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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
Worries about over-sharing location from mobiles
Experiments like ‘Please Rob Me’ indicate that what people reveal via location-sharing apps could potentially be harmful to them – and survey finds concerns among...
From Putting People First
Most smartphones are underused
As smartphones increasingly penetrate the market, with nearly a quarter of mobile users owning one, data consumption is becoming more stratified: the heaviest users...
From Putting People First
Smart gadgets may anticipate our needs
Devices could monitor people’s health and step in when needed to help them get better, experts say. “Within a decade or two, researchers at Silicon Valley companies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apps for Your TV
A short Baseline piece suggesting that Apple intends to make moves in the TV Internet space by leveraging need tailored Apps. Rumblings in this are my big players...
From Computational Complexity
Can you ever be denied Full Prof? Can you ever really fail a PhD defense.?
Is it possible for someone to be denied Full Prof? Yes, but it is rare. Is it possible for someone to fail a PhD defense? Yes, but it is rare. These questions...
From Schneier on Security
Internet Kill Switch
Last month, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., introduced a bill that might -- we're not really sure -- give the president the authority to shut down all or portionsproposed...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
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From The Eponymous Pickle
KDD Data Mining Event
SASCOM voices outlines the upcoming 16th annual ACM SIGKDD conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. Even if you cannot make it t Washington DC to attend...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Neuromarketing Trends and Research
A blog site under Deeper Web on Neuromarketing trends, research, vendors and technologies.
From The Noisy Channel
Recruiting and a Lesson in Attention Scarcity
Several people have asked me recently for advice on how to recruit for their tech startups. I’ve responded by digging out the following email that someone emailed...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Taking Business Intelligence Mobile
Always interesting Doug Lautzenheiser does a nice job of outlining a MicroStrategy whitepaper on mobile business intelligence. I think this is ultimately a place...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kitchen Countertop with a Brain
We saw something similar shown at the MIT Media Lab a long time ago. Countertops with Brains. But do they need brains? " ... A depth-sensing camera and palm-top...
From Apophenia
strange jobs people have
Yesterday, G and I were sitting at a concert being curious about the throngs of people at Great Woods and we got to musing about the variety of jobs people might...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Death of Photography
In Engadget, on the death of photography, at least with a separate still camera. As I am about to upgrade to a more complex cellphone camera I muse again about...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wal-Mart in Chicago
I always get mail when I comment on something that Wal-Mart has done. So what about the recent Wal-Mart store installation in Chicago? What has happened so far...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Random Numbers from a Chip
Intel circuits that can generate random numbers. Could increase the speed of encryption processes, simulation systems.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Behavioral Economics
Dan Ariely answers three questions about behavioral economics. Does a good job of defining and positioning it versus standard economic practice. I am in the midst...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Summer reading: my recommendations
Containment by Christian Cantrell is an excellent sci-fi novel. And you can grab it nearly for free from the author’s page. The premise of the book is that humanity...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Sex Organs
Riddles of squid sex: All cephalopods are hindered by their body shape, which comprises a closed hood-type structure called a mantle, which forms most of what...
From The Eponymous Pickle