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COMPUTERS 
January 18, 2020 That This Doctor Cannot Even Afford Computer Shows Iraqis Still Paying Price of US Invasion
Dr. Mazin Al-Jadiry, a senior oncologist and assistant professor of medicine, needs a new computer. His old one, purchased in 2015 is worn down and out-of-date. Not a big problem for most doctors or professors as computers are—to state the obvious— critical, an absolute necessity, provided and maintained as part of the job. But this is […]
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COMPUTERS 
November 29, 2019 Go grandmaster says computers ‘cannot be defeated’
The only human ever to beat Google’s computer algorithm at the ancient Chinese strategy game Go decided to retire because he is convinced machines “cannot be defeated”, a report said Wednesday. South Korean Lee Se-Dol’s five-match showdown with Google’s artificial intelligence program AlphaGo in 2016 raised both the game’s profile and fears of computer intelligence’s […]
