Sunday, April 16, 2017

FORTUNE: Hacker Documents Show NSA Tools for Breaching Global Money Transfer System


Hacker Documents Show NSA Tools for Breaching Global Money Transfer System
FORTUNE

Security fences surround the National Security Agency's (NSA) Utah data collection center in Bluffdale, Utah near Salt Lake City on April 12, 2017. The 1.5 billion USD data center, thought to be the largest in the world, with a reported size to be on the order of an exabytes or larger, supports the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNIC) of the United States Government. / AFP PHOTO / GEORGE FREY (Photo credit should read GEORGE FREY/AFP/Getty Images) Documents and computer files Read the full story


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Saturday, April 15, 2017

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Business Insider: Jeff Bezos just perfectly summed up what you need to know about artificial intelligence


Jeff Bezos just perfectly summed up what you need to know about artificial intelligence
Business Insider

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. New advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning promise to make some jobs obsolete through automation and change our world forever, experts say. It's hard to put into words what AI is - many of the terms people use are very technical - but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just summed up everything most people need to know about artificial intelligence in his latest shareholder letter. Bezos wrote: "Over the past decades computers have broadly automated tasks that Read the full story


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No, Dark Energy Isn't An Illusion

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/04/11/no-dark-energy-isnt-an-illusion/#5882cfe2743d


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techradar: The best antivirus software of 2017


The best antivirus software of 2017
techradar

Whether it's browser hijackers grabbing your search page, or the latest ransomware encrypting all your files, every PC (and even your smartphone!) needs a sterling antivirus package to keep threats at bay. Don't rely on Microsoft's very own Windows Defender to keep you safe. Sure, it's free and easy to use, but independent tests show its protection rates regularly dip below 90%, compared to 99.x% for the leading competition. This doesn't mean you have to start spending big money. Opting for a Read the full story


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WIRED: Math’s $1,000,000 Question Isn’t Just for Mathematicians Anymore


Math's $1,000,000 Question Isn't Just for Mathematicians Anymore
WIRED

Physicists think they've got a winning way to solve the Riemann hypothesis, by mapping the distribution of prime numbers to the energy levels of quantum systems. Read the full story


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The Inquirer: Google's new AI experiment will turn you into an artistic genius


Google's new AI experiment will turn you into an artistic genius
The Inquirer

GOOGLE HAS launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) experiment that will turn you from a doodler to a master sketcher. Google Auto Draw is available online, and at face value looks like a simple art package of the MS Paint variety. But once you start drawing, Auto Draw will use a Google neural network to start making predictions, both of individual shapes, and the entire finished drawing, turning this… thing… into this… Auto Draw also recognises individual shapes within the drawing and can Read the full story


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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

MIT Technology Review: The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI


The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI
MIT Technology Review

Last year, a strange self-driving car was released onto the quiet roads of Monmouth County, New Jersey. The experimental vehicle, developed by researchers at the chip maker Nvidia, didn't look different from other autonomous cars, but it was unlike anything demonstrated by Google, Tesla, or General Motors, and it showed the rising power of artificial intelligence. The car didn't follow a single instruction provided by an engineer or programmer. Instead, it relied entirely on an algorithm that Read the full story


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The Huffington Post: How To Defend Yourself Against A Broken Health Care System


How To Defend Yourself Against A Broken Health Care System
The Huffington Post

As the heated debate over Obamacare rages on in Washington and across the country, we can all seem to agree on at least one thing: Health care is complicated. ... Read the full story


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Monday, April 10, 2017

CNN: A map that shows we really do live in two different Americas


A map that shows we really do live in two different Americas
CNN

If you're like most Americans, you don't live around or socialize with people with whom you disagree with politically. This self-sorting by political ideology is why so many people were shocked Donald Trump won last November ("But I don't know anyone who voted for him") while half(ish) of the country knew it was happening all along. Read the full story


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Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu, Lauren Kirchner and Terry Parris Jr. of ProPublica - The Pulitzer Prizes

http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/julia-angwin-jeff-larson-surya-mattu-lauren-kirchner-and-terry-parris-jr-propublica


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Great Moments in Human Wisdom and Folly

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Le Cinq, Paris: restaurant review | Life and style | The Guardian


There is only one thing worse than being served a terrible meal: being served a terrible meal by earnest waiters who have no idea just how awful the things they are doing to you are. And so, to the flagship Michelin three-star restaurant of the George V Hotel in Paris, or the scene of the crime as I now like to call it. In terms of value for money and expectation Le Cinq supplied by far the worst restaurant experience I have endured in my 18 years in this job. This, it must be said, is an achievement of sorts.

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Investopedia: Google's Machine Learning Chips Beat Intel and Nvidia


Google's Machine Learning Chips Beat Intel and Nvidia
Investopedia

This is good news for its cloud business, as it could attract more customers and significantly reduce costs. Read the full story


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Saturday, April 08, 2017

This Weird Trick Might Give You Brief Relief From Your Tinnitus



This Weird Trick Might Give You Brief Relief From Your Tinnitus

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WIRED: Why It’s So Hard to Wipe Out All of Syria’s Chemical Weapons


Why It's So Hard to Wipe Out All of Syria's Chemical Weapons
WIRED

In 2013, the world disposed of 1300 tons of Syria's chemical weapons. It wasn't enough. Read the full story


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Friday, April 07, 2017

BBC News: Rules of memory 'beautifully' rewritten

I saw this on the BBC News App and thought you should see it:

Rules of memory 'beautifully' rewritten
Everything you know about memory may be wrong.
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Thursday, April 06, 2017

How To Get Disbarred In 5 Easy Steps! - Associate's Mind

http://associatesmind.com/2017/04/06/lawyer-disbarred/


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100 Years Ago Today: America Enters the Great War | Observer

http://observer.com/2017/04/100-year-anniversary-world-war-one/


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Neil Gorsuch, Mitch McConnell, and the Filibuster - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/filibuster/522135/


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How Is Syria Still Using Chemical Weapons? - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/04/syria-chemical-weapons-attack/521883/


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President Obama’s Interview With Jeffrey Goldberg on Syria and Foreign Policy - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/


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President Obama’s Interview With Jeffrey Goldberg on Syria and Foreign Policy - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/


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That One Privacy Site | Simple VPN Comparison Chart

https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/


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The Democratization of Censorship — Krebs on Security

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/the-democratization-of-censorship/


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Saturday, April 01, 2017

The Wall Street Journal: Opinion: Jonathan Haidt on the Cultural Roots of Campus Rage


Opinion: Jonathan Haidt on the Cultural Roots of Campus Rage
The Wall Street Journal

An unorthodox professor explains the 'new religion' that drives the intolerance and violence at places like Middlebury and Berkeley. Read the full story


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Thursday, March 30, 2017

MIT Technology Review: Apple’s AI Director: Here’s How to Supercharge Deep Learning


Apple's AI Director: Here's How to Supercharge Deep Learning
MIT Technology Review

Apple's director of artificial intelligence, Ruslan Salakhutdinov, believes that the deep neural networks that have produced spectacular results in recent years could be supercharged in coming years by the addition of memory, attention, and general knowledge. Speaking at MIT Technology Review's EmTech Digital conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Salakhutdinov said these attributes could help solve some of the outstanding problems in artificial intelligence. Salakhutdinov, who retains a post Read the full story


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Beer-to-beer hiking guide to Flagstaff

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Beer-to-beer hiking guide to Flagstaff

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Photos

Sony World Photography Awards 2017: Winning photos
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/travel/sony-world-photography-awards-2017-winners/index.html


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BBC News: Vector Institute is just the latest in Canada's AI expansion

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Vector Institute is just the latest in Canada's AI expansion
Canada is experiencing an influx of funding for AI research and commercialisation.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Pricing | TunnelBear

https://www.tunnelbear.com/pricing


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VentureBeat: Intel: Moore’s Law isn’t slowing down


Intel: Moore's Law isn't slowing down
VentureBeat

Intel said that the fundamental progress of the chip industry, which underlies everything electronic, is still on track and that it is still the leader in chip manufacturing technology. The world's biggest chip maker runs its business on Moore's Law — the prediction in 1965 made by Intel chairman emeritus Gordon Moore that the number of transistors on a chip will double every year. And at an event in San Francisco, Intel executive vice president Stacy Smith said that Moore's Law is on track as Read the full story


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The Huffington Post: Bernie Sanders, Top Progressives Announce New 'Medicare For All' Push


Bernie Sanders, Top Progressives Announce New 'Medicare For All' Push
The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON ― In the wake of the Republican failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Friday, leading figures in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party are rallying behind a single-payer health insurance and a raft of other bold reforms. ... Read the full story


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VentureBeat: Intel just painted a target on IBM Watson’s back


Intel just painted a target on IBM Watson's back
VentureBeat

GUEST: Intel announced late last week that it has formed a new AI group to consolidate a number of its programs and acquisitions. It's headed by Naveen Rao, the former head of Intel acquisition Nervana. This means Intel is making sure is has a major seat at the table as artificial intelligence and machine learning branch out to touch virtually everything — from autonomous driving to IoT to enhancing corporate systems — over the next 5-7 years. In the short term, the group will focus on research Read the full story


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Monday, March 20, 2017

Ars Technica: Intel’s first Optane SSD: 375GB that you can also use as RAM


Intel's first Optane SSD: 375GB that you can also use as RAM
Ars Technica

3D XPoint finally has (limited) commercial availability. Read the full story


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fossbytes.com: Which Linux Distribution Is Best For Me — Top 11 Operating Systems


Which Linux Distribution Is Best For Me — Top 11 Operating Systems
fossbytes.com

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Sunday, March 19, 2017

America’s Epidemic of Unnecessary Care - The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/11/overkill-atul-gawande


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The Wall Street Journal: How Chip Designers Are Breaking Moore’s Law


How Chip Designers Are Breaking Moore's Law
The Wall Street Journal

Microprocessors got smaller, faster and more power-efficient, but as they reach their physical limitations, chip architecture is driving performance gains. Read the full story


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Saturday, March 18, 2017

National Geographic: Formed by Megafloods, This Place Fooled Scientists for Decades


Formed by Megafloods, This Place Fooled Scientists for Decades
National Geographic

Geologists couldn't account for the strange landforms of eastern Washington State. Then a high school teacher dared to question the scientific dogma of his day. Read the full story


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The Road to a Free Europe Goes Through Moscow - POLITICO Magazine

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/russias-plot-against-the-west-214925


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WIRED: Ex-FCC Boss: Gut Net Neutrality and You Gut Internet Freedom


Ex-FCC Boss: Gut Net Neutrality and You Gut Internet Freedom
WIRED

Ted Cruz says net neutrality is Obamacare for the internet. Tom Wheeler looks to the Constitution for his comparison. Read the full story


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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Is being in the United States unlawfully a 'crime'? | PolitiFact Florida

http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2017/mar/15/florida-conference-catholic-bishops/being-united-states-unlawfully-crime/

Not everything that's illegal — meaning against the law or violating the law — is a crime," Shapiro said. "There are civil violations, like when you get a parking ticket. 'Unlawful presence' is one of these. You don't go to jail or receive any other criminal punishment for being in the country illegally — you get deported."

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Livemint: DeepMind finds way to overcome AI’s forgetfulness problem


DeepMind finds way to overcome AI's forgetfulness problem
Livemint

London: DeepMind, the London-based artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Alphabet Inc., claims it overcame a key limitation affecting one of the most promising machine learning technologies: the software's inability to remember. Read the full story


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The real Trump tax scandal: David Cay Johnston

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/08/real-trump-tax-scandal-david-cay-johnston/81436212/?hootPostID=8fc02abe1caa943a3d64997a4cf8310c


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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind review – thrilling story, dark message | Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/21/sapiens-brief-history-mankind-review-yuval-noah-harari


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Beyond the Flynn effect: new myths about race, family and IQ? | Education | The Guardian

The answer to the question in the title, Flynn explains, is that your family environment's effect on your IQ almost disappears by the age of 17. An important exception is in the vocabulary component of IQ tests, where the effect persists into the mid-20s and can make a big difference, at least in the US, to the chances of getting into a top university. The home has most influence in early childhood but is swamped by later environments at school, university and work. And they will more closely match your genes because you will seek out (and be chosen for) environments that match your "genetic potential", whether it's basketball, carpentry or mathematics.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/27/james-flynn-race-iq-myths-does-your-family-make-you-smarter


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Monday, March 13, 2017

the guardian: Is the Standard Model isolated?


Is the Standard Model isolated?
the guardian

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN revealed the Higgs boson in 2012, but has led to no comparable discovery since. It is worth asking what we hope to learn from the new data coming soon – and indeed from any particle physics experiment in the near future Read the full story

Powerful though it is, the Standard Model is no 'Theory of Everything'. It does not incorporate gravity, it does not contain an explanation for the preponderence of matter over antimatter that we see around us, and it does not contain a convincing candidate for the 'Dark Matter' needed to explain the rotational speeds of stars in galaxies and other astrophysical observations. And it has nothing much to say about the 'Dark Energy' to which we ascribe the accelerating expansion of the universe

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Intel buys Mobileye in $15.3B deal, moves its automotive unit to Israel | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/13/reports-intel-buying-mobileye-for-up-to-16b-to-expand-in-self-driving-tech/


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Saturday, March 11, 2017

Tech Xplore: Is Qualcomm, Microsoft collaboration a sign of less Intel dominance to come?


Is Qualcomm, Microsoft collaboration a sign of less Intel dominance to come?
Tech Xplore

Judging from technology-watching sites, Intel has something to worry about and it involves a rather well known place on the technology map called Redmond, Washington. Look for the sign that says Microsoft. There. "Intel's dominance could be further eroded as Microsoft looks to alternative chip makers for its cloud hardware," said MIT Technology Review. In brief, said Bloomberg, "Microsoft has developed a version of its Windows operating system for servers using ARM processors." Microsoft Corp. Read the full story


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The Motley Fool: Can Intel Corporation Save the Personal Computer Market With Better Chips?


Can Intel Corporation Save the Personal Computer Market With Better Chips?
The Motley Fool

Probably not, but that doesn't mean Chipzilla shouldn't strive to build better chips at a rapid pace. Read the full story


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Friday, March 10, 2017

Interesting quote from "When Breath Becomes Air"

Hi - I'm reading "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese and wanted to share this quote with you.

""forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race";"

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Thursday, March 09, 2017

Interesting quote from "When Breath Becomes Air"

Hi - I'm reading "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese and wanted to share this quote with you.

"his fierce belief in the moral dimension of his job."

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Tuesday, March 07, 2017

The Motley Fool: 1 Way Intel Corporation Can Improve Power Consumption for 2018 Processors


1 Way Intel Corporation Can Improve Power Consumption for 2018 Processors
The Motley Fool

Migrating this support chip to a newer manufacturing technology could help Chipzilla build more efficient computer processors. Read the full story


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Saturday, March 04, 2017

Do Public Protests Matter in a Democracy? The “outside strategy” as a signal of support to judges and bureaucrats | Just Security

https://www.justsecurity.org/36956/public-protests-matter-democracy-outside-strategy-signal-support-judges-bureaucrats/


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Ben Wittes and Quinta Jurecic on the “Oathless Presidency”—Questions raised by deep distrust in Trump | Just Security

https://www.justsecurity.org/38327/ben-wittes-quinta-jurecic-oathless-presidency-questions-raised-deep-distrust-trump/


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Obama & FISA: Trump Wiretap May Have Been Sought | National Review

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap


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The Dirty Secret Behind the Jeff Sessions Mess

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/the-dirty-secret-behind-the-jeff-sessions-mess/amp


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High US health care spending is quite well explained by its high material standard of living – Random Critical Analysis

https://randomcriticalanalysis.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/high-us-health-care-spending-is-quite-well-explained-by-its-high-material-standard-of-living/amp/


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Obama & FISA: Trump Wiretap May Have Been Sought | National Review

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap


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