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How long should you work on a problem ?
Lev Reyzin says that working too long on a problem might be unproductive: I, personally, have diminishing (or negative?) returns…
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Graphcore and SiPearl Form Euro Partnership to Combine AI and HPC
Graphcore, the British maker of the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) for artificial intelligence workloads, and SiPearl, the Franco-German company building an...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Global Chip Shortages Leading to Fakes
Chip shortages leading to fakes and safety in the operation of systems.The Global Chip Shortage is Creating a New Problem: More Fake Components By ZDNetFrom...
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Subzero Engineering and Armstrong World Industries Partner to Serve U.S. Data Center Market
San Antonio, TX, June 15 , 2021 – Subzero Engineering, a maker of data center containment solutions, and Armstrong World Industries (AWI), a designer and manufacture...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Autonomous Warehouse Robotics
Advances in Amazon Warehouse robotics to improve safety and operations. Note includes autonomous operation.Amazon Details Warehouse Robots, 'Ernie' and 'Bert'CNBC...
From insideHPC
Intel’s Infrastructure Processing Unit Targets Hyperscaler Data Centers
Intel has unveiled a programmable networking device for hyperscalers and their massive data center infrastructures. Called the Infrastructure Processing Unit and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Automating Space Weather Prediction
Ultimately a very important function, Coronal Mass Ejection is dangerous to many technical functions on earth. Neural methods for pattern analysis for coronal...
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China Based TikTok Says it Will Collect US Biometric Data
See also Bruce Schneier with further comments on this. TikTok just gave itself permission to collect biometric data on US users, including ‘faceprints andBy...
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P&G Positions for Inflation
My former and longtime employer writes, on the threat of Inflation Challenges. With innovation. P&G Is Positioned for Inflation ChallengesProcter & Gamble Vice...
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How Long Will it be Until we can Talk to Animals?
First I thought this was a silly question. But it is really a primary question of intelligence. Its not just a translation, but a need to parse into a useful...
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Los Alamos in R&D Pact with Quantum Computing Inc. for Exascale and Petascale Simulations
Quantum Computing Inc., a Leesburg, VA-based company focused on bridging classical and quantum computing, today announced a three-year cooperative research andLos...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Heat
Heat and quantum computing. Quantum Computing requires physical machines which will need heat management. And that such machines may be quite 'delicate' when...
From Schneier on Security
TikTok Can Now Collect Biometric Data
This is probably worth paying attention to: A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Listen to the Catalyzing Computing Podcast, Episode 35 – Computer Architecture with Mark D. Hill (Part 1)
A new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) official podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. In this episode, Khari Douglas (CCC Senior...
From The Noisy Channel
The Eternal Quest for Meaning
In 1668, John Wilkins published An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language. In it, he proposed a universal language that would represent every...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McDonald's Drive Through Bot may Violate Law
Been following work by retailers to improve efficiency. This example seems a weak attempt at blocking new tech.McDonald’s drive-thru AI bot may have broken privacy...
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UK Plans a Pandemic Radar
With plans for testing in a future pandemic.via ACM NEWSU.K. Has a Plan for a New 'Pandemic Radar' System By WiredAbout four years ago, seven infants and toddlers...
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Top Supply Chain Tech Trends
Some good thoughts on tech trends in supply chain.Gartner Reveals Top 8 Supply Chain Technology Trends in SDCExecGartner has identified the top eight supply chain...
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3D Printing Human Liver Tissue
Continue to make remarkable advances using 3D Prining.Wake Forest teams win a NASA prize for 3D printing human liver tissueNobody was really expected to conquer...
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