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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 …
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Quantum Computing Inc. Launches QGraph for Graph Analytics
LEESBURG, Va., March 23, 2021 — Quantum Computing Inc. (OTCQB: QUBT) (QCI), bridging the power of classical and quantum computing, has launched QGraph which analyzes...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
COMPUTER SCIENTIST AVI WIGDERSON AND MATEMATICIAN LÁSZLÓ LOVÁSZ ANNOUNCED AS 2021 ABEL PRIZE WINNERS
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters recently announced the award of the 2021 Abel Prize going to matematician László Lovász (Alfréd Rényi Institute of...
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Vega, EuroHPC supercomputer, Operational Next Month
March 23, 2021 — On 10 March 2021, the EuroHPC supercomputer Vega was officially delivered. The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
DHS Promises Help for States Struggling with Digital Attacks on Critical Services
Notable are the recent increases in ransomware, and the broad issues with Microsoft servers, and how much we depend on digital systems. This will have to beThe...
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Sweden’s Fastest Supercomputer for AI Now Online
March 23, 2021 — Berzelius is now Sweden’s fastest supercomputer for AI and machine learning, and has been installed in the National Supercomputer Centre at Link...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is AI Moving Too Fast for Retail?
Not well enough, not fast enough. Unless we want China to eat our lunch.Is AI adoption moving too fast? by Tom Ryan in Retailwire with further expert comment...
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Teradici Enhances CAS Manager to Support Remote Work
Burnaby, Canada — March 23, 2021 — Teradici, creator of PCoIP technology and Emmy Award-winning Cloud Access Software (CAS), today announced enhancements to CAS...
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Scality Announces Enhancement to RING Scale-out File System for Business Continuance
SAN FRANCISCO – March 23, 2021 – Organizations across industries need “always-on” business continuity and disaster protection to get the most from their enterprise...
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Room Temperature Diamond-based Quantum Accelerator Coming to Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
CANBERRA, Australia — March 24, 2020 — Quantum Brilliance, a venture-backed Australian quantum computing startup from The Australian National University, will install...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
To Many Ways to Add One
Someone posted a questions asking which sort of programmer one was from a list of ways to add one to a variable:X++++XX+=1X = X + 1Actually the initial question...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Moby Dick Meet Theory
People seem to be afraid of mathematics. And I think that’s such a shame, because I don’t think it’s as hard as people seem to think it is. —Heidi Hammel Sarah...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart Validating Vaccines
Using health passport app on smartphones.Walmart becomes largest U.S. vaccine provider to join push for digital vaccination credentials.March 17, 2021, 2:14 p.m...
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Intel’s New CEO Makes 1st Appearance Today – Here’s What Gelsinger May Say
Speculation abounds about Pat Gelsinger’s first public appearance as CEO of Intel at a webinar (5 pm Eastern Time) today that will capture close attention among...
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m keynoting the (all-virtual) RSA Conference 2021, May 17-20, 2021. I’m keynoting the 5th International...
From Schneier on Security
Determining Key Shape from Sound
It’s not yet very accurate or practical, but under ideal conditions it is possible to figure out the shape of a house key by listening to it being used. Listen...
From Schneier on Security
Accellion Supply Chain Hack
A vulnerability in the Accellion file-transfer program is being used by criminal groups to hack networks worldwide. There’s much in the article about when Accellion...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Recommendation Systems
Anther well considered piece, on recommendation systems, link to original post includes more useful references. Note the inclusion of elements of 'trust'. Intro...
From Computational Complexity
A Taylor Series Problem
I post a problem today and its solution on Thursday.Comments are fine, though if you don't want to get a hint, don't read them. Find the coefficient of x100 in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cade Metz and Nathan Benaich: Podcast on the Emergence and Direction of AI
By Nathan Benaich, Air Street Capital@nathanbenaich ... Looking forward to hearing this. Dear readers, This week I had the opportunity to interview Cade Metz...
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