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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
First General Purpose Humanoid Robot
Precise definition somewhat fluid.Figure Promises First General Purpose Humanoid Robot The startup’s team includes robotics veterans from IHMC, Boston Dynamics,...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Marissa Mayer: Lemons Linking 41 Shades of Blue – A/B Testing
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London Google, one of the most powerful companies in the world, is famous for being founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin...
From Putting People First
UNDP Guide to Deep Listening
This UNDP guide provides step-by-step guidance, practical tools, and hands-on experiences on the process of Deep Listening, including systems mapping, rapid ethnographic...
From Schneier on Security
Another Malware with Persistence
Here’s a piece of Chinese malware that infects SonicWall security appliances and survives firmware updates. On Thursday, security firm Mandiant published a report...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Dart Could Save the Earth from Something Inevitable
Here is a really big deal. Such hits are to be expected, catastrophic, and we can now often divert them.NASA: DART Mission Proves Kinetic Impact Can Save Earth...
From insideHPC
DOE: $120M Funding Opportunity for Fusion Energy Research
March 9, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy has announced a $120 million funding opportunity for fusion energy research. The deadline for pre-applications isDOE...
From insideHPC
Mythic Raises $13M for Edge AI Inference
Austin – March 9, 2023 – AI processing company Mythic has raised $13 million in a new round of funding. Mythic’s existing investors Atreides Management, DCVC, and...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Opinions, Opinions, Opinions
Social media is full of people’s opinions, whether about politics, movies, things they bought, celebrities or just something in the news. However, sometimes there...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CRA Accessible Technology for All Workshop Summary
This post was originally published by Helen Wright in the CRA-Industry Blog. On February 22-23, 2023 in Washington, DC, the Computing Research Association (CRA)...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
UA Day: Global Effort to Drive a More Inclusive and Multilingual Internet
This press release was originally published on icann.org ICANN and the UASG to Mobilize the Global Internet Community for Universal Acceptance LOS ANGELES – 09UA...
From insideHPC
LUMI Wins Green Data Centre Award
London — March 8 — The LUMI data center has been recognized in the 2023 Data Centre World Awards for the Green Data Centre of the Year. The award was presentedLUMI...
From insideHPC
Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre Announces 3 New Board Members
Perth, Australia — March 9, 2023 — The Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has announced three new members to its board of directors: Sonya Walker and Mark Bazzacco...
From insideHPC
Intel Launches Intel Agilex 7 FPGAs
March 6, 2023 — Intel has launched new FPGAs, the Agilex 7 FPGAs with F-Tile, equipped with what the company said are the fastest FPGA transceivers on the market...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Submits Response to the OSTP Request for Information on Digital Assets Research and Development
On Friday of last week, the CCC submitted a response to the Request for Information on Digital Assets Research and Development, which was released in January by...
From insideHPC
DARPA to Sponsor April 11 Webinar on Hybrid Quantum/Classical HPC
March 8, 2023 — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said today it is sponsoring a live webinar on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, to highlight an Advanced...
From insideHPC
Vertiv Introduces Chilled Water Thermal Wall for Slab-Floor Data Centers in EMEA
London — March 07, 2023 — IT infrastructure vendor Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) has introduced the Vertiv Liebert CWA, a thermal management system for slab floor data centres...
From Schneier on Security
BlackLotus Malware Hijacks Windows Secure Boot Process
Researchers have discovered malware that “can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced protections are enabled and running on fully...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The Life of a Star
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London The first computers transformed the way research is done. One of the very first computers, EDSAC*, contributed to...
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: The AI Gold Rush, Virtual Quantum, an Advance for Silicon Photonics
In what may become a regular segment of the @HPCpodcast, Shahin and Doug cover important recent developments in HPC and AI that signal changes in markets and policies...
From The Eponymous Pickle