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Are ad-driven business models bad?
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...

Susan Kare: Icon Draw
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...

Google Glass is Over
From The Eponymous Pickle

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...

Security in Cyberspace
From The Eponymous Pickle

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...

Researchers Develop Soft Robot That Shifts from Land to Sea with Ease
From The Eponymous Pickle

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...

Quantum Computers May Finally Have Practical Use
From The Eponymous Pickle

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...

Friday Squid Blogging: Creating Batteries Out of Squid Cells
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...

Plugins to be Added to ChatGPT, to Create a Platform
From The Eponymous Pickle

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...

What Does it Mean to be Smart in an Age of AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

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...

Wolfram can Plug into GPT
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wolfram can Plug into GPT

Saw this hinted at a while back. Wolfram Alpha has had unique analytic capabilities for some time, now you can link these to ChatGPT.  Via a plugin.   Apparently...

Security Issues in AI Emerge
From The Eponymous Pickle

Security Issues in AI Emerge

There seems to have been an urge to get some of these systems out before securing them.ChatGPT bug leaked users' conversation histories  in the BBCOpenAI launched...

ML Physics Platform NVIDIA Modulus is Open
From The Eponymous Pickle

ML Physics Platform NVIDIA Modulus is Open

 New things out of NVIDIA Resources, Fascinating,  Sample Uses?Machine Learning Platform NVIDIA Modulus Is Now Open SourceBy Bhoomi Gadhia, Ram Cherukuri and Kristen...

AI being used to cherry-pick organs for transplant
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI being used to cherry-pick organs for transplant

 AI being used to cherry-pick organs for transplantBy Duncan MacRae | March 2, 2023 | MarketingTech  in ArtificialIntelligenceDuncan is an award-winning editorA...

Wave of Stealthy China Cyberattacks Hits U.S., Private Networks, Google Says
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wave of Stealthy China Cyberattacks Hits U.S., Private Networks, Google Says

 Wave of Stealthy China Cyberattacks Hits U.S., Private Networks, Google SaysBy The Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2023China has routinely denied hacking into businesses...

Persistent Computing and Virtual Worlds
From The Eponymous Pickle

Persistent Computing and Virtual Worlds

 Worked a number of virtual world projects, never considered them persistent computing.  Useful thought.Yu Yuan on Building A Persistent Virtual World The IEEEDespite...

QuEra Partnering with NERSC on Quantum Evaluation
From insideHPC

QuEra Partnering with NERSC on Quantum Evaluation

Boston, March 23, 2023 – Quantum computing company QuEra Computing today announced a partnership with the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center giving...

Interview: Ansys Talks CAD/CAE in the Cloud and Ansys Gateway Powered by AWS
From insideHPC

Interview: Ansys Talks CAD/CAE in the Cloud and Ansys Gateway Powered by AWS

[SPONSORED GUEST INTERVIEW] In this interview with Jane Trenaman, vice president of portfolio product management at Ansys, she discusses the growing importance...

“Emerging Election Technologies Enhancing Integrity, Transparency, and Confidence” AAAS Panel Recap
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

“Emerging Election Technologies Enhancing Integrity, Transparency, and Confidence” AAAS Panel Recap

Elections that are safe, secure, and verifiable by the public are an essential part of every democratic government. There have been public outcries for changes...

From Computational Complexity

A Strange Hiring Season

In my fall jobs post, I had trouble predicting this season's CS faculty job market but I didn't expect this:  strong supply and strong demand, something we haven't...
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