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Exploding USB Sticks
In case you don’t have enough to worry about, people are hiding explosives—actual ones—in USB sticks:
In the port city of Guayaquil…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Metal Detecting from the Air
Recall a DOD project looking a a related problem. Hope this does not become an issue in greater Europe.Metal-Detecting Drone Could Autonomously Find Land Mines...
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A Legal Challenge to Algorithmic Recommendations
Regulation required.A Legal Challenge to Algorithmic RecommendationsBy Pamela SamuelsonCommunications of the ACM, March 2023, Vol. 66 No. 3, Pages 32-34Credit:A...
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AI Godfather says New Tech Could be Dangerous
Well known AI Scientist Geoffrey Hinton, often mentioned here, who we followed closely n the 80s, says AI is real, and conceivably threatening humanity. Equivalent...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The 2022 Turing Award
Bob Metcalfe is the sole winner of the 2022 Turing Award. He keyed the development of Ethernet technology growing out of his PhD thesis while at Xerox PARC in the...
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Large Language Models: A Cognitive and Neuroscience Perspective
Irving does an excellent review and links to much work about LLMs, Large Language Models, and oter topics that are now much in the news. Below an intro. I planA...
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Capturing What is Said
The value of good speech to text. Capturing What is Said, By Esther SheinCommissioned by CACM Staff, March 23, 2023A very basic flow chart for the conversion of...
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Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of Moore's Law, dies aged 94
Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of Moore's Law, dies aged 94Published, 14 hours ago in the BBC. Silicon Valley pioneer and philanthropist Gordon Moore...
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Yes, ChatGPT Is Coming for Your Office Job
Have now seen a number of posts brainstorming this, and considering what I have seen, there re many reasonable ideas, and in particularly easy to test with even...
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Would a TikTok Ban Cripple Influencer Marketing?
Been following this recently on Youtube, novelty key. Much more by marketing experts at the link.Would a TikTok Ban Cripple Influencer Marketing?Mar 21, 2023, ...
From Geeking with Greg
Are ad-driven business models bad?
There's been a lot of discussion that ad-driven business models are inherently exploitative and anti-consumer. I think that's both wrong and not a helpful way to...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Susan Kare: Icon Draw
Graphical User Interfaces completely changed the way we used computers. A key to their success were clear and simple icons that had clear meanings. They were thanks...
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Google Glass is Over
Too bad, tried it and it was nicely done. Is the category over for now? Has to be a place for this. Google Glass is finally shattered in Popsci10 years after...
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Security in Cyberspace
Considerable piece in Fraunhofer mag, intro belowMore security in cyberspaceWeb special Fraunhofer magazine 2.2022The invasion of Ukraine shows that fighting is...
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Researchers Develop Soft Robot That Shifts from Land to Sea with Ease
Mobile robotics in multiple domains.ACM TECHNEWSResearchers Develop Soft Robot That Shifts from Land to Sea with EaseBy Carnegie Mellon University, March 21, 2023...
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Quantum Computers May Finally Have Practical Use
A means to generate truly random numbers for cryptologyACM TECHNEWSQuantum Computers May Finally Have Practical UseBy New Scientist, March 24, 2023Google's Sycamore...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Creating Batteries Out of Squid Cells
This is fascinating: “When a squid ends up chipping what’s called its ring tooth, which is the nail underneath its tentacle, it needs to regrow that tooth very...
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Plugins to be Added to ChatGPT, to Create a Platform
Announcement relates to previous message on Wolfram Plugins, but promises more yet.OpenAI turns ChatGPT into a platform overnight with addition of plugins in Venturebeat...
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What Does it Mean to be Smart in an Age of AI
Excerpt from McKinsey Complete video at the link.Author Talks: In the ‘age of AI,’ what does it mean to be smart?March 16, 2023 | InterviewAs artificial intelligence...
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