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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 Phys.org Technology News
New tech fuelling global boom in child sex tourism: study
Technology is transforming the global sex trade and making it easier than ever for travellers to prey on children, a landmark study on paedophiles warned Thursday...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Gesture-Based Security
Interesting research: Abdul Serwadda, Vir V. Phoha, Zibo Wang, Rajesh Kumar, and Diksha Shukla, "Robotic Robbery on the Touch Screen," ACM Transactions on Information...
From Phys.org Technology News
A sixth sense protects drivers except when texting
While much has been made about the dangers of texting and driving, less attention has been focused on the age-old distractions of being absent minded or upset while...
From XRDS
A Brief Survey on Software Recommendation Tools
Software engineering recommendation systems assist developers so that they can almost automatically find: 1) code snippets that match their programs, 2) appropriate...
From Schneier on Security
FTC Investigating Android Patching Practices
It's a known truth that most Android vulnerabilities don't get patched. It's not Google's fault. They release the patches, but the phone carriers don't push them...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Must Move Beyond the Wow
In Knowledge@Wharton: Good piece.Why Apple Must Move Beyond the ‘Wow’ MomentApple’s disappointing second quarter earnings – including the first-ever drop in sales...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Process Assessment
This was new to me, but addressing measurement in services: Software-mediated Process Assessments (SMPA) in IT Service Management An Australian Research Council...
From insideHPC
OpenPOWER Summit Coming to Frankfurt June 16-17
The OpenPOWER Foundation is pleased to announce the first OpenPOWER Europe Summit taking place on June 16-17 in Frankfurt. The post OpenPOWER Summit Coming to Frankfurt...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Virtual Reality, Game Design, and The Future of Education
A Favorite topic of mine on the CSIG call tomorrow: (See also the gamification tag below)" ... Just a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker...
From insideHPC
NERSC Paper on Burst Buffers Recognized at Cray User Group
A new paper outlining NERSC's Burst Buffer Early User Program and the center’s pioneering efforts in recent months to test drive the technology using real science...
From insideHPC
D-Wave Systems Launches Quantum for Quants Online Community
Today D-Wave Systems announced the launch of Quantum for Quants, an online community designed specifically for quantitative analysts and other experts focused on...
From insideHPC
Cowboy Supercomputer Powers Research at the Oklahoma State
In this video, Oklahoma State Director of HPC Dana Brunson describes how the Cowboy supercomputer powers research. "High performance computing, involves supercomputers...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On Shelf Availability
A common measure in retail. Out of stocks The ability to select replacements for your regular buy. A customer lost potentially forever? Then what is the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Bayesian Networks
Brought to my attention by Robert Tucci. Now following. I have been mostly an observer of the development of quantum computing methods for years, helped someTechnical...
From Schneier on Security
New Credit Card Scam
A criminal ring was arrested in Malaysia for credit card fraud: They would visit the online shopping websites and purchase all their items using phony credit card...
From Phys.org Technology News
High-tech devices take cheating to new level in Thai schools
Glasses with embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information seem like regular spy equipment for the likes of James Bond, but for three students applying...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics and Organization
In McKinsey: " ... In a new survey, executives say senior-leader involvement and the right organizational structure are critical factors in how successful a company...
From insideHPC
TGAC Installs Worlds Largest SGI UV 300 Supercomputer for Life Sciences
Today SGI announced the deployment of its largest SGI UV 300 supercomputer to data at The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) in the UK. As one of the largest Intel SSD...
From insideHPC
Fujitsu to Build 25 Petaflop Supercomputer at JCAHPC in Japan
Today Fujitsu announced an order for a 25 Petaflop supercomputer system from the University of Tokyo and the University of Tsukuba. Powered by Intel Knights Landing...
From The Eponymous Pickle