Month: December 2021

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Machine Learning

Peter Jackson Details How ‘Get Back’ Used Machine Learning to Restore the Beatles’ Sound and Footage | Variety

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Before Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” could premiere on Disney Plus, it had to overcome several obstacles, including convincing the remaining survivors of the Beatles to agree to the project, as well as screening through 150 hours of audio and 60 hours of antique recordings and reviving it to crystal-clear quality. The last is one of the more stunning revelations from “Get Back,” as fans have never seen (or heard) the Beatles in such fine detail, particularly the previously unseen film captured during their studio workings and epic rooftop concert in 1969. 

Source: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/peter-jackson-get-back-restored-beatles-footage-sound-1235125819/ 

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Gaming

Steam removes popular Chinese strategy game after Ark: Survival Evolved studio claims it stole their source code | PC Gamer

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A DMCA takedown request was filed after the sandbox strategy game Myth of Empires was withdrawn from Steam due to suspicions of copyright infringement. Angela Game, the creator of Myth of Empires, has so far refused to say who asked the game’s deletion, but data provided by PC Gamer show that it came from Studio Wildcard and Snail Games, the creators and publishers of Ark: Survival Evolved. Angela Game was created in 2020 by at least one former employee of Snail Games China, Studio Wildcard’s parent business, who has access to the Ark source code, according to the removal order. Studio Wildcard was “understandably concerned” when Myth of Empires was launched in November 2021 because of parallels between the two games, including identical gameplay mechanics, that it thought went beyond coincidence. 

Source: https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-removes-popular-chinese-strategy-game-after-ark-survival-evolved-studio-claims-it-stole-their-source-code/ 

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Drones

Kamikaze drones: A new weapon brings power and peril to the U.S. military | NBC News

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The killer drone screamed out of its launch tube, extending its carbon wings and launching itself into the sky. The rechargeable robot traversed the Utah desert too quickly for the human eye to see, looking for the goal it had been set to hit. It flew through the driver’s window of an empty pickup vehicle and burst in a flame a few moments later. NBC News was granted exclusive access to the first public display of the Switchblade 300, a small, low-cost “kamikaze” drone developed by AeroVironment that the US military has discreetly deployed in targeted assassination operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria for years, according to sources. 

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/kamikaze-drones-new-weapon-brings-power-peril-u-s-military-n1285415 

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Information Warfare

Cyberwarriors will soon have access to more training tools | C4ISRNET

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For years, cyberwarriors lacked the same vital training facilities as their counterparts battling on the land, sea, or in the air. Despite the constantly shifting battleground, these forces didn’t have the same chances to perfect their talents. That shifted about three years ago, when the first clients were able to log on to the Persistent Cyber Training Environment, or PCTE, an online client that enables the US Cyber Command’s cyber mission force to log on just about anywhere in the world for individual or group training as well as mission rehearsal. Users can undertake exercises from a distance with these virtual training areas, and units and individuals can train on demand just by logging in. 

Source: https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2021/12/05/cyberwarriors-will-soon-have-access-to-more-training-tools/ 

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Cyber Security

Softbank backs $400m investment in Israeli industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty | Times of Israel

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According to a joint official statement Wednesday, Japanese investment giant SoftBank co-led a $400 million investment in Israeli cybersecurity business Claroty, a developer of technology to safeguard businesses and industrial facilities against cybersecurity assaults. Yossi Cohen, the former head of the Mossad, is in charge of SoftBank’s Israel operations, which he left in June after more than five years on the job. Cohen will join Claroty’s board of directors as part of the investment. Claroty raised $140 million six months ago, which the business claimed as the “biggest investment ever” in the industrial cybersecurity market at the time. 

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/softbank-backs-400m-investment-in-israeli-industrial-cybersecurity-firm-claroty/