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Open Source Does Not Equal Secure
Way back in 1999, I wrote about open-source software:
First, simply publishing the code does not automatically mean that people…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Samsung Does New Bixby Interface in Major Update
Been a long time since we had an unimpressed look at Bixby. Some good details here.Samsung Reveals New Bixby Interface and Features in Major Update By Eric Hal...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Machine Learning Underspecification
Yes, often a problem, often mainly for lack of sufficient data in context. Seems Google know this too. Key issue. Credibility/value is the key. Note COVID...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Podcasts via RSS Feed
New way to connect to podcastsGoogle Podcasts lets you add shows using their RSS feedsSubscribe to your favorite niche podcastby Jon Fingas In Engadget Google...
From Geeking with Greg
Facebook and investing in the long-term
Kevin Roose, Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel at the New York Times had a great piece ([1][2]) on the internal debate inside Facebook on removing disinformation:[1]...
From insideHPC
‘Let’s Talk Exascale’: Storing and Managing Exa-class Data Volumes
In this new edition of “Let’s Talk Exascale” from the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project, the ECP’s Scott Gibson talks with Jim Ahrens of Los Alamos...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Risk and Uncertainty of it All
A space we played in early on, determining measures of uncertainty as we built AI and expert system based models. Its part of any decision driving system, That...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Small Sat Launching by Drone
Been watching the numerous satellite launches going on, like primarily to improve communications to remote areas. Agree with some of the worries for the future...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Shrinking BERT Networks to Model Language
Considerable shrinking of neural networks, more likely for applications at the Edge.Shrinking massive neural networks used to model languageA new approach could...
From Schneier on Security
The 2020 Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS)
The workshop on Economics and Information Security is always an interesting conference. This year, it will be online. Here’s the program. Registration is free.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Robotic Hands Closer to Human
New robotic hands with lots of possibilities for more dexterous manipulation Robot Hands One Step Closer to Human, Thanks to WMG AI Algorithms By University of...
From Schneier on Security
Enigma Machine Recovered from the Baltic Sea
Neat story: German divers searching the Baltic Sea for discarded fishing nets have stumbled upon a rare Enigma cipher machine used by the Nazi military during...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All
Good direction. Now how will it be effectively used? See more detail at the link.IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All in Krebs On SecurityThe U.S. Internal...
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Considering Orbit in Developer Relations
Read about this in Andreessen Horowitz. About better online communities. Involved in an effort that will need some of this. Investing in Orbit by Martin Casado...
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Google Discusses How it Organizes Information
Below the introduction. Informative.How Google organizes information to find what you’re looking forBy Nick Fox in the Google BlogVice President of Product &When...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Texting to Alexa
Noted for using voice in specific context. Say for the need of privacy in conversation. Amazon now lets you text Alexa on iOS to ask for things instead of only...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Are Smart Things Really Smart?
Interesting challenge. Depends on what 'smart' means. Like what I have often said, its in a 'context'. Smart can be exactly what it needs to be to provideAre...
From insideHPC
Announcing The Rich Brueckner Scholarship Awards and GoFundMe Account
Rich Brueckner was one of the most influential (and beloved) figures in high performance computing. As editor-in-chief of insideHPC, he touched thousands of lives...
From insideHPC
Ayar Labs Demonstrates Optical Interconnect Solution on GlobalFoundries’ Silicon Photonics Manufacturing Process
Santa Clara, CA, Dec. 2, 2020 –Ayar Labs announced it has successfully demonstrated its patented monolithic electronic/photonic solution on GlobalFoundries’ (GF)...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Announcing New ICMI 2021 Blue Sky Papers Track
The 23rd ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2021) will be held in Montreal, Canada October 18-22, 2021. ICMI is the premier international...
From insideHPC