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A Brain for Autonomous Mobile Robots
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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
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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
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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
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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...

Alexa Custom Assistant Announced
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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...

Small Business Exporters
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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
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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
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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...

Explaining Reinforcement Learning
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Explaining Reinforcement Learning

 Been recently involved with reinforcement learning, and found this interesting.   I see some advances in this space worth following.  Especially in RL, you need...

Alexa Entities Build with Knowledge Graphs
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Alexa Entities Build with Knowledge Graphs

Announcements in the Alexa Development blog about new means to connect knowledge graph data to voice interactions with Entities.    With code and Dev examples. ...

Computational Complexity and Quantum
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Computational Complexity and Quantum

Computational complexity provides measures of how hard things are to compute.   Taught in many as part of analytics curriculum..   Which define classes of complexity...

On What Matters:  Cornerstones
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On What Matters: Cornerstones

Below the intro, which links to the 'cornerstones',  good thoughts.   Certainly we discovered these in the enterprise, for new and older tech. Intelligent automation...

Sidewalk Robots Get Rights
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Sidewalk Robots Get Rights

Coming changes in urban and suburban views.Sidewalk robots get legal rights as "pedestrians"   By Jennifer A. Kingson in AxiosAs small robots proliferate on sidewalks...

Non-Fungible, Blockchained, Unique and Expensive
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Non-Fungible, Blockchained, Unique and Expensive

Don't fully understand this, but if someone is willing to pay for something provably unique?  The picture is shown at the link.How a 10-Second Video Clip Sold for...

Quantum Effect in Erasing
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Quantum Effect in Erasing

Pondering the implications of this.The Demon Is in the Detail—Trinity Team Discovers Uniquely Quantum Effect in Erasing InformationTrinity College Dublin (Ireland)...

Material AI Invention and Discovery
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Material AI Invention and Discovery

New directions in new material discovery.  As it mentions, AI-driven molecular driven platform that is said to invent new molecular structureIBM launches AI platform...

Stop Conversations Sooner?
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Stop Conversations Sooner?

Perhaps a guide for chatbots?  Or is the guide for them different?  Though like all such guides, and rules of thumb, depends highly on context.When Should You End...

Google to Stop Tracking Users for Targeted Ads
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Google to Stop Tracking Users for Targeted Ads

Has long been done with cookies.  More recently has been more dangerously proposed via  'CName Collusion'  See:  https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/808...

Imaginary Numbers Essential for a Quantum Reality
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Imaginary Numbers Essential for a Quantum Reality

Good piece, math-technical, worth a skim regardless.   Intro below.  Imaginary Numbers May Be Essential for Describing Quantum RealityA new thought experiment indicates...

Facebook's Seer Recognizes Images
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Facebook's Seer Recognizes Images

Thinking the implications of this in business practice.Facebook’s new AI model SEER can teach itself to recognize images  By Mike Wheatley in SiliconAngleResearchers...
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