computer science NARA recovers famed 1982 Grace Hopper lecture recorded on obsolete media format Rob Beschizza
computer science "Computer Engineering for Babies" book teaches Boolean logic with two buttons and an LED Mark Frauenfelder
Science Amazing interactive globe shows the very different location of your city 750 million years ago David Pescovitz
privacy "Edge AI": encapsulating machine learning classifiers in lightweight, energy-efficient, airgapped chips Cory Doctorow
Business The bubbles in VR, cryptocurrency and machine learning are all part of the parallel computing bubble Cory Doctorow
computer science Trying to land on some runways causes the Boeing 737's control screens to go black Cory Doctorow
privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Librecorps: an organization that connects student free/open source software developers with humanitarian NGOs Cory Doctorow
security Model stealing, rewarding hacking and poisoning attacks: a taxonomy of machine learning's failure modes Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tiny alterations in training data can introduce "backdoors" into machine learning models Cory Doctorow
censorship Genetic Evasion: using genetic algorithms to beat state-level internet censorship Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tpmfail: a timing attack that can extract keys from secure computing chips in 4-20 minutes Cory Doctorow
