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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 Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Predictions For 2021
This year is a Blum integer, 43*47 2017 article, not via Zoom Allan Lichtman correctly predicted the 2020 presidential election, based on a 7-6 edge in “keys” to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
No Driver on Board: Autonomous Trucks to Take to the Road
Evan Ackerman presents a good overview of the state of autonomous trucking. Door to door, with lots of links to background information. This should get us...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF CISE Upcoming Due Dates
Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) Full Proposal Window: January 25, 2021 DMREF is the primary program by which NSF participates...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Towards Battery Free IOT
A particular challenge for IOT devices.Battery-Free IoT: These Tiny Printable Computers Harvest Energy From Radio WavesIn Forbes by John KoetsierThe Wiliot Internet...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Identity in Your Smartphone
Working some related topics here. we have a considerable opportunity now to have a universal device that can provide identity. Need to make the credentials secure...
From insideHPC
Northern Data: Existing Bitcoin Mining Customer Expands Contract Volume by More Than 200MW
Frankfurt am Main – Northern Data AG (XETRA: NB2, ISIN: DE000A0SMU87), a provider of high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, has announced the extension ofNorthern...
From Schneier on Security
Extracting Personal Information from Large Language Models Like GPT-2
Researchers have been able to find all sorts of personal information within GPT-2. This information was part of the training data, and can be extracted with the...
From Schneier on Security
Backdoor in Zyxel Firewalls and Gateways
This is bad: More than 100,000 Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways, and access point controllers contain a hardcoded admin-level backdoor account that can grant attackers...
From Schneier on Security
Latest on the SVR’s SolarWinds Hack
The New York Times has an in-depth article on the latest information about the SolarWinds hack (not a great name, since it’s much more far-reaching than that). ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Data from Cars for Evidence
Not unexpected. We give up all kinds of data now. More is coming. Insecure Wheels: Police Turn to Car Data to Destroy Suspects' AlibisNBC News, By Olivia Solon...
From insideHPC
HPC Predictions 2021: Quantum Beyond Qubits, Rising Composable and Memory-Centric Tide, Neural Network Explosion and 5G’s Slow March
Annual technology predictions are like years: some are better than others. Nonetheless, many provide useful insight and serve as the basis for worthwhile discussion...
From The Eponymous Pickle
2D Arrays for Quantum Computing Proposed by Consortium
A step forward towards recognizable Quantum computing powerIndustry Collaboration Leads to Important Milestone in the Creation of a Quantum ComputerUniversityDecember...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Lopsided Digital Transformation
Look at how automation of digitization can make a big difference. And we are continuing to move to that. Digital Transformation Is Lopsided, Even Within the Same...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cybersecurity Research
Further, a look at where research is focusing and worth following. Cybersecurity Research for the Future By Terry BenzelCommunications of the ACM, January 2021...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Top Data Breach Targets
Expected places for threats:Experian predicts 5 key data breach targets for 2021 by Veronica Combs in Security The pandemic warfare will shift to vaccine supply...
From insideHPC
Graphcore Announces $222M Series E Funding Round
Bristol, UK — Graphcore announced it has raised $222m of investment to help support the company’s global expansion and accelerate future IPU silicon, systems and...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Vegan Chili Squid
The restaurant chain Wagamama is selling a vegan version of its Chilli Squid side dish made from king oyster mushrooms. As usual, you can also use this squid post...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: China Launches Six New Squid Jigging Vessels
From Pingtan Marine Enterprise: The 6 large-scale squid jigging vessels are normally operating vessels that returned to China earlier this year from the waters...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Searching for Giant Squid by Collecting Environmental DNA
The idea is to collect and analyze random DNA floating around the ocean, and using that to figure out where the giant squid are. No one is sure if this will actually...
From Schneier on Security