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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 Schneier on Security
Brian Krebs Harassed
This is what happens when you're a security writer and you piss off the wrong people: they conspire to have heroin mailed to you, and then to tip off the police...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Avoid the Soft Yes
In the HBR, Avoiding the soft yes. Requires free registration to read in full. Worth doing that.
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Something Old, Something New
I've been programming since 1972 (junior year of high school, long before programming in high school was considered a normal course of events). Over the years,...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Making Choices
The Axiom Of Choice, some history, some ideas Gregory Moore is a historian of mathematical logic. One connection he has to things dear to us is that he edited the...
From Schneier on Security
Neighborhood Security: Feeling vs. Reality
Research on why some neighborhoods feel safer: Salesses and collaborators Katja Schechtner and César A. Hidalgo built an online comparison tool using Google Street...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kelloggs Loyalty Program
In AdAge: A considerably complete program for tracking loyalty. " ... Kellogg's loyalty program brings in data on 90% of its products ... Kellogg's Family...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Virtual Academy
Had not heard of this, but Microsoft Virtual Academy provides free MS package training. This appears to be mostly advanced technology oriented.
From Schneier on Security
Really Clever Bank Card Fraud
This is a really clever social engineering attack against a bank-card holder: It all started, according to the police, on the Saturday night where one of this...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CS Educator Interview: Peter Beens
Back to Canada for our interview today. Peter Beens teaches at Beamsville District Secondary School in a small town in Ontario. Peter is very active online buthere...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Necessity of Encryption
In CIO Insight: A good overview of the reasons for using encryption with personal data. The legal risks involved and current status of state laws in this area.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Predicting Hiring Success
From Fast Company: Every company wants to avoid expensive mistakes. New methods of analytics with more data is leading to making better hiring choices " ... An...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Robotics and Jobs, mutually beneficial
Chris Isidore of CNN Money, wrote on July 29 about Amazon’s announcement to hire 7,000 new employees, 5,000 of which are for their nationwide distribution centers...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
The Week Ahead: Congress to Hold Hearings on Copyright and Patents
Four hearings on Capitol Hill this week will focus on intellectual property issues related to cellphone unlocking, standard essential patents, copyright, and cross...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 29
July 30 Markup: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will review pending legislation. Scheduled for consideration is a new cybersecurity bill...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Complimentary Webinar on Today's Marketing Strategies
Of interest. by the SNCR which I worked with since its founding. I plan to attend.Complimentary Webinar CMO 2.0: Marketing Strategies for Dealing with Today’s...
From Computational Complexity
Certifying primality in a CONSTANT number of operations
For this post I will only count the operations PLUS, MINUS, MULT. They may be done on rather large numbers. Recall that from the work coming out of Hilberts 10th...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Brenda Romero at G4C13: The Games Need to Change
In the games for change movement, what needs to change? Brenda Romero, designer in residence at UC Santa Cruz, thinks it's the games.In her Games for Change 2013...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mobile Devices and Cybercrime
And more In Knowledge@Wharton on Mobile devices and crime. Here in much more detail about the implications of mobile to cybercrime. Your phone may be your weakest...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Communications of the ACM
The ACM is the premier computing association in the US. It's the only major technical group that I have remained a member of for many years. This blog is mirrored...
From The Eponymous Pickle