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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 CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The first computer music
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London (updated from the archive) The first recorded music by a computer program was the result of a flamboyant flourish...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Attackers Bypass Coinbase, MetaMask 2FA via TeamViewer
Interesting connection with TeamViewer, Security in Meta? Attackers Bypass Coinbase, MetaMask 2FA via TeamViewerBleepingComputerBill Toulas, November 21, 2022...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Grounded Fishing Boat Carrying 16,000 Pounds of Squid
Rough seas are hampering efforts to salvage the boat: The Speranza Marie, carrying 16,000 pounds of squid and some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, hit the shoreline...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Year in Physics from Quanta Mag
Physics, like AI, is increasingly important to understand and apply ... The Year in PhysicsIn a year filled with sweet new observations in astronomy and tantalizing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Russia Is Jamming More GPS Satellite Signals
Use of Jamming versus Sat Signals, GPSRussia Is Jamming More GPS Satellite Signals Around MoscowBy New Scientist, December 27, 2022Map of GPS Interference nearCredit...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI is Making Movies Now
Cheaper and more efficient, but better? AI Is Here, and It's Making Movies. Is Hollywood Ready?By Los Angeles Times, December 29, 2022'Vubbing' software can visually...
From The Eponymous Pickle
World Ahead: 2023
Always interesting, from Irving Wladawsky-Berger, intro below:A collection of observations, news and resources on the changing nature of innovation, technology,...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Is Now Essential National Infrastructure
AI is essential AI Is Now Essential National Infrastructure, By Wired December 29, 2022Illustration in comic-book style shows researchers in a lab working in virtual...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IISc Scientists Build Energy-Efficient Computing Platforms
More energy Efficient ComputingIISc Scientists Build Energy-Efficient Computing Platforms to Beat Power DeficitTechCircle, December 2, 2022An energy-efficient computing...
From Schneier on Security
Recovering Smartphone Voice from the Accelerometer
Yet another smartphone side-channel attack: “EarSpy: Spying Caller Speech and Identity through Tiny Vibrations of Smartphone Ear Speakers“: Abstract: Eavesdropping...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Swat a way to drive
by Peter W McOwan, Queen Mary University of London (updated from the archive) Flies are small, fast and rather cunning. Try to swat one and you will see just how...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Future Friendly: Focus on Kerstin Dautenhahn
by Peter W McOwan, Queen Mary University of London (from the archive) Kerstin Dautenhahn is a biologist with a mission: to help us make friends with robots. Kerstin...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Quickly checking that a string belongs to a small set
Suppose that I give you a set of reference strings (“ftp”, “file”, “http”, “https”, “ws”, “wss”). Given a new string, you want to quickly tell whether it is part...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tech Shame?
Interesting ObservationGen Z Overwhelmed by 'Tech Shame' at WorkFortune, Chloe Berger, December 15, 2022An HP survey of 10,000 office workers worldwide found Generation...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Gift of Nonconstructivity
Can we quantify “nonconstructive advantage”? Japan Times source Péter Frankl has been in the news again this year. The news is substantial partial progress on his...
From The Eponymous Pickle
You Are Not Expected to Understand This
The value and emergence of Code: "You Are Not Expected to Understand This": How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World Audible Logo Audible Audiobook – UnabridgedTorie...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Aces Flight After Software Update
Fixing code on the fly ...Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Aces Flight After Software Updatein Space.comTereza Pultarova, November 26, 2022The U.S. National Aeronautics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Condor will pass 1000 Qubits
New advances, how much more valuable?AN IBM QUANTUM COMPUTER WILL SOON PASS THE 1,000-QUBIT MARKThe Condor processor is just one quantum-computing advance slated...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Designing with DNA
Like the idea, examining the approach further.Designing with DNA By Duke University, December 28, 2022An open-source software program developed by researchers...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)