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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
IBM to Buy WDG Automation
IBM linking process to detect AI opportunities to approaches like RPA. And they already have integrated BPL capabilities. WDG Automation is in the process of...
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Walmart+ vs Amazon Prime
Good expert comments on the just announced Walmart+ vs Amazon Prime. With some more details and comments by experts in the area. Like I have said, the competition...
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The Need for Loaded Dice
I remember having to explain to managers why dice had to be 'loaded' in some of the simulations we built. Isn't that biased? Yes, but being loaded is required...
From insideHPC
The Hyperion-insideHPC Interviews: Rich Brueckner and Mike Bernhardt Talk Exascale, HPC Marketing: How the HPC Community Tells its Story to the World
After more than three decades in supercomputing as a strategic marketing and communications executive, Mike Bernhardt has seen the HPC community evolve throughThe...
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New Qualcomm Mobile Chip
Advances in hardware improve where and how efficiently problems can be solved. We are moving forward.Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 865 Plus is its most powerful mobile...
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Short examples of the Value of Emergent Analytic Tech
O'Reilly puts together four interesting examples of the use of emergent tech. Worth a look.O'Reilly Radar by Nat TorkingtonFour short links: 8 July 2020 AI Weirdness...
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Tool Turns Math into Pictures
Lovely thought, you can browse the images, and edit or choose the best. To produce a best explanation. A means to communicate math concepts with management,Carnegie...
From Schneier on Security
Half a Million IoT Passwords Leaked
It is amazing that this sort of thing can still happen: ...the list was compiled by scanning the entire internet for devices that were exposing their Telnet port...
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Wal-Mart Vs Amazon with Premium Subscription Services
Not too surprising, but closely follow the effectiveness of the execution used. I like the emergence of competition here.Walmart Spent Years on a Secret Plan to...
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Marc Pritchard Says Consumer Expectations Are Greater Than Ever
in AdWeek A former colleague of mine discusses consumer expectations of business,Marc Pritchard Says Consumer Expectations Are Greater Than EverIn his first keynote...
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Conifer: Revisiting Web Pages
Brought to my attention again, how effective is this to use? Will be testing.Conifer: Collect and revisit web pages.Conifer is a web archiving service thatFree...
From insideHPC
Google Unveils 1st Public Cloud VMs using Nvidia Ampere A100 Tensor GPUs
Google today introduced the Accelerator-Optimized VM (A2) instance family on Google Compute Engine based on the NVIDIA Ampere A100 Tensor Core GPU, launched inGoogle...
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Drones of all Types in the Smart City
Good general piece on the topic. Inevitable. Their form, security, management and capabilities are still to be worked out in sufficient detail. Also the further...
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AWS CodeGuru Available
Had not seen this yet, worth a close look. When we coded we had experts review its quality along a number of metrics. Automating this process should ensureAWS...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Member Melanie Mitchell to Receive the Herbert A. Simon Award
The Herbert A. Simon Award is presented to researchers who have made important lifetime contributions to the field of complex systems science. It is named in memory...
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Get Started with the Alexa Skills Kit
Another introduction to how skills work in Alexa.Get Started with the Alexa Skills KitLearn how Alexa skills work and how you can build one using the Alexa Skills...
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Overview of Federated Learning for Privacy Critical Learning
A look at federated learning (Via O'Reilly). Intro useful for anyone, then technical.Federated learning enables machine learning in privacy-critical applications...
From Schneier on Security
IoT Security Principles
The BSA -- also known as the Software Alliance, formerly the Business Software Alliance -- is an industry lobbying group. They just published "Policy Principles...
From insideHPC
Reports: TSMC May Commercialize Production of Cerebras-style AI Supercomputing Chips
Published reports state that TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) may begin commercial production within two years of specialized supercomputer AIReports...
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