Communications of the ACM
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December 2022
From Schneier on Security
Apple Is Finally Encrypting iCloud Backups
After way too many years, Apple is finally encrypting iCloud backups:
Based on a screenshot from Apple, these categories are covered when you flip on Advanced Data Protection: device backups, messages backups, iCloud Drive, Notes…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Machine Learns with ML for Sheets (ML forSpreadsheet?)
Very interesting update ... like the idea, will look at it. Click through for more.
Google brings machine learning to online spreadsheets with Simple ML for Sheets
Sean Michael Kerner@TechJournalist in Venturebeat
DecemberIcon…From Computational Complexity
Commercials are not logical. FTX edition.
Some people asked me to comment on FTX since I teach Crypto. My insights are no better than anyone else; however, I have wanted to do a blog post about the illogic of commercials, so I will do that with FTX as an example.
ALL…From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (December 11 2022)
As we focus on some types of unfortunate discrimination (race, gender), we may become blind to other types of discrimination. For example, tend to discrimate against ugly people, short men, old people, and so on. Life may have…
From The Eponymous Pickle
San Francisco Now Says No to Armed Robots
Mentioned the earlier decision here a week ago, and predicted it would NOT last in SF's policing environment. It has now quickly been reversed.
San Francisco decides killer police robots aren’t such a great idea
Explosive robots…From The Eponymous Pickle
Dealing with Tsunami of Data
Continues.
RisingWave Emerges to Tackle Tsunami of Real-Time Data
Alex Woodie in Datanami
Only the most advanced companies have overcome the technical complexity involved with processing streaming data in real time. One of the vendors…From The Eponymous Pickle
Concerns about TikTok
And it continues
FBI Director Raises National Security Concerns About TikTok
By Associated Press on December 03, 2022
FBI concerns over TikTok
FBI Director Chris Wray is raising national security concerns about TikTok, warning Friday…From The Eponymous Pickle
Social Commerce: The f\Buture of How Consumers Interact with Brands
McKinsey: Social commerce: The Future of how Consumers Interact with Brands
Authors:
Camilo Becdach is a partner in McKinsey’s Southern California office, where Zachary Kubetz is a consultant; Marc Brodherson is a senior partner…From The Eponymous Pickle
Photonic Chips
New developments in Photonic Chips
Caltech's Nanophotonic Chip 'Squeezes' More Out of Light
By Caltech, October 18, 2022
The photonic chip can generate and measure quantum states of light in ways previously only possible with bulky…From Geeking with Greg
ML and flooding the zone with crap
Wisdom of the few is often better than wisdom of the crowds.
If the crowd is shilled and fake, most of the data isn't useful for machine learning. To be useful, you have to pull out the scarce wisdom in the sea of noise.
Gary…From The Eponymous Pickle
Why Synthetic Data Is Key to Paving the Way for Smart Cities
Good thoughts here for other applications as well
Why Synthetic Data Is Key to Paving the Way for Smart Cities
By Spiceworks, November 18, 2022
Illustration of a futuristic smart city.
Gartner predicts synthetic data will overshadow…From The Eponymous Pickle
MIT Is Working on Self-Assembling Robots
We Met in the past at MIT with Neil Gershenfeld.
MIT Is Working on Self-Assembling Robots
By Ryan Whitwam on November 28, 2022 at 7:00 am
Today, humans build robots, but in the future, robots could be programmed to build more of…From The Eponymous Pickle
All about EVs and their Needs
Is much of the things I have thought about.
The EV Transition Explained: Charger Infrastructure
How many, where, and who pays? By Robert N. Charette in Spectrum IEEE, More at link....
The ability to conveniently charge an EVThe…From The Eponymous Pickle
Longtermism
Also been following:
Longtermism is an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future. It is an important concept in effective altruism and serves as a primary motivation for efforts to reduce existential…From The Eponymous Pickle
Hard to Crack Hardware
Fascinating development using Logic locks and Spin alignment.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia)
November 14, 2022
A team of researchers at Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University…From The Eponymous Pickle
Researchers Develop Scaled-up Spintronic Probabilistic Computer
OK, technically new to me, but worth a tag here. I note mention of 'Simulated Quantum Annealing Algorithm' which was demonstrated to us. Will follow with further examples as found.
Researchers Develop Scaled-up Spintronic…From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Thanks
Thanks to you all. I must explain why I have not been active in the last six months. I have had several illnesses. I had a broken hip that needed surgery I also had several COVID related illnesses, and some terrible GI issues…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: China Bans Taiwanese Squid Imports
Today I have some squid geopolitical news.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Read my blog posting guidelines here.
From insideHPC
At SC22 with 2 Senior Execs from Penguin Solutions
At Penguin Solutions’ SC22 booth, we caught up with two of the company’s senior executives, Kevin Tubbs, Vice President of the Strategic Solutions Group, and Chief Technology Officer Phil Pokorny Penguin’s booth was a busy place…
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Trespass Law
This article talks about public land in the US that is completely surrounded by private land, which in some cases makes it inaccessible to the public. But there’s a hack:
Some hunters have long believed, however, that the publicly…From The Eponymous Pickle
ML Facilitates 'Turbulence Tracking' in Fusion Reactors
Another example. Struck by the number of ways that machine learning can be used. Not really surprising since it is finding directed patterns that can be leveraged in useful context. From advertising to fusion power.
ML Facilitates…From The Eponymous Pickle
TSMC to Produce 4nm Chips at Arizona Fab in 2024
Been asked to give some Comment on Supply Chain Aspects of Chip Availability. Comments?
TSMC to Produce 4nm Chips at Arizona Fab in 2024
By Josh Norem on December 2, 2022 in ExtremeTech
It was previously reported that Apple has…From The Eponymous Pickle
End Of Internet?
Legal thoughts, reasonable?
ACM OPINION
Is This the Beginning of the End of the Internet?
By The Atlantic, October 4, 2022
The Texas law would allow both the Texas attorney general and private citizens who do business in Texas to…From insideHPC
TSMC: November Revenue Up 50 Percent YoY
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Dec. 9, 2022 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for November 2022: On a consolidated basis, revenue for November 2022 was approximately NT$222.71 billion, an increase of 5…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Scientists Use Machine Learning to Accelerate Materials Discovery
The considerable value of materials discovery.
Scientists Use Machine Learning to Accelerate Materials Discovery
By Argonne National Laboratory, October 6, 2022
The final product of the machine learning algorithm: metastable phase…From The Eponymous Pickle
Personalized Finger Joint Implants from a 3D Printer
From Fraunhofer
Personalized Finger Joint Implants from a 3D Printer
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany)
December 1, 2022
Germany's FingerKIt consortium uses artificial intelligence (AI) to three-dimensionally (3D)-print personalized…From Schneier on Security
Security Vulnerabilities in Eufy Cameras
Eufy cameras claim to be local only, but upload data to the cloud. The company is basically lying to reporters, despite being shown evidence to the contrary. The company’s behavior is so egregious that ReviewGeek is no longer…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Stewart Brand Rethinking Silicon Valley
Met Stewart Brand Way back when, through company connections at the Institute for the Future. Spent quite a while those days at Stanford and the Silicon Valley, visiting AI startups, seeking to discover AI. Bringing it back…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Computing Feat Is Modern Twist on 150-Year-Old Thought Experiment
Most interesting, quite technical, thought here .... still pondering
Quantum Computing Feat Is Modern Twist on 150-Year-Old Thought Experiment
UNSW Sydney Newsroom (Australia)
November 30, 2022
Engineers at Australia's University…From The Eponymous Pickle
Buzzfeed, Again?
Remember talking to these folks, long ago. As a means of gathering data about retail trends. Never congealed. A revisit of current activity.
BuzzFeed built a digital media empire in part…