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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
Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law That Leads to Disorder
Technical and intriguingThe second law of thermodynamics is among the most sacred in all of science, but it has always rested on 19th century arguments about probability...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Go generics are not bad
When programming, we often need to write ‘generic’ functions where the exact data type is not important. For example, you might want to write a simple functionContinue...
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Lettting Drones Fly Out of Sight
This came to mind in an efficiency/cost vs safety analysis of late. Will see an increase of commercial use.The Next Frontier for Drones: Letting Them Fly Out...
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DOE Announces $18.3M for Chemical Sciences Simulation and Modeling Research
July 8, 2022 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $18.3 million in funding for eight research projects to advance the development of sophisticated...
From The Eponymous Pickle
3D Printing Advances
Brief look at updates in 3d Printing. 3D Printing Grows Beyond Its Novelty RootsThe New York Times, Steve Lohr, July 3, 2022Companies like Massachusetts Institute...
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Bitcoin Blockchain Activity Plummets
'Tourism' in the space a new term to me. Bitcoin blockchain activity has plummeted in recent months in Techradar By Sead Fadilpašić published about 1 hour agoBitcoin...
From insideHPC
OpenACC and Hackathons Summit 2022 Aug. 2-4
July 8, 2022 — OpenACC will hold its annual summit from Tuesday, Aug. 2 to Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 from 7-11 am Pacific Time. It will be a digital event. The event...
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Fewer Foreign Students. Implications?
Taught a course at Columbia that showed me the considerable dominance of foreign students. How much will this change things for universities?Fading Beacon ...
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TSMC Issues Monthly Revenue Report
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C. – Jul. 8, 2022 – TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenue for June 2022: On a consolidated basis, revenue for June 2022...
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An Electric Connection: Homes Helping the Grid
Appliance connections.Home Helping the Grid. By Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. May 26, 2022Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest...
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Smart Dissolving Pacemaker
Quite interesting .... FROM ACM TECHNEWSSmart Dissolving Pacemaker Communicates with Body-Area Sensor, Control NetworkNorthwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine...
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NIST Identifies Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithms
Still worries about how quantum decryption will alter security.NIST Identifies Quantum-Resistant Encryption AlgorithmsNextgov, Alexandra Kelley, July 5, 2022Officials...
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AIC Launches High Density 4U JBOD
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — AIC Inc., a provider of enterprise storage and server solutions, announced the launch of J4078-02-04X, anAIC...
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Deeper into Meta AI's Unsupervised Step
(Updated) after reading. See supporting images at link. .... Meta’s AI Takes an Unsupervised Step Forward In the quest for human-level intelligent AI, Meta is...
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Using AI to Fight Food Fraud
Somewhat unexpected application, good details embedded here. Note the automated tasting sensors involved, which we investigated for coffee taste applications.Using...
From insideHPC
Women in HPC Announce July Events
July 7, 2022 — Women in HPC has announced its July schedule of opportunities for the HPC community. From reviews, to networking, to the announcement of our participation...
From insideHPC
Dell Technologies Interview: Getting ‘More Science Per Pound’ at Durham University’s COSMA HPC Service
[SPONSORED CONTENT] In this interview with Dr. Alastair Basden of the UK’s Durham University, he discusses the latest activities at the university’s COSMA HPCDell...
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Toyota Partners with Israel’s Quantum Machines for Solutions
New to me partnership in Quantum. Toyota Partners with Israel’s Quantum Machines for Quantum Computing Solutions, By The Times of Israel, July 7, 2022Japanese automotive...
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Babbages Engine Reaches 200
Am an avid historian of computation: Babbages Engine is 200 years oldBelow just an intro, go to the link for more and furtherlinks.Charles Babbage’s Difference...
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