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Simon’s Rock College tests Alan Turing theories with ‘Imitation Game’ experiment

11 January, 2021

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Tuesday, April 19, 2005File:PICT4422.jpg File:GuessingGame01.jpg On Saturday April 16, students at Simon’s Rock College in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and Dr. Richard Wallace of the A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation for their first time tested Alan Turing’s thought-experiment. The Imitation Game, based on the original Turing model for testing the ability of humans to recognize artificial intelligence (AI), […]

Head of US Minerals Management Service resigns following BP oil spill response

11 January, 2021

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Thursday, May 27, 2010 After reports that US President Barack Obama has fired the director of the Minerals Management Service, Elizabeth “Liz” Birnbaum, the Interior Department revealed that she instead resigned “on her own volition”. The resignation occurred amidst growing criticism of the federal government’s response to the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion and the […]

Bank of America declares 1.2 million account records “lost”

11 January, 2021

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Monday, February 28, 2005 Charlotte, North Carolina — One of the biggest domestic banks in the United States, Bank of America, has admitted to losing computer tapes containing 1.2 million federal employee accounts, including the accounts of several U.S. senators, in a statement by the bank. According to the Pentagon, most of the accounts belong […]

Wikinews Shorts: September 3, 2008

11 January, 2021

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A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Contents 1 US hands over security for Anbar province to Iraq 2 Stanford builds helicopters that teach themselves acrobatics 3 Malaysian man uses nut to extend penis, gets stuck Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new one. The United States military […]

Australian emergency services personnel exposed to asbestos

11 January, 2021

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Wednesday, March 8, 2006 At least 250 members of Australia’s emergency services personnel in New South Wales have been informed that they could die from exposure to fatal levels of asbestos following emergency response training south of Sydney. Members of the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) unit are thought to be at risk. They were […]

Wikinews Shorts: September 3, 2008

11 January, 2021

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SpaceX scrubs Falcon I rocket launch

11 January, 2021

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Monday, November 28, 2005 SpaceX called off the much-delayed inaugural launch of their new Falcon 1 rocket on Saturday from Kwajalein’s Omelek Island launch site. The intent was to launch the U.S. Air Force Academy’s FalconSat 2 satellite, which will monitor plasma interactions with the Earth’s upper atmosphere and magnetosphere. The launch was delayed, then […]

Apes and birds are able to plan ahead: psychologists

11 January, 2021

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Friday, May 19, 2006 According to psychologists in Leipzig, Germany, apes and some birds are able to plan their actions ahead of time. Psychologists Nicholas Mulcahy and Josep Call at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology say that apes are able to save tools to use at a later time, that will assist them in […]

Wikinews Shorts: February 3, 2010

11 January, 2021

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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 A compilation of brief news reports for Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Contents 1 Christmas day bomber cooperating 2 Fire in Hyderabad hospital; 1 dead 3 China begins urgent sweep for tainted milk 4 Karachi violence escalates, section 144 imposed The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on […]

CanadaVOTES: Animal Alliance (AAEVPC) candidate Marie Crawford running in Toronto—Danforth

11 January, 2021

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Thursday, October 2, 2008 On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada candidate Marie Crawford is standing for election in the riding of Toronto—Centre. Marie is a Director of Animal Alliance of Canada, a separate but related organization. She volunteers her […]