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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
Imaginable
Now reading game designers Jane McGonigal's just published: " Imaginable: How to see the Future Coming and feel ready for anything - even things that seem impossible...
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3D Quantum Accelerometer
Was unaware of such an application:First 3D quantum accelerometer could let ships navigate without GPSA device that measures acceleration very precisely usingPHYSICS...
From The Noisy Channel
Let’s Talk About Resume Screening
With apologies to Bruno, we don’t talk about resume screening. But we should.Resume screening is usually the first step in the hiring process for active candidates...
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI and Intelligence
Musing on future directions. AI's true goal may no longer be intelligenceSome scholars of AI warn that the present technologies may never add up to "true" intelligence...
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Fairer Search Results
Ranking, Fairness. Fairer Ranking System Diversifies Search ResultsCornell ChroniclePatricia Waldron, September 19, 2022Cornell University researchers Yuta Saito...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Chinese Squid Fishing
China claims that it is “engaging in responsible squid fishing”: Chen Xinjun, dean of the College of Marine Sciences at Shanghai Ocean University, made the remarks...
From insideHPC
GRAID Technology and primeLine Solutions GmbH Form HPC Partnership in Germany
SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 20, 2022 – German custom HPC server maker primeLine Solutions GmbH announced it now incorporates SupremeRAID GPU accelerated RAID as...
From insideHPC
David Abramson to Deliver Nov. 10 Ken Kennedy Institute Lecture on Translational Research Computer Science
Oct. 28, 2022 — A Ken Kennedy Institute Distinguished Lecture by David Abramson of the University of Queensland on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4-6 p.m. Central Time at...
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Microsoft Admits its Patches Broke OneDrive
I did notice that OneDrive was acting oddly, have used it since my corporate days. When it was standard for us. Also it was using my personal pix backupIt...
From insideHPC
NTT Scientists Say They Have New Way to Verify Quantum Advantage
Sunnyvale, Calif. – October 26, 2022 – NTT Research announced that a scientist from its Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab and a colleague from the...
From insideHPC
Qumulo Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage
October 28, 2022 — SEATTLE — Qumulo, a petabyte-scale data storage company, today announced its position as a leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed...
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Singapore, Germany to Mutually Recognize IoT Cybersecurity Labels
IOT security direction particularly important. Why Singapore, Germany to Mutually Recognize IoT Cybersecurity LabelsBy ZDNet, October 27, 2022Singapore and...
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Autonomous, Wireless Robots Could Dance on a Human Hair
Antbots, more on micro robots and their potential uses.Autonomous, Wireless Robots Could Dance on a Human HairSeptember 23, 2022The Antbots incorporate a photovoltaic...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Software Tools Aim to Aid 3D Content Creation for Metaverse
Seems useful, if needed. Makes sense out of Adobe. Note apparel example.Software Tools Aim to Aid 3D Content Creation for MetaverseBy Reuters, October 27, 2022A...
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Apple Forms Security Research Hub
New emphasis on Security Apple Security ResearchApple Launches New Security Research HubApple engineers share technical details about the team's work on memorydr_staff_125x125...
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Batteries Could be 3D Printed
Evolving battery techThe future of solid-state batteries could be 3D-printed in TheVergeThat means batteries could have customized shapesBy LIZZIE PHILIP, Oct...
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New X-Ray Technique Could Help Detect Explosives, Tumors
Shape detection leveraged. New X-Ray Technique Could Help Detect Explosives, TumorsBy Adrianna Nine on September 15, 2022 at 1:02 pm A new X-ray technique that...
From Schneier on Security
Critical Vulnerability in Open SSL
There are no details yet, but it’s really important that you patch Open SSL 3.x when the new version comes out on Tuesday. How bad is “Critical”? According tocritical...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
Testing Reveals Popular Web Hosting Tools are Not UA-Ready
By Nabil Benamar, Chair, UA Measurement Working Group Web hosting tools are critical to managing and maintaining a functional website. They are the building blocks...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)