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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 Putting People First
No time to think
Nowadays, people can keep negative thoughts at bay with a frenzy of activity. Kate Murphy writes on the consequences in the Sunday Review section of the New York...
From Computational Complexity
The n^{1/3} barrier for 2-server PIR's broken! A lesson for us all!
Recall: PIR stands for Private Information Retrieval. Here is the model: A database is an n-bit string (my wife tells me this is not true). The user wants to find...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why You Need Parentheses
A friend posted the following image on Facebook. You’ve probably seen like it. Actually I have posted similar myself.The result, as you might expect, was people...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neurosynaptic Chips
Just announced in IBM Research: " ... What is a cognitive chip? The latest SyNAPSE chip, introduced on August 7, 2014, has the potential to transform mobilityThe...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative
Their latest newsletter. Subscribe. I follow them and write about their work from time to time, always something interesting to see. Most recently resultsPurchase...
From Schneier on Security
The US Intelligence Community has a Third Leaker
Ever since The Intercept published this story about the US government's Terrorist Screening Database, the press has been writing about a "second leaker": The Intercept...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Testing Mobile App Tracking
In Adage: Testing a method for App tracking on mobile browsers. " ... Google has come up with a way to overcome the ad-targeting gap between mobile web visitors...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Analytics Training at University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati Center for Business Analytics is pleased to announce its fall continuing education offerings. These two-day courses will be offered...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Vint Cerf on the Internet
Always interesting Internet pioneer, Vint Cerf, who we used as a consultant in the enterprise, talks about the current state and future of the Intenet. In the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Text Analytics for Everyone
In UXMag: Our own early experience with text analytics was that it can be readily done with today's software, but coming to specific conclusions can be more difficult...
From Schneier on Security
Over a Billion Passwords Stolen?
I've been doing way too many media interviews over this weird New York Times story that a Russian criminal gang has stolen over 1.2 billion passwords. As expected...
From Wild WebMink
Is Microsoft To Blame For Malware?
Originally posted on Meshed Insights & Knowledge:The action law enforcement services have taken against the GameOver-Zeus malware syndicate is great news for a...
From Apophenia
Why Jane Doe doesn’t get to be a sex trafficking victim
In detailing the story of “Jane Doe,” a 16-year-old transgender youth stuck in an adult prison in Connecticut for over six weeks without even being charged, Shane...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Thousands in Cash Prizes Available in Verizon Innovative App Challenge
Student teams across the nation are now invited to create novel ideas for the mobile app marketplace in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. The competition offers...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Comments On Intersection Of Big Data And Consumer Privacy
Yesterday USACM responded to a Request for Comment from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). In response to a recommendation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Techsolve's Miniviz
Local company Techsolve's software Miniviz helps companies understand if their machine tools are operating efficiently. Enables small and medium sized companies...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
WIFIRE helps to prevent wildfires
As the number and scale of West Coast wildfires continue to increase, threatened communities are struggling to figure out what to do. High winds can shift the direction...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Byron Sharp on Behavioral Economics
Excellent piece with lots of useful cautions . Including a good criticism of neuromarketing. See also correspondent Byron Sharp's excellent book: How Brands Grow...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon's 3D Printing Store
Just took a look. This points to the broader commercializing of 3D Printing. Shop the Future? The offerings still look fairly trivial, but this gives you an...
From The Eponymous Pickle