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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 Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Illex Squid in Argentina Waters
Argentina is reporting that there is a good population of illex squid in its waters ready for fishing, and is working to ensure that Chinese fishing boats don’t...
From Schneier on Security
David Kahn
David Kahn has died. His groundbreaking book, The Codebreakers was the first serious book I read about codebreaking, and one of the primary reasons I entered this...
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A Self-Enforcing Protocol to Solve Gerrymandering
In 2009, I wrote: There are several ways two people can divide a piece of cake in half. One way is to find someone impartial to do it for them. This works, but...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Lego Computer Science: Turing Machines Part 1: the tape
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London It it possible to make a working computer out of lego and you do not even have to pay for an expensive robot Mindstorm...
From insideHPC
Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing to Install Lenovo HPC Cluster
Lenovo announced it has won a contract for the joint construction of an AMD/NVIDIA-powered HPC cluster with the University of Paderborn in Germany. The system will...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Last Call for CCC Council Member Nominations
Thank you to everyone who has nominated a colleague or self-nominated for the opportunity to be a CCC Council member for the three-year term beginning July 1, 2024...
From insideHPC
Integrated Research Infrastructure: Argonne Combines HPC and Experiments to Speed Discovery
For over a decade, Argonne has been working to develop tools and methods to connect its powerful computing resources with large-scale experiments. Merging ALCFIntegrated...
From insideHPC
WEKA Partners with NexGen Cloud on AI Supercloud
CAMPBELL, Calif., January 31, 2024 – AI-native data platform provider WekaIO (WEKA) announced today it is partnering with NexGen Cloud, a sustainable infrastructure...
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Qumulo and Superna Partner on Ransomware Protection
SEATTLE – January 31, 2024 – High performance data storage company Qumulo announced the availability of Superna Data Security Edition for Qumulo. The Data Security...
From Computational Complexity
University Challenges
Seems like US universities have been in the news quite a bit recently. You'd think for the great academics and research. Alas, no.I decided to make a list of the...
From insideHPC
Cequel III-Led Investor Group Acquires Controlling Interest in DDC Cabinet Technology
ST. LOUIS, January 31, 2024 – Following an initial investment last year, Cequel III announced today that it, with Thompson Street Capital Partners, has taken aCequel...
From insideHPC
Amidata Deploys Quantum ActiveScale Object Storage
SAN JOSE, Jan. 30, 2024 – Unstructured data storage and data management company Quantum Corp. (NASDAQ: QMCO) announced that Amidata, a managed services provider...
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MIT, Applied Materials and Northeast Microelectronics Coalition Hub Combine on 200mm Research Capabilities for MIT.nano
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — MIT and Applied Materials, Inc., announced an agreement today that, together with a grant to MIT from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition...
From insideHPC
Korea Quantum Computing and IBM Collaborate
BUSAN, South Korea, Jan. 29, 2024 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Korea Quantum Computing (KQC) has engaged IBM to offer IBM’s AI software and infrastructure...
From Schneier on Security
New Images of Colossus Released
GCHQ has released new images of the WWII Colossus code-breaking computer, celebrating the machine’s eightieth anniversary (birthday?). News article.
From insideHPC
What AI Can Learn from HPC about Data Storage
By Timothy Sherbak, Quantum Corp. | The storage needs for organizations working to exploit AI have now bifurcated. While high performance solid-state storage...
From Schneier on Security
NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant
It finally admitted to buying bulk data on Americans from data brokers, in response to a query by Senator Weyden. This is almost certainly illegal, although the...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Receives $5 Million NSF Award to Continue Catalyzing the Research Community
The following originally appeared on the CRA Bulletin, written by Haley Griffin, Program Associate, CCC, and Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications Following...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Singing bird – a human choir, singing birdsong
Dawn Chorus: Marcus Coates and Geoff Sample recorded birdsong, then slowed it down and got people to sing it (then sped it up again!).
From Schneier on Security