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I taught a computer to write like Engadget

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Neural networks are a type of machine learning that loosely mimic the way the brain processes information. By design, they're extremely adept at identifying and analyzing patterns, and in recent years companies have rolled out solutions based on deep neural networks behind the scenes. (The "deep" there, in case you're wondering, essentially refers to an increased number of layers of processing within the network.) You've almost certainly felt the benefit of their power -- they're part of what makes Google and Amazon's speech recognition work so well, and, although Apple doesn't like to let us peer behind the magic curtain, it's highly likely one is powering Siri as well.

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Goodbye (and maybe good riddance) to Pebble

Engadget editors have strong feelings about the pioneering smartwatch maker.

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Here are some of the amazing startups I found at Engadget’s Expand NY

I was recently at Engadget's Expand show in New York this past weekend. Here's some of my favorite products that were there.

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Internet Killed The Magazine Star

TechCrunch: "PC Magazine and PC World began competing when PC Mag employees refused to go along with the acquisition. A similar thing happened in the early days of Gizmodo when Pete Rojas was hired away from Gawker Media to start Engadget. I read these two blogs a decade ago while slaving away at Laptop Magazine/PC Upgrade which, as you can easily surmise, no longer have print editions either. This little power struggle created the two juggernauts of this decade and ushered in the demise of the computer magazine."

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