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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 Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA New England Regional Conference #cstaNE2022
This year’s CSTA New England regional conference is at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) school of Education. It’s a great venue. There are around 150 people...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cutting Back on Alexa AI?
Was just thinking about this. Alexa seems to have stopped getting much more clever. Shes OK, like Siri and Google, but not very noticeably better. Is more general...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Banks Need Confidential Computing
Yes, makes SenseCLOUD COMPUTING: Microsoft, Google, IBM pitch banks on confidential computingBy Penny Crosman in The American Banker.November 10, 2022, 3:53...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple inside of Target
Commercial partnerships examined.Will Apple find more room to grow inside of Target?14 EXPERT COMMENTSby Matthew Stern in RetailwireTarget is expanding its partnership...
From The Eponymous Pickle
How to Store Data for 1,000 Years
A remarkable thought. How to Store Data for 1,000 YearsBBC NewsJocelyn Timperley, October 9, 2022Scientists are exploring DNA as a storage medium for preserving...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Can We Secure Cryptography Against Quantum Attacks?
Key Issue. Considerable tech depth here by leaders in the field. Can We Secure Cryptography Against Quantum Attacks?, By Bennie MolsCommissioned by CACM Staff...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Purse
Perfect for an evening out. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hacking the Metaverse
Yes, saw this even in earlier forms of the metaverse. Providing a simulated, visual, game-like reality makes it seem that your exposure to real loss will also...
From Schneier on Security
New Book: A Hacker’s Mind
I have a new book coming out in February. It’s about hacking. A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back isn’t about hacking...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Is the Quantum (Computing) Bubble about to Burst?
Having read so much about working quantum computers, this really struck me ... Full article at Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBLVtCYHVO8The Quantum...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Launches Warehouse Robot That Can Do Human Jobs
ACM TECHNEWSAmazon Launches Warehouse Robot That Can Do Human Jobs By Financial Times, November 11, 2022Amazon has rolled out a new warehouse robot in order to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Over Surveillance Discovered
See also in Bruce Schneier for further comments. Including link to full report.Technology CybersecurityNSA Watchdog Concluded One Analyst’s Surveillance Project...
From insideHPC
MemVerge Unveils Software-Defined CXL Memory Applications for 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors
MILPITAS, Calif. – NOVEMBER 10, 2022 – Big Memory software comopany MemVerge has announced it has developed software-defined Compute Express Link (CXL) memory management...
From insideHPC
TYAN Announces Systems Powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors
Newark, Calif. – November 10, 2022 – TYAN, a server platform design manufacturer and a MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation subsidiary, today introduced AMD EPYC...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Algorithm Helped Direct Financial Aid to Hurricane Ian Victims
An example of the use of Sat imagery to predict emergency need. Google Algorithm Helped Direct Financial Aid to Hurricane Ian VictimsWired, Chris Stokel-Walker...
From insideHPC
Aurora Update from Argonne, and a Look at Leadership Supercomputing on the Horizon
These are heady days at Argonne National Laboratory -- more particularly, at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, which we visited earlier this week. To accommodate...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Metaverse Replacing Smartphones?
Discussion and more in Twitter: https://twitter.com/koubaak/status/1583163030241972225 Nokias Vision of the world is where the Metaverse replaces Smartphones The...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Over-surveillance
Here in 2022, we have a newly declassified 2016 Inspector General report—”Misuse of Sigint Systems”—about a 2013 NSA program that resulted in the unauthorized (that...
From insideHPC
GIGABYTE Announces Portfolio of Enterprise Solutions with New AMD EPYC Processors
November 10, 2022 – GIGABYTE Technology, (TWSE: 2376), a maker of high-performance servers and workstations, today announced its portfolio of products ready toGIGABYTE...
From insideHPC