Jeopardy

Leading e-commerce company Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) showed off its Prime Video streaming platform during the recent upfront presentation for advertisers. While the company highlighted upcoming movies and television series, an emphasis was also put on game shows. What Happened: Amazon Prime...

For many followers of electric vehicles or stock investing, a question asked on "Jeopardy!" likely seemed like a softball, but ultimately it stumped a contestant.  What Happened: A question on the July 2 episode of “Jeopardy!” centered on an important milestone for Tesla...

Ball State University librarian Scott McFadden earned the respect of investors everywhere by sweeping a category in individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, during his first appearance on a recent episode of “Jeopardy.” McFadden went on to win the contest thanks to his knowledge about...

Despite a less-than-stellar performance as a revenue generator so far, IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Watson supercomputer is getting significant financial support in an attempt to bring the company’s Jeopardy-winning bundle of wires and chips to a large array of applications. Originally, IBM Chief...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has hired New York University professor Yann LeCun to head up its research in artificial intelligence, AllThingsD reported Monday. The move marks both a formal launch and expansion to AI research efforts by Facebook that have been underway for some time. Professor LeCun...

Imagine a supercomputer so powerful it could absorb millions of bits of data including complete patient records, drug interactions, and past results. Imagine this machine, which understands natural language, could then generate hypotheses based on the data it had assimilated and that in fractions...