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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Teeth for Interfaces
A different kind of interaction.Finally, Apps to Sink Your Teeth IntoBy Paul Marks, Commissioned by CACM Staff, January 12, 2021Engineers exploring human-computer...
From insideHPC
Modern HPC and Big Data Design Strategies for Data Centers – Part 4
This insideHPC Special Research Report, “Modern HPC and Big Data Design Strategies for Data Centers,” provides an overview of what to consider when selecting an...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Rising Star Award Recipient: Munmun De Choudhury
ACM-W would like to announce Dr. Munmun De Choudhury as this year’s recipient of the ACM-W Rising Star Award. The ACM-W Rising Star Award recognizes a woman whose...
From Schneier on Security
SVR Attacks on Microsoft 365
FireEye is reporting the current known tactics that the SVR used to compromise Microsoft 365 cloud data as part of its SolarWinds operation: Mandiant has observed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Videogames as the Future of Work
Something we examined briefly. Can we convert work into game? Some people already do in their heads, is that workable? Key drivers?Are Videogames the Future...
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Data Cataogs vs Discovery
Depends... Internally controlled vs externally, other ... Metadata also a key component. Governance too.Data Catalogs Are Dead; Long Live Data Discovery in Towardsdatascience...
From insideHPC
HPE Selects DigiPlex for Hosting HPC Infrastructure
Oslo, Norway — DigiPlex, the Nordic data centres provider, has signed an agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to host AI and High-Performance Computing...
From insideHPC
The Dell Technologies HPC Community Interviews: Flavio Villannustre Talks Open Source Analytics at LexisNexis
Open source champion Flavio Villanustre is vice president of technology and chief information security officer for LexisNexis Risk Solutions, which is a globalThe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GM and Microsoft Partner on Self-Driving Cars
Quite some competition in the space.Microsoft partners with GM to make self-driving cars a reality By Tristan Greene, in TNWDriverless car startup Cruise, a GM...
From insideHPC
Nimbix Brings HPC-as-a-Service to Government-Approved Clouds
Dallas – Nimbix, the high performance computing (HPC) cloud platform provider, has announced support for government-approved cloud infrastructures supporting FedRAMP...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microscanner Mirrors Sensing Environment
Sensing your context is very broadly useful.Microscanner Mirrors Replace Human VisionBy Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Germany)A microscanner mirror for LiDAR systems...
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Getting Work Done During Sleep
Have mentioned here a number of times my involvement in related research. Its covered in many posts.MIT Just Discovered You Can Get Work Done Even While Asleep...
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Quantum Communications with Drones
More on quantum secure communications.Quantum communication demonstrated by two hovering drones By Luke Dormehl, January 19, 2021 in DigitalTrends The groundwork...
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Google and Alexa Voices Skip CES
But they were there nevertheless. Some interesting thoughts on that. Google Assistant and Alexa Were Invisible and Everywhere at CES 2021 By Eric Hal Schwartz...
From Schneier on Security
Sophisticated Watering Hole Attack
Google’s Project Zero has exposed a sophisticated watering-hole attack targeting both Windows and Android: Some of the exploits were zero-days, meaning they targeted...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Book: Mastering Blockchain
Just brought to my attention. Inform me if you would like a review related mention.New O'Reilly Book:Mastering Blockchain: Unlocking the Power of Cryptocurrencies...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Member Melanie Mitchell on if AI can Exist in Medicine Without Human Oversight
Melanie Mitchell, Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Council member and Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Portland State University was recently interviewed...
From insideHPC
Xilinx Announces Winners of its First Adaptive Computing Challenge Developer Contest
In summer 2020, Xilinx announced the first Xilinx Adaptive Computing Challenge, teaming with Hackster.io to challenge independent developers to create applications...
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OVHcloud Teams with IBM and Atempo for Cloud Storage
Roubaix, France – January 19, 2021 – To meet European enterprise and public institution security, sovereignty and resilience needs for the preservation of sensitive...
From The Eponymous Pickle