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Metadata Left in Security Agency PDFs
From Schneier on Security

Metadata Left in Security Agency PDFs

Really interesting research: “Exploitation and Sanitization of Hidden Data in PDF Files” Abstract: Organizations publish and share more and more electronic documents...

Fast Random Bit Generation
From Schneier on Security

Fast Random Bit Generation

Science has a paper (and commentary) on generating 250 random terabits per second with a laser. I don’t know how cryptographically secure they are, but that can...

Registration Opens March 15 for RMACC HPC Symposium, May 19-20                                         
From insideHPC

Registration Opens March 15 for RMACC HPC Symposium, May 19-20                                         

BOULDER, CO – Registration for the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium’s (RMACC) 11th annual High Performance Computing Symposium – offered online andRegistration...

Using Synthetic Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Using Synthetic Data

Worked with elements of the idea for some time the enterprise. In fact after a while we learned that its often very useful to have synthetic data alongside 'real'...

FHE Encryption Getting Support from DARPA
From The Eponymous Pickle

FHE Encryption Getting Support from DARPA

The approach is getting more support.    Will post quantum decryption threaten it?Intel will develop a fully homomorphic encryption chip for DARPA  BY MARIA DEUTSCHER...

Announcing New ICMI 2021 Blue Sky Papers Track
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Announcing New ICMI 2021 Blue Sky Papers Track

The 23rd ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2021) will be held in Montreal, Canada October 18-22, 2021. ICMI is the premier international...

Last Cortana Speaker is Recalled
From The Eponymous Pickle

Last Cortana Speaker is Recalled

 What seemed like a very credible assistant offering, the Harmon Kardan Intent Speaker, which included the Microsoft assistant Cortana, has left the field.  Further...

BIG COMPUTE 2021 State of Cloud HPC Report
From insideHPC

BIG COMPUTE 2021 State of Cloud HPC Report

Rescale’s role as an intelligent cloud automation platform means the company has a unique vantage point of how R&D-driven organizations are adopting cloud. This...

Nvidia Unveils AI Enterprise Software Suite with VMware vSphere 7
From insideHPC

Nvidia Unveils AI Enterprise Software Suite with VMware vSphere 7

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 09, 2021 – Nvidia today announced AI Enterprise, a software suite of enterprise-grade AI development tools and frameworks supported by...

A Brain for Autonomous Mobile Robots
From The Eponymous Pickle

A Brain for Autonomous Mobile Robots

Brought to my attention with its specific applications in retail like inventory checking.What is BrainOS?BrainOS® is a pioneering AI software platform that powers...

Microserver Exchange Server Attack
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microserver Exchange Server Attack

The Web Continues to move into a More Dangerous StateMicrosoft Exchange Server Attack Escalation Prompts Patching PanicUS government officials weigh in on the attacks...

Starlink to Connect Vehicles as Well
From The Eponymous Pickle

Starlink to Connect Vehicles as Well

Further general connectivity.SpaceX plans to beam its Starlink internet to vehicles, not just homes   By Trevor MoggSpaceX wants to beam internet from its Starlink...

Robots Could Save you From Drowning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robots Could Save you From Drowning

Seems little end to what robots could do.Autonomous Underwater Robot Saves People From Drowning  By Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)March 8, 2021A research team from...

CoolIT Systems and AMAX to Deliver Custom Thermal Management for Data Center Products
From insideHPC

CoolIT Systems and AMAX to Deliver Custom Thermal Management for Data Center Products

CALGARY, AB, March 8, 2021 – CoolIT Systems announced today a collaboration with AMAX to deliver a thermal management solution for scalable, high-density computing...

Alexa Custom Assistant Announced
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa Custom Assistant Announced

 Was expecting something like this, now here it is, will this be widely used?   Implications? Check out what Chrysler is doing.   Introduction below:AnnouncingLearn...

Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 32 – Autonomous Flight and Landing on Mars with Behçet Açikmeşe (Part 2)
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 32 – Autonomous Flight and Landing on Mars with Behçet Açikmeşe (Part 2)

A new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) official podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. In this episode, Khari Douglas (CCC Senior...

CEA-Leti Envisions LiDAR Systems Based on Integrated Optical Phased Arrays
From insideHPC

CEA-Leti Envisions LiDAR Systems Based on Integrated Optical Phased Arrays

GRENOBLE, France – March 8, 2021 – Taking a step toward developing LiDAR systems for widespread commercial applications, CEA-Leti has developed genetic algorithms...

Small Business Exporters
From The Eponymous Pickle

Small Business Exporters

From friend Steve King, who has run this blog on small business needs for years:Barlow Research on Small Business ExportersBarlow Research   is one of our go-to...

Podcast: How Spies Think
From The Eponymous Pickle

Podcast: How Spies Think

At the link, podcast provided by Recorded Future, who we worked with long ago.  The link below leads you to the podcast.  Makes me think:  How do spies think differently...

Microsoft Retracts Quantum Computing Paper
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft Retracts Quantum Computing Paper

This seems to indicate the scientific method system is working. But don't retraction alerts get far less attention than the original paper?   I do note that Wired...
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