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This affects most militaries, not just the US Army – and it often holds true for those applicants, for whom the military should be bending over backwards to enlist, such as: an Army effort to directly commission and provide recruitment bonuses to cyber warriors by Joe Schuman If discontent is the first necessity of…
RSK Labs, the startup working on smart contract functionality for bitcoin by way of sidechains, is operating under a new banner as part of a wider reimagining of its development ecosystem. The newly-dubbed Root Infrastructure Framework (RIF) Labs is headed by many of the same individuals that created the highly-anticipated platform in January of this year.…
by Gedalyah Reback It’s been two weeks since ConsenSys entered the satellite business. It befuddled the company’s observers to see a blockchain company, tasked with promoting Ethereum’s use, lay down what was likely hundreds of millions of dollars to buy one of the world’s premiere space startups. But the answer might lie in what…
Just like any lock can be picked, any biometric scanner can be fooled. Researchers have shown for years that the popular fingerprint sensors used to guard smartphones can be tricked sometimes, using a lifted print or a person’s digitized fingerprint data. But new findings from computer scientists at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering…
IBM researcher Jerry Chow in the quantum computing lab at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center by William (“Whurley”) Hurley The word “quantum” gained currency in the late 20th century as a descriptor signifying something so significant it defied the use of common adjectives. For example, a “quantum leap” is a dramatic advancement (also an early 1990’s…
Google, Microsoft, et al will not work with US Military, but does work with China. HALIFAX: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs expressed frustration Saturday (17 NOV 2018) over the refusal of some tech giants to work with the US military. “I have a hard time with companies that are working very hard to engage…
It pains me to share this, as I am myself a huge fan of Thinkpads. Yet, we have to face reality – (for a long time) they are not IBM anymore. No Thinkpad for you, NSA employee. July 29, 2013 (!) Lenovo is either the world’s biggest or second-biggest PC manufacturer, depending on who…
“NATO is clear that we will not perform offensive cyberspace operations,” said Maj. Gen. Wolfgang Renner. “However, we will integrate sovereign cyberspace effects from the allies who are willing to volunteer.” WASHINGTON: While NATO won’t conduct offensive cyber operations as an alliance, it will coordinate cyber attacks any of its member nations launch on…
Scientific defense community to convene and learn about agency’s robust R&D efforts in artificial intelligence outreach@darpa.mil 11/16/2018 Throughout DARPA’s history, artificial intelligence (AI) has been an important area of groundbreaking research and development (R&D). In the 1960s, DARPA researchers completed some of the foundational work in the field, leading to the creation of expert systems,…
In the aftermath from yesterday‘s Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork, both opposing camps in the so-called “hash war” are mining at a hefty loss, according to a tweet from the research arm of Hong Kong-based crypto derivatives platform BitMEX today, Nov. 16. On Nov. 5, BitMEX Research announced it would be launching a network monitoring…
On Monday, November 12, the US House of Representatives agreed to a Senate version of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act. The bill, which is expected to be signed into law, will give the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) a new name: the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The bill also elevates…
The new $480m program aims to replace outdated camouflage that protect soldiers in the visible spectrum but not against more advanced, high-end sensors. ULCANS “provides more persistent [infrared], thermal & counter-radar performance”. The U.S. Army is moving forward on next-generation concealment technology to ensure that American soldiers can hide in plain sight. Fibrotex has…
The most contentious hard fork in bitcoin cash’s one-year history is happening Thursday. So contentious, in fact, that this one holds the potential to split the blockchain into two separate iterations of the bitcoin cash protocol – one led by developer group Bitcoin ABC and the other, Bitcoin SV, led by blockchain research company nChain. The…
Germany: Bitcoin.de Crypto Exchange Operator to Acquire 100% of Investment Bank Tremmel German holding company Bitcoin Group SE has acquired a 100 percent stake in investment bank Tremmel Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH, “Cointelegraph auf Deutsch” reports today, Nov. 13. Bitcoin Group SE, based in Herford, Germany, operates what is reportedly the country’s only regulated crypto exchange, Bitcoin…
Mining Ethereum (ETH) using a graphics processing unit (GPU) is no longer profitable, according to an analysis from U.S.-based global trading and technology firm Susquehanna. CNBC reported Nov. 13 on Susquehanna’s findings, which point to the protracted slump in crypto markets and declining network hashrates as reasons for the profit decrease. In Susquehanna’s analysis, profit…
It could keep society humming when satellites fail. [UPDATED 14 NOV: “Norway says Russia jammed GPS signal during NATO drill” (scroll down) ] [UPDATED 16 NOV: “GPS disrupted for maritime in Mediterranean, Red Sea” (scroll down) ] GPS is vital to modern navigation, but it’s extremely fragile. Never mind coverage — if a…
“Quantum AI Supremacy” & “Distributed, Portable AI” Experten glauben, dass Google und facebook eine Entwicklung der Technologie unterschätzen. Und die könnte die Stellung der Konzerne trotz massiver Investitionen stark bedrohen. Google, Facebook und Co. könnten zu den Dinosauriern des Zeitalters der künstlichen Intelligenz werden. „Das Rennen um die Vormachtstellung bei der künstlichen Intelligenz ist…
I have rarely laughed that hard! [UPDATED 12 NOV 2018 with GMO Data – scroll down] 7,000 Bitmain Antminers makes it “one of the largest” Bitcoin Mining facilities? That makes it at best 98 PetaHash/sec total — in a global network averaging 50 ExaHash/sec = less than 1/500th of the global network capacity. …
Bitcoin copies overview (to grow) An experimental market on a major crypto exchange suggests that bitcoin cash users may favor the more established version of the software, Bitcoin ABC, ahead of an expected fork this month. Due to the technical design of the cryptocurrency, currently the fourth-largest by market capitalization, bitcoin cash users must…
I wonder: who of the 99.9% not following Bitcoin news closely still understands the various splits and forks of its 1,500+ copies? Ahead of the imminent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork, mining giant Bitmain has rushed to deploy around 90,000 Antminer S9 machines to the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, Chinese blockchain news source…
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