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My brother John just has that John look about him. He's just got that...you know, weird John look. Could you tell looking at him? I don't know, probably not. (And I wouldn't recommend it.) But you know what probably could? New software, created at Cornell University, can take a look at your face and take an educated guess on what your name is. That's right, it's profiling you. Because it's not enough to empower robots with cloud intelligence or crime prediction -- now we're letting them collect our faces. What can go wrong?

It what will surely be heralded as the beginning of the end, Andrew Gallagher at Cornell University has crafted a computer algorithm that can solve a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle in 24 hours. That's nearly 7,000 pieces above last year's record.