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One of the oldest distinctions in information access is between searching and browsing. Does a user initiate an information-seeking…
Daniel Tunkelang| December 1, 2023
Susan Landau published an excellent essay on the current justification for the government breaking end-to-end-encryption: child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE)...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 23, 2023 at 07:08 AM
To become a Jedi Knight you must have complete control of your thoughts. As you feel the force you start to control your surroundings and make objects move just...Paul Curzon From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) | October 22, 2023 at 01:20 PM
My book is the untold story of the algorithms that shape our lives, how they went terribly wrong, and how to fix them.
Most people now have at least a vague idea...Greg Linden From Geeking with Greg | October 21, 2023 at 05:42 PM
They’re too big and we can’t recreate their habitat.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 20, 2023 at 05:03 PM
The twice-annual TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers is not universally loved, arguments persist whether the LINPACK benchmark is an optimal...Doug Black From insideHPC | October 20, 2023 at 11:50 AM
Machine learning (or AI if you prefer) is amazing. I cannot think of another area of computer science — or of technology in general — that has been more influential...Daniel Tunkelang From The Noisy Channel | October 20, 2023 at 10:39 AM
Austin, Texas—October 19, 2023 – Oracle today announced that NVIDIA AI Enterprise, an enterprise-grade software that accelerates data science and streamlines development...staff From insideHPC | October 20, 2023 at 08:26 AM
If an AI breaks the rules for you, does that count as breaking the rules? This is the essential question being taken up by the Federal Election Commission thisAI...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 20, 2023 at 07:10 AM
(This is an excerpt from my book. Please let me know if you like it and want more.)
It is usually unintentional. Companies don’t intend for their websites to fill...Greg Linden From Geeking with Greg | October 19, 2023 at 02:25 PM
In the 2022 Fall Jobs Post I talked about the effect of generative AI and that was two weeks before Open AI released ChatGPT to the public. A year later, how will...Lance Fortnow From Computational Complexity | October 19, 2023 at 12:59 PM
London, October 19th 2023 – Schneider Electric has introduced a guide to addressing new physical infrastructure design challenges for data centres to support the...staff From insideHPC | October 19, 2023 at 12:41 PM
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Oct. 19, 2023 — TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$546.73 billion, net income of NT$211.00 billion...staff From insideHPC | October 19, 2023 at 12:08 PM
Oct. 19, 2023 — Women in HPC (WHPC) has unveiled highlights of its upcoming events at SC’23 in Denver. “Prepare for an inspiring and engaging experience, featuring...staff From insideHPC | October 19, 2023 at 11:33 AM
Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CEO during their 2016 data breach, is appealing his conviction.
Prosecutors charged Sullivan, whom Uber hired as CISO after the 2014 breach...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 19, 2023 at 07:08 AM
The C++ library has long been organized around stream classes, at least when it comes to reading and parsing strings. But streams can be surprisingly slow. ForContinue...Daniel Lemire From Daniel Lemire's Blog | October 18, 2023 at 09:55 PM
Oct. 18, 2023 – Access to the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility’s new GroqRack system is open to the global research community. The ALCF said it welcome proposals...staff From insideHPC | October 18, 2023 at 11:49 AM
TROY, Mich., October 18, 2023 – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the release of Altair...staff From insideHPC | October 18, 2023 at 11:27 AM
Exascale computing is transforming our ability to solve some of the world’s most difficult and important problems. On October 18, the US Department of Energy’sFrontier...staff From insideHPC | October 18, 2023 at 11:12 AM
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Project team: Collaborators: ACM-W scholarships have been instrumental in providing crucial support for women in computer science and related fields, enabling...Cigdem Sengul From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing | October 18, 2023 at 10:56 AM
In about 10 years, Apple has multiplied by 19 the number of transistors in its mobile processors. It corresponds roughly to a steady rate of improvement of 34%Continue...Daniel Lemire From Daniel Lemire's Blog | October 18, 2023 at 09:51 AM