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Nvidia's stock rose 1.38% in early trading on Tuesday. The company is trying to expand the reach of its Deep Learning Institute to teach the next generation of artificial intelligence researchers. Watch Nvidia's stock move in real time here.   Nvidia's stock is rising after the company announced it has partnered with several artificial intelligence companies to expand its efforts to train new AI researchers. Nvidia is up 1.30% to $206.50 on Tuesday after announcing an expansion of its Deep Learning Institute . The company's Deep Learning Institute is an initiative to train as many people as possible in AI programming and research. Nvidia announced a partnership on Tuesday with Booz Allen Hamilton, a government consulting firm, and Deeplearning.ai, an online training company, to broaden its institute's reach. “The world faces an acute shortage of data scientists and developers who are proficient in deep learning, and we’re focused on addressing that need,

Bitcoin hit a record high  above $6,330 on Tuesday, October 31, after a dismal September in which the cryptocurrency fell to $2,900 a coin on September 15. Two years ago, the idea of buying the virtual currency even at that price was laughable. After a rapid rise in value in 2013, the cryptocurrency's value more than halved by mid-2015. At its lowest point, one bitcoin was equal to about $230. Given the currency's covert nature, the average person still may not understand how buying and selling actually works. Using the app Coinbase , which lets anyone trade bitcoins for a small fee, we decided to find out. A brief warning: If you're going to do this, tell your bank you're about to buy bitcoin. More on that later. SEE ALSO:  Bitcoin is trying to make a comeback This is what the Coinbase app looks like on an iPhone. When you first open the app, you're presented with the latest price of bitcoin and its change within a certain period. You can see in the cha

Nintendo raised its forward guidance  on the heels of strong Switch sales. The company plans to increase its "synergies" between mobile and console games. Click here to get a live stock price for Nintendo. Nintendo 's Switch game console boosted its sales in the second quarter, but what's really driving customers to its products is the company's ability to make people love its franchises, according to Jefferies.  Switch, the company's newest gaming console, has become a way for customers to tap into its iconic characters, like Mario and Zelda. The console's initial launch came with a must-have exclusive Zelda game. It has since released a steady drumbeat of highly-rated games that constantly draw people to its new platform and keep it in the news.  "IP is our important asset," the company said in an investor call.  Given the welcome reception of its recent game, "Super Mario Odyssey," and the release of Animal Crossing for

Panasonic assembles batteries at Tesla's Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada. Panasonic CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga said Tuesday that there have been delays to automating the battery production line at the Gigafactory, slowing Model 3 output. Tesla only produced 260 Model 3 sedans in the third quarter; it had targeted 1,500 vehicles for September alone. Panasonic CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga gave everyone a better understanding of why Tesla missed its target for Model 3 production in the third quarter. Tsuga said during an earnings briefing that there have been delays to automating the battery production line at Tesla's Gigafactory, which has slowed Model 3 output, Reuters' first reported. Some of the battery packs have had to be assembled by hand, Reuters reported.  Panasonic is a partner of Tesla, helping assemble batteries at the electric automaker's Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada. "This process [for battery packs] will be soon automated, and then the number of vehicles to

Three researchers from Kyushu University have published a paper describing a means of reliably fooling AI-based image classifiers with a single well-placed pixel. (more…) from Boing Boing http://ift.tt/2hsq9Hv via IFTTT

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