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Collapse OS is an open-source operating system for a post-apocalyptic future

Wondering what kind of operating system you would use in a post-apocalyptic world after the collapse of society might sound like kind of a low priority. But that’s because you’re not actually in the situation and don’t have to worry about how humankind can make a go

Open-source software tracks neural activity in real time

This is an image of neurons (white) taken using calcium imaging techniques. An innovative software dubbed CaImAn can automatically differentiate between individual neurons (yellow outlines) with nearly the same accuracy as a human (red outlines). Credit: Giovannucci et al./eLife 2019 Tracking the firings of individual neurons is

Google brings machine learning to the masses with new open-source tool

Google has been working on machine learning for years deep inside its R&D labs, and some of the advances it’s made have found their way into products such as Google Photos. On Monday, it launched a new, open-source tool to help share what it’s learned. TensorFlow is