Data science nerds bring machine learning to the masses (exclusive)

Berkeley-based Wise.io has launched its first product for data scientists and developers as part of a goal to make machine learning technology more accessible.

Advertisers and marketers should love Facebook’s new feed — but they better refocus on being awesome

Facebook just released its new news feed and marketers should be happy: Facebook is providing a rich canvas on which to display their wares. But it'll be best for social marketing experts.

Here’s how startups can access the wisdom of 70,000 data scientists

Is your startup struggling to solve a tricky data challenge? Data science startup Kaggle is launching a program today to rally its community of 70,000 statisticians from around the world to solve your most enduring problems.

Real Jedi mind tricks: Scientists double efficiency of brain-controlled systems for powered prosthetics

Imagine an Oscar Pistorius, in the next summer Olympics, with smart legs and feet that move naturally, controlled by his brain in exactly the same way as his hands and eyes always have been.

Election 2012 is big-data nerds’ gut punch to traditional punditry

The world's best number crunchers did more than predict the outcome of the presidential election. They may have helped a candidate get elected.

Meet the Internet boy genius with an app to summarize the news

Summly, available to download for free, reduces full-blown articles into snippets, making it easier to skim the news on a mobile device.

Online daters, be warned! 1 in 10 profiles are scams, report reveals

Dabble in online dating? It turns out that the crippling fear of an awkward first date is the least of your troubles. A fraud is sweeping online dating sites, according to a special report in this month's issue of Glamour Magazine.

Engineers are hard to come by! Here’s some ‘big data’ software to the rescue

Sit down with execs from any tech company in America and ask them about their biggest obstacle to growth. 99 times out of a 100, they'll tell you about their ongoing struggle to find technical talent. Launching today, Entelo wants to change that.

Kaggle’s algorithms show machines are getting too good at judging humans

Kaggle, a San Francisco-based startup that hosts data science competitions, has uncovered some disconcerting insights about human behavior in its two-year run. At times, its founders have been surprised by the accuracy of an algorithm, and the competitions continue to …