtual reality is one stepping-stone toward technological telepathy.

Of all the people to offer congratulations in the wake of Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo winning its third victory in the board game Go last night, overcoming human world champion Lee Se-dol (and thereby ensuring the A.I.'s victory in the five-game series, no matter the outcome of the remaining two games), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might not be the first to come to mind.
Yet that's exactly what Zuckerberg did earlier today, writing on his Facebook page:

Congrats to the Google DeepMind team on this historic milestone in AI research -- a third straight victory over Go grandmaster Lee Sedol. We live in exciting times.

Zuckerberg's praise for an advancement by one of Facebook's frequent competitors is notable for its politeness, but also because Facebook is itself heavily invested in developing artificial intelligence. Zuckerberg also has an avid personal interest in the field: earlier this year, he announced (on–where else?—Facebook) that he had begun building his own personal A.I. assistant, even referencing the fictional Iron Man character Jarvis as inspiration (nevermind the fact that Jarvis goes on to become the independent, super powerful being Vision).

I'm also going to go out on a limb here and assume that Zuckerberg's borderline creepy line "We live in exciting times," is a deliberate reference to Mr. Robot.

 

Yahoo to shut down digital magazines.

Yahoo to shut down digital magazines.


Yahoo said on Wednesday it would shut down its digital magazines as part of a plan to simplify its business.

The company's digital magazines to be discontinued include those that cover food, parenting, health, travel and real estate, it said in a blog post.

Yahoo said it would sharpen its focus on news, sports, finance and lifestyle.
The company said earlier this month it would consider "strategic alternatives" for its core internet business and cut about 15% of its workforce.

Paris Attacks: Facebook Sets Up Safety Check

Facebook Sets Up Safety Check
As we all know about Paris terror attack a day before Yesterday has killed more than 150 people.
Facebook also come forward with a feature that you can change your Facebook profile picture to French flag to show solidarity with victims of this terrorists attack. After this French flag picture Filter Facebook now come with another feature, Facebook launched a check-in feature to let people know that friends in Paris were safe after a series of bombings and shootings in the French capital Paris that killed at least 150 people. The "Paris Terror Attacks" safety check let people signal whether they were out of harm's way, then notified all those they know at the leading social network.

"Quickly find and connect with friends in the area," a message at the Facebook Safety Check page read. "Mark them safe if you know they're OK."
The feature allowed people to check weather there friends listed as being in Paris had not yet checked in as safe.

Facebook launched this same safety feature earlier at the time when earthquake hits Pakistan , Nepal, India ,Afghanistan on Oct 15 2015.