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Microsoft snags Stephen Hawking as keynote speaker
Famed physicist and author Stephen Hawking will deliver a keynote address and a at Microsoft's Future Decoded conference on Nov. 1-2 in London. The conference will focus on doing digital business, exploiting the power of algorithms and data. Hawking will deliver the closing speech on the first day of the event and speak about artificial intelligence and how it might impact people. Hawking, who has a form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), uses a computer-based communication provided by Intel to speak, and actually does use both Microsoft Windows and Skype, according to his web page.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here