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Details of the REvil Ransomware Attack
From Schneier on Security

Details of the REvil Ransomware Attack

ArsTechnica has a good story on the REvil ransomware attack of last weekend, with technical details: This weekend’s attack was carried out with almost surgical...

Will AI Rewrite Coding?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Will AI Rewrite Coding?

Inclined to think so. Increase efficiency, prevent errors and better ensure secure practices. Below intro describes the current progress and direction.  Starting...

Automotive Cybersecurity
From The Eponymous Pickle

Automotive Cybersecurity

Vehicles in particular will require specialized cybersecurity as their autonomy increases.Keeping Control of the Wheel   By David Geer   in ACMThe rising need for...

Victims Unaware
From The Eponymous Pickle

Victims Unaware

Surprising given todays world. Data Breaches: Most Victims Unaware When Shown Evidence of Multiple Compromised AccountsBy University of Michigan News, June 23,Most...

Humanoid Pepper Robot Pauses
From The Eponymous Pickle

Humanoid Pepper Robot Pauses

 Saw this demonstrated shortly after its creation.   An example of a humanoid robot we thought of using in the retail aisle.  Saw it demonstrated in Japan. Mostly...

Argonne-led Team of Scientists Use AI to Detect Gravitational Waves
From insideHPC

Argonne-led Team of Scientists Use AI to Detect Gravitational Waves

JULY 6, 2021 — When gravitational waves were first detected in 2015 by the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), they sent a ripple...

NSF Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks (D-ISN) Program
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NSF Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks (D-ISN) Program

The following National Science Foundation (NSF) Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks (D-ISN) program has an upcoming deadline of July 28, 2021, and...

For Those Seeking Chatbot ROI
From The Eponymous Pickle

For Those Seeking Chatbot ROI

Good general piece on approaches and the ROI of Chatbots.  Could be a good place to start.  From the Alexa Blog, but  appears to be regularly applicable ...  Chatbot...

Automated Vertical Farming
From The Eponymous Pickle

Automated Vertical Farming

General description without details, but interesting application.   Was involved with some farming applications and it seems some of these can be readily automated...

NVIDIA Claims Install of UK’s Top Supercomputer, for Research in AI and Healthcare
From insideHPC

NVIDIA Claims Install of UK’s Top Supercomputer, for Research in AI and Healthcare

Announced last October, NVIDIA today launched Cambridge-1, calling it the United Kingdom’s most powerful supercomputer. Enabling scientists and healthcare experts...

Qumulo Expands Cloud Q Offering with Qumulo on Azure as a Service
From insideHPC

Qumulo Expands Cloud Q Offering with Qumulo on Azure as a Service

July 07, 2021, SEATTLE — Qumulo, provider of solutions focused on enterprise unstructured data management across hybrid-cloud environments, today announced Qumulo...

Jean-Marc Denis Joins SiPearl as CSO
From insideHPC

Jean-Marc Denis Joins SiPearl as CSO

Maisons-Laffitte, France, 6 July 2021 – SiPearl, the designer of the microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer, announced the appointment of Jean-Marc...

Atos Launches Digital Collaboration Initiative: ‘Atos Digital Hub’
From insideHPC

Atos Launches Digital Collaboration Initiative: ‘Atos Digital Hub’

Paris, July 7, 2021 – At its annual “Atos Technology Days” event, Atos today announced an initiative, “Atos Digital Hub,” whose primary objective is to the building...

NVIDIA Pretrained Models
From The Eponymous Pickle

NVIDIA Pretrained Models

Elements of Pretrained models.  Have not used this approach before, worth understanding its application. Jun 24, 2021Fast-Track Production AI with Pretrained Models...

From Computational Complexity

Would you take this bet (Part 1) ?

 I am going to present a well known paradox (I didn't know it until last week, but the source I read said it was well known) and ask your opinion in this post,...

Oxford Quantum Circuits Claims UK’s First Quantum Computing as-a-Service
From insideHPC

Oxford Quantum Circuits Claims UK’s First Quantum Computing as-a-Service

Startup Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has launched what it said is the UK’s first commercially available quantum computing-as-a-Service. OQC said its proprietary...

Which VPN are Secure?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Which VPN are Secure?

Useful look provided.  Who do we trust?Which VPN Providers Really Take Privacy Seriously in 2021?June 14, 2021 by Ernesto Van der Sar  in TorrentfreakHOME > TECHNOLOGY...

Visions in Theoretical Computer Science Workshop Report: A Report on the TCS Visioning Workshop 2020
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Visions in Theoretical Computer Science Workshop Report: A Report on the TCS Visioning Workshop 2020

Roughly every ten years the Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) community comes together for a visioning workshop to discuss recent accomplishments and new challenges...

insideHPC Guide to HPC Fusion Computing Model – A Reference Architecture for Liberating Data (Part 3)
From insideHPC

insideHPC Guide to HPC Fusion Computing Model – A Reference Architecture for Liberating Data (Part 3)

This insideHPC technology guide, “insideHPC Guide to HPC Fusion Computing Model – A Reference Architecture for Liberating Data,” discusses how organizations need...

Indoor Spy Drones:  Always Home Cam
From The Eponymous Pickle

Indoor Spy Drones: Always Home Cam

Not quite understanding this, except for unusual purposes, say maybe recording meetings or filming demonstrations?   There are lots of people filming things onRing's...
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