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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
AT&T Offers Limited Text Chat via Alexa
A first, integrating multiple communications channels via Alexa. Here from AT&T. Still quite limited, 10 contacts only, but I like the direction. Closer toAmazon...
From Schneier on Security
Using Wi-Fi to Detect Hand Motions and Steal Passwords
This is impressive research: "When CSI Meets Public WiFi: Inferring Your Mobile Phone Password via WiFi Signals": Abstract: In this study, we present WindTalker...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bots in the Azure Cloud
More capabilities for building Bots. I think the definition is still too loose. Microsoft launches Azure Bot Service to bring more bots and AI into the cloud by...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hololens Moving Towards Real World Applications Beyond Games
Saw today a video demo from a Dutch company called Wortell, which is a Microsoft partner developing 'practical' applications of the Hololens. Using head mounted...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Preparations for the fifth Heidelberg Laureate Forum are in full swing, and applications from young researchers to attend are now being accepted. The Heidelberg...![[Book] Collaborative Ethnography in Business Environments](/system/assets/0000/1953/030209_Vanderbeeken_Mark_250.small_square.jpg?1476779420&1260281963)
From Putting People First
[Book] Collaborative Ethnography in Business Environments
Collaborative Ethnography in Business Environments Edited by Maryann McCabe Routledge 2017, 138 pages In a global and rapidly changing commercial environment, businesses...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Turning Data into Leverage
You have data, there is pressure to gather and archive more. What is its value?Turning data into leverageOzan Turgut discusses how to use visualization and analytics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Medical Device Security
In the CACM: Was brought directly to my attention recently. This is video history, but useful as an introduction as well. Covers well beyond data security,...
From insideHPC
Memory Modes For Increased Performance on Intel Xeon Phi
The Intel Xeon Phi processor supports different types of memory, and can organize this into three types of memory mode. The new processor from Intel contains two...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Examples of Python Implementation of Machine Learning
Jim Spohrer retweeted by Randy Olson @randalThis is usefully instructiveMinimal and clean #Python implementations of #MachineLearning algorithms. #DataScience...
From The Eponymous Pickle
This Blog Gets more Security
This is useful for better security. I have verified its operation. Google informs me:" .. Your HTTPS settings have changed. All visitors are now able to view your...
From insideHPC
Manage Your Lustre HPC Storage with the new Dashboard from RAID Inc.
In this video from SC16, Yugendra Guvvala, VP of Technology at RAID Inc. describes the company's new Dashboard software. The Dashboard provides a single pane of...
From insideHPC
What’s Next for HPC? A Q&A with Michael Kagan, CTO of Mellanox
As an HPC technology vendor, Mellanox is in the business of providing the leading-edge interconnects that drive many of the world's fastest supercomputers. To learn...
From insideHPC
Asetek Sports Eight Installations on the TOP500 Supercomputer List
"With the accelerating trend of higher wattages and the continuing requirement of high density, the need for adaptable, cost effective, and reliable liquid cooling...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Password-Protected Computers via the USB Port
PoisonTap is an impressive hacking tool that can compromise computers via the USB port, even when they are password protected. What's interesting is the chain of...
From insideHPC
Nimbix & Xilinx Accelerate FPGA-Based Workloads in the Cloud
Today Nimbix announced the immediate availability of the Xilinx SDAccel development environment for on-demand development, testing, and deployment of FPGA-accelerated...
From Computational Complexity
Computer Science Academic Hiring
My faculty recruiting season in 2016 never stopped. The spring recruiting season bled through summer right into various fall recruiting activities. How I envy my...
From Phys.org Technology News
Drone had 'very near-miss' with plane near London's Shard
A drone just missed hitting an A320 plane flying above the Shard skyscraper in central London in July—one of several near-misses involving passenger jets in Britain...
From Writing
Terraform: Up & Running is now available as an early release
A funny thing happened last week. I wrote another book! It’s called Terraform: Up & Running and it’s now available as an early release in the O’Reilly Store!
From Writing