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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 Schneier on Security
Documented Death from a Ransomware Attack
A Dusseldorf woman died when a ransomware attack against a hospital forced her to be taken to a different hospital in another city. I think this is the first documented...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Licenses OpenAI’s GPT-3 Language Model
Exclusively. Now this is very good and somewhat unexpected. Thinking of ways it might be used within the context of work needs in Teams. Say for example constructing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More on Endpoint Security
More on this topic by Cisco, see the other parts of this pointed to. Note its particular relevance for remote work.Why Endpoint Security Matters in Protecting Remote...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Future of Work by Microsoft Teams
Nice to see Microsoft Teams expanding their capabilities. Have now used Teams now many times, like it. Now lets see more assistance built in.Microsoft aims to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Europeans Would Consider Augmentation
Depends on what you mean by augmentation, we already pay for lots of it already. Health vs intelligence, vs requested assistance? Inevitable if properlyMajority...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A General-Audience Talk: How Computing May Change Our World
While the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) works to catalyze the computing community for the public good, we have rarely prepare...
From insideHPC
Graphcore Launches Global Partner Program
BRISTOL, England, Sept. 22, 2020 — Graphcore has announced the launch of its Elite Partner Program, a global network of channel partners helping to fulfil customer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
When Bots Negotiate, Will Human's Deceive?
Interesting piece that approaches the meaning of 'cooperation'. When bots do the negotiating, humans more likely to engage in deceptive techniques by University...
From Schneier on Security
On Executive Order 12333
Mark Jaycox has written a long article on the US Executive Order 12333: “No Oversight, No Limits, No Worries: A Primer on Presidential Spying and Executive Order...
From Schneier on Security
Iranian Government Hacking Android
The New York Times wrote about a still-unreleased report from Chckpoint and the Miaan Group: The reports, which were reviewed by The New York Times in advance of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Does Fact Checking of Images
Hmm ... 'more likely to know? I like the idea. And who will get the benefit of likelihood? Any changes in the pictures having been made? Ones that make them...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Colds Have Nearly Vanished?
Fascinating piece. Colds Nearly Vanished Under Lockdown. Now They’re Coming Back in Wired.The return of non-Covid respiratory illnesses is putting a new strain...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon to Open Small Delivery Hubs
New move by Amazon for improved delivery.Amazon to open 1,000 neighborhood delivery hubsBy Marianne Wilson in ChainstoreageAmazon is taking some of its fulfillment...
From insideHPC
The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: Los Alamos’ Gary Grider Argues Efficiency in HPC Is King and Laments Simulation’s ‘Raw Deal’
It might surprise you to know that Gary Grider, HPC Division Leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is less interested in FLOPS than efficiency. In this interview...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Singapore to Pay Citizens for Using Apple Watch
Seem a boon for Apple. Has it been proven the watch significantly improves health?Singapore to Pay Citizens for Keeping Healthy with Apple Watch Bloomberg, ...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Have fun! Life and Career Advice from Sir C. Antony R. Hoare and Leslie Lamport
Khari Douglas will be covering the Virtual HLF 2020 on the CCC blog all week. Stay tuned for more and watch the program via livestream here. The Virtual Heidelberg...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
What I miss and don’t miss about teaching
Fall has come and while students are back in school I am not. I’ve been reflecting a bit about that. I don’t miss getting up at 6 AM and driving for close to an...
From insideHPC
HPE Completes Acquisition of SD-WAN Vendor Silver Peak
San Jose, Sept. 21, 2020 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Silver Peak, an SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide...
From Schneier on Security
Interview with the Author of the 2000 Love Bug Virus
No real surprises, but we finally have the story. The story he went on to tell is strikingly straightforward. De Guzman was poor, and internet access was expensive...
From Schneier on Security