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Inside the Defense Digital Service’s mission to Afghanistan. Their mission? Make the tech tools used by the US military suck a little less. The post Meet the Nerds Coding Their Way Through the Afghanistan War appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

The world’s top Go players are now taking pages from AlphaGo’s playbook. The post Google’s AlphaGo Trounces Humans—But It Also Gives Them a Boost appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

How kick-ass pants, a calculated stare (and a LOT of hard work) disarmed sexist investors and helped Kathryn Minshew built a successful company. The post This Entrepreneur A/B Tested Her Clothes to Combat Sexism appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Opinion: Silicon Valley companies shouldn’t bother trying to hire women if they can’t retain them. The post If You Can’t Retain Women, Don’t Recruit Them appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

To give kids an equal shot at the American Dream, they need access to the internet. This nonprofit thinks that’s not a partisan issue. The post No Matter What Washington Does, One Nonprofit Is Closing the Digital Divide appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Oh, the places he could go! The post Mark Zuckerberg Should Really Listen to Himself appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Winning the first two games in its best-of-three match against Chinese Go grandmaster Ke Jie, AlphaGo reaffirms the rise of artificial intelligence. The post Google’s AlphaGo Continues Dominance With Second Win in China appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

The plan? Convince advertisers that metrics don’t matter. The post Facebook Claims It Has a Better Way to Prove Ads Work on Facebook appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

Marsha Blackburn is proposing to bring back privacy rules for broadband providers she just helped gut—and also apply them to Google and Facebook. The post Telco-Backed Politician Wants to Restore Privacy Rules She Helped Kill appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico

By redesigning how its AlphaGo AI learns, Google has made a system that can tackle much more than just boardgames. The post Google’s AlphaGo Levels Up From Board Games to Power Grids appeared first on WIRED. Powered by WPeMatico