From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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B. Schneier| February 29, 2024
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Transport plays a major role in the spread of transmissible diseases. PANDHUB, a project coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, develops ways... From Phys.org Technology News | April 27, 2016 at 06:49 AM
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will host a one-day Patent Quality Community Symposium on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at the USPTO’s headquarters in Alexandria...Renee Dopplick From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | April 20, 2016 at 05:41 PM
Monday, April 18, 2016 State of the Net Wireless Internet Policy Conference 2 pm | Newseum Markup: Multiple Communications Bills House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee...Renee Dopplick From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | April 20, 2016 at 05:24 PM
The drumbeats of the singularity advocates is getting louder with the constant refrain that humanity is doomed at the hands of machine intelligence. Although their...Peter Denning From Blog@Ubiquity | April 20, 2016 at 09:30 AM
The computer screen lights up as a man with a dummy gun in the back of his trousers and a fake suicide vest under his jacket demonstrates a body scanner at a counter... From Phys.org Technology News | April 19, 2016 at 09:14 AM