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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Computational Complexity
Lautemann's Beautiful Proof
In writing the drunken theorem post, I realized I never wrote a post on Lautemann's amazing proof that BPP is contained in \(\Sigma^p_2\), the second level of the...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Designing an interactive prayer mat
Successful interactive systems design is often based on detecting a need that really good solutions do not yet exist for, then coming up with a realistic solution...
From Schneier on Security
ExxonMobil Lobbyist Caught Hacking Climate Activists
The Department of Justice is investigating a lobbying firm representing ExxonMobil for hacking the phones of climate activists: The hacking was allegedly commissioned...
From insideHPC
SoftBank Corp. and Quantinuum in Quantum Partnership
SoftBank Corp. and Quantinuum today announced a partnership in quantum computing intended to "unlock innovative quantum computing solutions that will overcome the...
From insideHPC
Argonne Releases Aurora Exascale Supercomputer to Researchers
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has released its Aurora exascale supercomputer to researchers across the world to support computing...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
New Year, New Goals: Celebrating and Advancing Women in Computing with ACM-W
Cigdem Sengul & Adriana Wilde At the ACM-W communications committee, we are happy to share updates on our ongoing and upcoming initiatives to support, celebrate...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Becoming a Senior Member of ACM: My Journey and Why You Should Consider It Too
By Dr Adriana WildeAbout a year ago, I made a decision that turned out to be a very rewarding experience in my professional life: I applied to become a Senior Member...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
All India Celebration for Women in Computing
All India Celebration for Women in Computing (AICWiC 2024) is an annual community-building conference dedicated to increasing the participation, retention, and...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
A sound social venture: recognising birds
Dan Stowell was a researcher at Queen Mary University of London when he founded an early version of what is now known as a Social Venture: a company created toContinue...
From Schneier on Security
CISA Under Trump
Jen Easterly is out as the Director of CISA. Read her final interview: There’s a lot of unfinished business. We have made an impact through our ransomware vulnerability...
From insideHPC
Bodo.ai Open-Sources HPC Python Compute Engine
SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 27, 2025 — Bodo.ai, an open source start-up focused on transformative Python, has released its high performance computing engine for Python...
From Schneier on Security
New VPN Backdoor
A newly discovered VPN backdoor uses some interesting tactics to avoid detection: When threat actors use backdoor malware to gain access to a network, they want...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Oh no! Not again…
What a mess. There’s flour all over the kitchen floor. A fortnight ago I opened the cupboard to get sugar for my hot chocolate. As I pulled out the sugar, it knocked...
From Computational Complexity
People who live through two square years
44*44=1936.45*45=2025. This year!46*46= 2116.Since my fake birthday is Oct 1, 1960 (I do not reveal my real birthday to try to prevent ID theft), which is past...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Regular expressions can blow up!
Regular expressions, often abbreviated as regex, are a powerful tool for pattern matching within text. For example, the expression \d*\.?\d+ would match a positive...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Beaked Whales Feed on Squid
A Travers’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon traversii) washed ashore in New Zealand, and scientists conlcuded that “the prevalence of squid remains [in its stomachs] suggests...
From insideHPC
$200M HPC Data Center for AI in Wisconsin Launched by DPO and Billerud
NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2025 — Digital Power Optimization, Inc. (“DPO”), a developer and operator of power-dense data centers, today announced it has secured land and...
From insideHPC
Pipeshift Raises $2.5M for AI Infrastructure Platform
San Francisco – January 23, 2025: Today, AI infrastructure startup Pipeshift announced their $2.5 illion seed round to address the challenge of deploying open source...
From Schneier on Security
Third Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD 2024)
Last month, Henry Farrell and I convened the Third Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD 2024) at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg Center...
From insideHPC