Month: August 2021

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Machine Learning

A new age of data means embracing the edge | MIT Review

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Learning can be shared, but not the actual data, which aims to encourage privacy and security. 

Artificial intelligence has a lot of potentials, but it needs a lot of data to learn from, and the more diversified the data, the better. AI technologies can unearth insights and aid decision-making not just in technology but also in medicines, health, production, and other fields by learning patterns. Until today, data couldn’t always be shared because it was personally identifiable, included private information, or posed a security risk. 

Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/16/1031738/a-new-age-of-data-means-embracing-the-edge/ 

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Gaming

Why your old video games may be worth millions | CNN Style

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Auction houses are taking notice of the vintage game industry, and game-grading firms are giving certification for the developing sector. 

An unopened edition of 1985’s “Super Mario Bros” set the world record when it bought for $2 million on the collectors’ site Rally in early August. Professional grading and classification have changed the landscape, makes it much easier for customers to evaluate the quality of their transactions. While game collecting was once limited to eBay, Reddit, Facebook groups, and newsgroups, attention from high-profile auction houses is enhancing prices by introducing new collectors to the market, ranging from traditional art investors to comic book and trading card fans. 

Source: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/most-expensive-video-games/index.html 

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Drones

Lockheed Martin’s Legion Pod Allows Drones to Track Targets Without Radar | Interesting Engineering

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With the Legion Pod, Lockheed Martin makes another big step forward in Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) operations. 

Drones are becoming increasingly self-sufficient. They can operate in groups and even choose their victims on their own. They do, however, rely extensively on radars to help them know their own and their targets’ whereabouts. Lockheed Martin has a novel solution that works in radar-jammed settings, and they tested it on General Atomics’ Avenger Drone in July. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working on unmanned aircraft systems for some time. 

Source: https://interestingengineering.com/lockheed-martin-legion-pod-allows-drones-to-track-targets-without-radar 

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Cyber Security

Microsoft catches hackers using Morse Code to help cover their tracks | Cyber Scoop

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For operational security, digital attackers are using Morse Code, a 177-year-old signaling technique. 

From benign-looking communication channels to self-erasing operating systems, skilled cybercriminals use a variety of tactics to hide their traces on a target computer. However, digital attackers don’t commonly use Morse Code, a 177-year-old signaling technique, for operational security. Yet, as Microsoft researchers revealed on Thursday, this is exactly what happened during a year-long phishing campaign. 

Source: https://www.cyberscoop.com/morse-code-microsoft-phishing/ 

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Artificial Intelligence

The EU’s Recently Proposed Artificial Intelligence Act Goes Too Far | National Interest

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The EU may face a skills shortage of its brightest businessmen and creative enterprises by enforcing these pricey standards. 

The European Union is now debating what could be the world’s first extensive artificial intelligence law (AI), which aims to strengthen Europe’s position as a leader in developing technology. Although the new regulation aims to minimize government surveillance, it actually constitutes a danger to innovation in multiple ways. Policymakers in the United States should pay attention to avoid making a similar blunder. The proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) in the EU will divide AI operations into categories based on their assessed danger level. 

Source: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/eu%E2%80%99s-recently-proposed-artificial-intelligence-act%C2%A0goes-too-far-191733