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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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Exascale: GE Aerospace Goes Airborne with Frontier and Aurora
Since 2022, GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) has competed successfully for more than 3 million supercomputing hours under a U.S. Department of Energy peer-reviewed proposal...
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SNIA Announces Regional SDC Denver Event for April 30
Santa Clara, CA., February 13, 2025 –SNIA, the Storage Networking Industry Association, has announced its 2nd annual Regional SDC conference, Regional SDC Denver...
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Synopsys Expands Hardware-Assisted Verification Portfolio for Semiconductor Design
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2025 — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the expansion of its hardware-assisted verification (HAV) portfolio with new HAPS...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid the Care Dog
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center has a pediatric care dog named “Squid.” Blog moderation policy.
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at Boskone 62 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, which runs from February 14-16, 2025...
From Schneier on Security
AI and Civil Service Purges
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s chaotic approach to reform is upending government operations. Critical functions have been halted, tens of thousands of federal staffers...
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JSC Acquires D-Wave Quantum Computer
PALTO ALTO, Calif. and JÜLICH, Germany — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) and the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) announced...
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Rice Univ. Prof. Lydia Kavraki Elected to National Academy of Engineering for Research in Biomedical Robotics
Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors accordedRice...
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Toward AGI: AI Innovation Will Be Driven by Applications, Not LLMs
DeepSeek’s LLM has caused a stir, but ... companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are aiming higher, their sights are set on artificial general intelligence, for which...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Turn Right in Tenejapa
Designing software that is inclusive for global markets is easy. All you have to do is get an AI to translate everything in the interface into multiple languages...
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HPE Ships Its First NVIDIA Grace Blackwell System
HOUSTON – FEBRUARY 13, 2025 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) announced today that it has shipped its first NVIDIA Blackwell family-based solution, the NVIDIA...
From Schneier on Security
DOGE as a National Cyberattack
In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Responds to NSF Request for Comment on Proposed Intellectual Property Options
In December 2024, the National Science Foundation (NSF) released a Request for Comments (RFC) seeking public input to inform the adoption of new Intellectual Property...
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Applied Digital Closes $375M Financing with SMBC to Support HPC Campus
DALLAS, Feb. 12, 2025 — Applied Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: APLD), a builder of digital infrastructure for HPC applications, announced today that the company,Applied...
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Quantinuum Quantum Computer Now Operational at RIKEN
TOKYO, Feb. 11, 2025 — Quantinuum and Japan’s RIKEN research institution announced the on-premise installation of Quantinuum’s “Reimei” quantum computer at RIKEN...
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Eaton Invests $340M in Transformer Manufacturing to Power Data Centers
CLEVELAND, Feb. 12, 2025 – Intelligent power management company Eaton (NYSE:ETN) is helping address the shortage of transformers and record demand for its solutions...
From Computational Complexity
Research Then and Now
A student asked me if complexity research was easier when I was a student. Interesting question. Let's compare research now versus the late 80's.The big advantage...
From Schneier on Security
Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets
Here’s a supply-chain attack just waiting to happen. A group of researchers searched for, and then registered, abandoned Amazon S3 buckets for about $400. These...
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Why Tier 0 Is a Game-Changer for GPU Storage
In tech, you’re either forging new paths or stuck in traffic. Tier 0 doesn’t just clear the road — it builds the autobahn. It obliterates inefficiencies, crushes...
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