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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Streamlined iteration: exploring keys and values in C++20
In software, we often use key-value data structures, where each key is unique and maps to a specific value. Common examples include dictionaries in Python, hash...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Robot runners
The first ever half marathon allowing humanoid robots to run against humans was held in Beijing this weekend (April 2025). 12,000 humans ran the event alongside...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Live Colossal Squid Filmed
A live colossal squid was filmed for the first time in the ocean. It’s only a juvenile: a foot long. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
From insideHPC
Deloitte Reports on Nuclear Power and the HPC-AI Data Center Energy Gap
Even as the HPC-AI sector cheers on more powerful chips, denser servers, faster fabrics, bigger memory and mammoth, multi-hundreds of billion-dollar AI data centers...
From insideHPC
Registration Open for RMACC HPC Symposium, May 20
BOULDER, CO – Registration is continuing from now through May 16th for the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium’s (RMACC) 15th annual High Performance Computing...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The CS4FN Easter Egg Hunt
Easter eggs can be chocolate but they are also hidden treasures to be found in games, websites, other software (and now even Lego sets). Especially for Easter we...
From insideHPC
TSMC Reports Q1 YoY Revenue Growth of 42%
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Apr. 17, 2025 — TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$839.25 billion, net income of NT$361.56 billion...
From Schneier on Security
Age Verification Using Facial Scans
Discord is testing the feature: “We’re currently running tests in select regions to age-gate access to certain spaces or user settings,” a spokesperson for Discord...
From insideHPC
Hammerspace Raises $100M
AI data platform company Hammerspace announced that several venture investors have invested $100 million in growth capital in the company. Altimeter Capital, which...
From Computational Complexity
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
I'm short on time time this week so I thought it would be good to look back, some 64 years ago, to Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address. It calls for balance between...
From insideHPC
NVIDIA: Grace Blackwell GPUs Live on CoreWeave
NVIDIA announced that GPU cloud platform CoreWeave is among the first cloud providers to bring NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems online at scale, with Cohere, IBM andNVIDIA...
From insideHPC
SandboxAQ Using NVIDIA DGX to Build Large Quantitative Models
Palo Alto, CA; April 15, 2025 – SandboxAQ today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA across biopharma, chemicals, advanced materials, financial services, cybersecurity...
From insideHPC
OmniScale Media and SC Conference Extend Partnership Through 2026
Vancouver, WA—April 16, 2025—OmniScale Media, the strategic communications partner for innovative technology brands, today announced a two-year partnership extension...
From Schneier on Security
CVE Program Almost Unfunded
Mitre’s CVE’s program—which provides common naming and other informational resources about cybersecurity vulnerabilities—was about to be cancelled, as the US Department...
From insideHPC
Compu Dynamics Launches HPC and AI Data Center Infrastructure Solutions
CHANTILLY, Va.– Compu Dynamics, a provider of data center construction and operations services, announced the launch of its AI and High-Performance Computing Services...
From insideHPC
Altair Partners with DATAsolution in South Korean for AI and HPC
TROY, Mich., April 14, 2025 — Altair announced a reseller partnership with DATAsolution, a company specializing in data analytics and infrastructure solutions.Altair...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Hardware–Heat and Cold
Not all computer problems are caused by software. Sometimes the hardware is the problem. It’s not always easy to tell where the blame lies. One underappreciated...
From Schneier on Security
Slopsquatting
As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names—laced with...
From insideHPC
Liquid Cooling: CoolIT Systems Announces Row-Based Coolant Distribution Unit
Calgary, AB, April 15, 2025 — AI ad HPC liquid cooling company CoolIT Systems today introduced the CHx2000, which the company said is the highest-performance row...
From insideHPC