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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 insideHPC
IQM Says It Has Set Quantum Milestones
Espoo, Finland, 15th July 2024 – IQM Quantum Computers said it has reached milestones in superconducting quantum computing, demonstrating improvements in two key...
From Writing
Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery is now available as an early release!
Today, I’m excited to announce my new book! It’s called Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery, and it’s a comprehensive, hands-on guide to deploying and...
From Computational Complexity
The Term Quantum Being Misused ... Again
In a post from 2015 I noted that the word quantum is often misused (see here). Have things gotten better since then? I think you know the answer. But two uses of...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA At 20 Looking Back #CSTA2024
CTSA turns twenty and as I write this I am about ready to fly out to Las Vegas for the annual CSTA conference. I’m in the mood to look back a bit. After the conference...
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking on “Reimagining Democracy in the Age of AI” at the Bozeman Library in Bozeman, Montana...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Art Touch and Talk Tour Tech
Mary Ann Horton was transitioning to female at the time that she made one of her biggest contributions to our lives with a simple computer science idea with a...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: 1994 Lair of Squid Game
I didn’t know: In 1994, Hewlett-Packard released a miracle machine: the HP 200LX pocket-size PC. In the depths of the device, among the MS-DOS productivity apps...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Weekly Computing News: A Groundbreaking NSF Facility Project
In this installment of CCC’s Weekly Computing News, we are sharing the exciting announcement of a leader-class computing facility project from The U.S. National...
From insideHPC
SoftBank Acquires AI Chip Company Graphcore
July 12, 2024 — Graphcore has confirmed that the Japan-based SoftBank investment firm has acquired the specialty AI chip company. Terms were not disclosed, butSoftBank...
From insideHPC
July 28 Deadline for Office of Science Digital Twins RFI
July 12, 2024 — The Digital Twins Fast-Tracking Committee of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office...
From insideHPC
Research from Vultr on AI Maturity ROI
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.– Cloud computing platform Vultr has released an industry report, The New Battleground: Unlocking the Power of AI Maturity with Multi-Model...
From insideHPC
Eviden and the IOTA Foundation Announce Digital Product Passport
Paris – July 12, 2024 – Eviden today announced ,in partnership with the IOTA Foundation, the Eviden Digital Passport solution (EDPS), “powered by IOTA” technology...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
FOCS 2024
Foundations of Computer Science 2024 is coming this fall: October 27-30, 2024 at Wolf Point Plaza, Chicago. A Bit of History The cover of the FOCS proceedings is...
From Schneier on Security
The NSA Has a Long-Lost Lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper
The NSA has a video recording of a 1982 lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper titled “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People.” The agency is (so far)...
From insideHPC
HPE-Nvidia 6 AI Exaflops Supercomputer to Be Installed at AIST Research Organization in Japan
Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) research organization will integrate thousands of Nvidia H200 Tensor Core GPUs into...
From Schneier on Security
Apple Is Alerting iPhone Users of Spyware Attacks
Not a lot of details: Apple has issued a new round of threat notifications to iPhone users across 98 countries, warning them of potential mercenary spyware attacks...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Accessible Technology in the Voting Booth
Mary Ann Horton was transitioning to female at the time that she made one of her biggest contributions to our lives with a simple computer science idea with a...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Benchmarking ARM processors: Graviton 4, Graviton 3 and Apple M2
The world of commodity processor is roughly divided in two: x64 chips for servers and PCs, and ARM processors for mobile devices. However, ARM chips increasingly...
From insideHPC
July 22 Deadline for ASCR Call for Papers: Workshop on Neuromorphic Computing for Science
July 10, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program has announced a Monday July 22 deadline (11:59 pm ET) for...
From insideHPC