What’s at stake for Washington’s flagship research institutions in the legal battle over NIH funding

The famed cherry blossoms on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The fight now unfolding over the Trump administration’s sudden limit on National…

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"A tracking cookie farm for profit" – report claims reCAPTCHA has caused 819 million hours of wasted human time, and billions in Google profits

reCAPTCHA tests are not particularly effective at blocking security threats, research claimsSecurity tests are also costing millions of hours in lost time for usersNew 'invisible challenges' could be an alternative…

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Ex-Allen Institute for AI scientists form stealthy AI startup, with former Ai2 CEO Oren Etzioni

Vercept’s founding team includes, L-R, Matt Deitke, CEO Kiana Ehsani, Ross Girshick, and Luca Weihs. Not pictured: Oren Etzioni. (Vercept Photo) A group of former Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)…

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