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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
Netflix Advances
Being a longtime techie, but have been fairly late to services like Netflix. Been impressed though in how they deliver a vast amount of goods and attract lots...
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IKEA Shanghai Concept Store Goes for Makers, Innovation ... Less Maze
Nice thoughts, will it work effectively?Can IKEA’s store layout still amaze without a maze? by Matthew Stern with further expert commentary. in Retailwire....
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Vaccine Nudging Tested
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: (from Kowledge@Wharton) Wharton’s Mitesh Patel speaks with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM about how text-based nudges increase vaccination...
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Domo Arigato, Mr.Roboto
The UpPenn Language Log looks at the origin of the wordDomo arigato, Mr. Roboto in the Language Log by Victor Mair
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AI Powered Edge from NVidia
Just make sure they are also secure.A Powered Edge from NVIDIASmart buildings, connected manufacturing plants, retail stores, hospitals and more -- all are getting...
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On Value Creation
Have read this before, good overview.Value Realization, Value Positioning, Value CreationDave Brock -September 4, 2021 As sales and marketing people, the concept...
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On the use of Content in this Blog
Updates on use: A quote from an article here is in italics. Non italics are my words. When the quote ends with an : " ..." it means I have...
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When will the COVID-19 pandemic end?
McKinsey writes. And what is the definition of 'ends'? Normalcy is? August 23, 2021 | ArticleBy Sarun Charumilind, Matt Craven, Jessica Lamb, Adam Sabow, Shubham...
From My Biased Coin
Harvard Shopping Period, Here We Go Again
I was looking at today's Harvard Crimson, and noted that Harvard's shopping period looks ready to be vanished again. Shopping period is that wonderful Harvardsomething...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Are You Assigning Projects or Recipes?
Chris Lehmann, the amazing principal of Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, says “If you assign a project and get back 30 of the same thing, that’s not...
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Forward to Smart Glasses
Next step forward to usable smart glasses, driven by tiny lasers. General or very narrow applications?Tiny Lasers Could Finally Bring Us Really Smart AR Glasses...
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Will AI Reason like Humans?
IBM Still thinking Watson as assistant and more.Tomorrow’s AI Will Reason Like Humans, IBM Watson Developer Predicts David Nahamoo says machines will grok us. ...
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A different kind of Work from Home
Thoughts on different kinds of work. The Rise of a Different Work-from-Home by Jeff JordanEarly in the COVID pandemic, my colleague D’Arcy Coolican and I penned...
From insideHPC
NEC Launches ‘Quantum-inspired’ Simulated Annealing Service Using Vector Supercomputers
NEC Corporation has announced the launch of the “NEC Vector Annealing Service,” a quantum-inspired simulated annealing service that uses a vector supercomputer,...
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Impact of Cybersecurity and International Trade
Wladawsky-Berger's latest piece as applied to cybersecurity. Below the intro, then much more inked to: Irving Wladawsky-BergerA collection of observations, news...
From Schneier on Security
Lightning Cable with Embedded Eavesdropping
Normal-looking cables (USB-C, Lightning, and so on) that exfiltrate data over a wireless network. I blogged about a previous prototype here
From Schneier on Security
Tracking People by their MAC Addresses
Yet another article on the privacy risks of static MAC addresses and always-on Bluetooth connections. This one is about wireless headphones. The good news is that...
From insideHPC
SC21 to Require Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination for In-Person Attendees
Following are excepts from a statement released yesterday by Bronis de Supinski, general chair of SC21, to be held in St. Louis in November. The requirement ofSC21...
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Apple Delays iPhone Scanning for Child Abuse
It was warned that such methods could be modified to 'scan' any kind of text content in a phone, and lead to a backdoor being established.Apple delays plan to scan...
From Schneier on Security