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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 …
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Colgate Advertising as a Space Hygiene Company
Spent a considerable amount of time working at Procter & Gamble, often a competitor to Colgate, so its interesting to see this product connection with arch competitor...
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Earth's Poles Flipping?
The linked article below claims that NASA has detected an increase in the wandering of the earth's magnetic poles. Ultimately this can produce what is called a...
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New Fusion Energy Development from Lawrence Livermore
Have been hearing much that these advances are still net energy deficient. Seeking paper. Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopesNet...
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Apple Will Use US Chips
Arizona made chips to be used ... Tim Cook Confirms Apple Will Use US-Made Chips From New Arizona FabBy Adrianna Nine on December 7, 2022 in ExtremeTechAs if...
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Chip Makers, Once in High Demand, Confront Sudden Challenges
Supply Chains, Designs,ContextsChip Makers, Once in High Demand, Confront Sudden ChallengesBy The New York Times, October 28, 2022A few months ago, makers of computer...
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Virtualizing Nuclear War?
Happy thoughts here, not sure talking or virtualizing does much. But consider all the war games that have been played, Including civilians. Serious stuff....
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ESnet Launches Next-Generation Network to Enhance Collaborative Science
Better Networks Built for Research.ACM TECHNEWSESnet Launches Next-Generation Network to Enhance Collaborative ScienceBy Berkeley Lab News Center, October 18, 2022...
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A Wearable Reasoner
Reasonable thought, but how well does it work in varying contexts. Need to be wearable? Good demo included.Wearable Reasoner: Towards Enhanced Human Rationality...
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Google Machine Learns with ML for Sheets (ML forSpreadsheet?)
Very interesting update ... like the idea, will look at it. Click through for more. Google brings machine learning to online spreadsheets with Simple ML forSean...
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San Francisco Now Says No to Armed Robots
Mentioned the earlier decision here a week ago, and predicted it would NOT last in SF's policing environment. It has now quickly been reversed. San FranciscoExplosive...
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Dealing with Tsunami of Data
Continues.RisingWave Emerges to Tackle Tsunami of Real-Time DataAlex Woodie in DatanamiOnly the most advanced companies have overcome the technical complexity involved...
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Concerns about TikTok
And it continuesFBI Director Raises National Security Concerns About TikTokBy Associated Press on December 03, 2022FBI concerns over TikTokFBI Director Chris Wray...
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Social Commerce: The f\Buture of How Consumers Interact with Brands
McKinsey: Social commerce: The Future of how Consumers Interact with BrandsAuthors: Camilo Becdach is a partner in McKinsey’s Southern California office, where...
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Photonic Chips
New developments in Photonic ChipsCaltech's Nanophotonic Chip 'Squeezes' More Out of LightBy Caltech, October 18, 2022The photonic chip can generate and measure...
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Why Synthetic Data Is Key to Paving the Way for Smart Cities
Good thoughts here for other applications as wellWhy Synthetic Data Is Key to Paving the Way for Smart CitiesBy Spiceworks, November 18, 2022Illustration of a futuristic...
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MIT Is Working on Self-Assembling Robots
We Met in the past at MIT with Neil Gershenfeld. MIT Is Working on Self-Assembling RobotsBy Ryan Whitwam on November 28, 2022 at 7:00 amToday, humans build robots...
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All about EVs and their Needs
Is much of the things I have thought about. The EV Transition Explained: Charger Infrastructure How many, where, and who pays? By Robert N. Charette in Spectrum...
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Longtermism
Also been following: Longtermism is an ethical stance which gives priority to improving the long-term future. It is an important concept in effective altruism and...
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Hard to Crack Hardware
Fascinating development using Logic locks and Spin alignment. Hard-to-Crack HardwareKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia)November 14...
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