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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are We Going To Learn How To Do That?
The other day I was demonstrating some things to my programming students. We’re at the very beginning of a new semester and students are learning the very basics...
From Geeking with Greg
Quick links
What caught my attention lately: Colorful description of Google's servers in 1999: "A thin layer of cork to protect the motherboards from the cookie trays on which...
From Schneier on Security
SOMBERKNAVE: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: SOMBERKNAVE (TS//SI//REL) SOMBERKNAVE is Windows XP wireless software implant...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
DARPA announces Open Catalog
On February 4, 2014, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the launch of the DARPA Open Catalog, a website that brings together source...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Remaking the Industrial Economy
From McKinsey: Had not heard of the concept defined here. " ... Remaking the industrial economy ... A regenerative economic model—the circular economy—is starting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Privacy Implications of Google Glass
In Forbes. Creepier yet? Or just a natural extension of technology into many parts of or lives. The power of a single blink. " .... Google Glass is on a roll...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Congressional App Challenge 2014
The first annual Congressional App Challenge, established by the U.S. House of Representatives, invites high school students to use their programming and other...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Self Washing Dishes
From Idea Connection. Another example of materials science advances. Still in early development. " .... The dishes, created in collaboration with researchers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Money in Open Source
There is big money in open source. " ... Data scientists that focus on open source technologies make more money than those dealing in proprietary technologies....
From Schneier on Security
1971 Social Engineering Attack
From Betty Medsger's book on the 1971 FBI burglary (page 22): As burglars, they used some unusual techniques, ones Davidon enjoyed recalling years later, such...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Reinventing the in Store App
Good discussion. It could use some reinventing. And also some standardizing. " ... Why exactly does a retail store need a good mobile app? There are two reasons...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Reports On Surveillance Programs Vary In Engagement With Technology
In January both the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) and the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies (Review...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Motorola's Research Lab
Always interested in the concept of innovation and R&D labs, having been involved in several myself. Now I see that Google has kept Motorola's labs, why? Because...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sandra Hughes Strategies
Just had an excellent consultation with Sandra Hughes, former P&G colleague and compliance and privacy executive. She has a strategies group. See also her Linkedin...
From Schneier on Security
MAESTRO-II: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: MAESTRO-II (TS//SI//REL) MAESTRO-II is a miniaturized digital core packaged...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Lessons Learned While Implementing a Dual Credit Course.
I'd like to share with you some of the opportunities and barriers we encountered while implementing a dual credit CS course in high schools across New Mexico....
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why Innovation Programs Fail
In Innovation Excellence: Why Innovation programs fail. Good elements to consider. " ... Program managers who don’t establish clear goals, identify key stakeholders...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Blue Sky Ideas Track Being Held at AAMAS 2014
This year the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is sponsoring a Blue Sky Ideas Track at AAMAS, the Thirteenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Airline Lounges for Free Meals
I think this is a great hack: A man bought a first-class ticket and used it to have free meals and drinks at the airport's VIP lounge almost every day for nearly...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson