None of these are mine - this is an attempt to replace the sharing function that google reader stripped away from us. Annoyingly, it doesn't seem to be attributing the blog it came from... I'll try to figure out a way of making it do that.
The Computer That Can Learn a Board Game in Two Minutes—And Beat You At It [Science]
If you think you're good at board games, you just met your match. Because a computer scientist has developed machine learning software that can watch your playing for just two minutes—then comprehensively thrash you. More »