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Who Won HooHacks 2024? These 2 UVA Teams Are Still Glowing – UVA Engineering
Imagine an artificially intelligent piano tutor that beams a glowing light on the individual keys you should strike, then follows along with your fingers as you play. Or, consider AI that conducts mock interviews based on your resume and the description of the jobs for which youre applying. Sound like products youd buy if anyone ever dreamed them up
Vernor Vinge, Innovative Science Fiction Novelist, Dies at 79 – The New York Times
Vernor Vinge, a mathematician and prolific science fiction author who in the 1980s wrote a novella that offered an early glimpse of what became known as cyberspace, and who soon after that hypothesized that artificial intelligence would outstrip human intelligence, died on March 20 in the La Jolla area of San Diego. He was 79. James Frenkel, who edited nearly all of his work since 1981, said the cause of death, in an assisted living facility, was Parkinsons disease.
BU Dean Recommends Replacing Striking TAs with AIs (updated) – Daily Nous – Daily Nous
The actual dean of an actual college of arts and sciences at an actual university has actually recommended replacing striking instructors with artificial intelligence apps. Last week, graduate student workers at Boston University (BU) went on strike to demand increased stipends and improved benefits
How to open HEIC images on your Android phone or tablet – Android Police
When you capture pictures on your iPhone, the device stores them in the High-Efficiency Image Container (HEIC, or HEIF). Compared to JPEGs and PNGs, HEIC produces high quality at a small size
Sovereign cloud services pick up steam as Rackspace unveils new public sector platform – ITPro
Rackspace Technology has become the latest firm to tap sovereign cloud services as a product offering, in this case specifically aimed at supporting workloads in the UK public sector and other regulated services. Aligning itself with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other UK regulatory bodies, Rackspaces UK Sovereign Services platform will provide dedicated compute and storage Pods for various sectors. With segregation between each pod, Rackspace said it will provide a cost-effective hosting solution for customers designed to provide high levels of data and workload security
Removing the hefty price tag: cloud storage without the climate cost – DatacenterDynamics
Tackling the sustainability issue As of 2022, over half of all corporate data resides in the cloud, meaning demand for cloud storage has never been higher. Like a falling domino, this has triggered severe energy consumption throughout the data center industry, resulting in substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Podcast: What is distributed cloud storage and what are its benefits? – ComputerWeekly.com
In this podcast, we look at distributed cloud storage with Enrico Signoretti, vice-president of product and partnerships at Cubbit. We talk about how storage has shifted to hybrid and multicloud modes and how distributed cloud storage separates the control plane from data to provide data retention in multiple locations, on-site and in multiple clouds.
NEAR launches tool for signing transactions on Bitcoin, Ethereum and more – Blockworks
Swiss non-profit organization NEAR Foundation has launched Chain Signatures, enabling users to sign transactions on supported blockchains from a single NEAR account.
Wi-Fi Hacking Happens. Here Are 10 Expert-Recommended Tips to Prevent It – CNET
You'll get faster speeds using an Ethernet connection, but there's no denying the convenience of Wi-Fi. The technology makes it possible to connect numerous devices around your home, from laptops and phones to security cameras and streaming sticks, but it's not without its flaws.
WatchGuard report reveals drastic surge in evasive malware – SecurityBrief New Zealand
The latest Internet Security Report from WatchGuard Technologies reveals a drastic growth in evasive malware, a resurgence of "living-off-the-land" attacks, escalating cyberattack commoditisation, and a continued decline in ransomware, amid potential thwarting attempts by international law enforcement targeting ransomware extortion groups. WatchGuard Technologies, one of the global front-runners in cybersecurity, derived these findings from its unified analysis of top malware trends, as well as threats to network and endpoint security