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The push for artificial intelligence is slowly becoming the new buzz in both the commercial-civilian sector as well as the defense industrial complex. “This is the space race of the 21st Century. Whether we want to admit it or not, we’re in a competitive space to own this technology,” Chris Miller, executive director of SPAWAR…
Attackers behind this form of file-encrypting malware – which has similarities with Locky – think that if the victim can set their own price, they’re more likely to pay. A form of ransomware which shares similarities with Locky and also comes with the option for infected victims to negotiate a price for retrieving their encrypted…
Bumping into other pedestrians on the street while staring at your cellphone is merely a rude inconvenience. In a battlefield setting, it could be deadly. The Army is trying to prevent such a phenomenon by providing tablet data in soldier’s helmets. The tablets, known as Nett Warrior systems, often provide the location of friendly forces…
The electromagnetic spectrum has become increasingly important to the Defense Department as adversaries seek to jam friendly signals or seize portions of the spectrum to prohibit its use by others. While the individual services have turned to battle management systems to operationalize the EMS, the joint community has begun publicly discussing the need for its…
ORLANDO, Fla. — While graphics, computing speed and even hardware are being improved to make virtual and augmented reality training more realistic, the integration of data science and artificial intelligence will take immersive training to the next level, according to Booz Allen Hamilton consultants in charge of the company’s strategic innovation. The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation…
“This algorithm could run cities, continents, universes.” 7 DEC 2017 Chess isn’t an easy game, by human standards. But for an artificial intelligence powered by a formidable, almost alien mindset, the trivial diversion can be mastered in a few spare hours. In a new paper, Google researchers detail how their latest AI evolution, AlphaZero, developed…
Evidence That Ethiopia Is Spying on Journalists Shows Commercial Spyware Is Out of Control Throughout 2016 and 2017, individuals in Canada, United States, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, and numerous other countries began to receive suspicious emails. It wasn’t just common spam. These people were chosen. The emails were specifically designed to entice each individual to…
Even though this is a sponsored post for the DataWallet service, it makes an excellent point of what Blockchain technology can do for all of us (I offer no opinion on this particular product). No longer watch annoying ads (if you still don’t use ad-blockers), instead: get paid. — TJACK It’s in the name:…
Bitcoin’s long wait for the Lightning Network is almost over. Announced today, the startups behind the three most active Lightning implementations have revealed test results, including live transactions, proving their software is now interoperable. The findings, released by ACINQ, Blockstream and Lightning Labs, effectively bring Lightning (the mechanism many see as the best solution for increasing…
When you trust centralized systems in a decentralized world. — TJACK The mining service Nicehash was reportedly hacked today, with over $60 mln in funds stolen. Users report that funds have been moved from their own internal Nicehash Bitcoin addresses to a single Bitcoin address controlled by an unknown party. The company released a…
Livestream of the Blockchaingers Tech Deep Dive at Delft University of Technology on 6 December 2017. Together with 600 developers, CEOs, entrepreneurs, scientists, politicians and blockchain enthusiasts, the Blockchaingers will dive into blockchain technology. The Blockchaingers Tech Deep Dive features an international line-up with representation of every significant blockchain. Together, we will move the blockchain…
When $90m of that is Core Developer’s money, a second “Greatest Assumable Disaster” is tolerable? Systemic design flaw “Anyone can delete a critical smart contract component (library)” is diminished to just being a “bug” and “young technology” – rather than a cheap copy of PoW. So there will be three (3) Ethereums soon: ETC, ETH,…
Marc Hochstein is the managing editor of CoinDesk and the former editor-in-chief of American Banker. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to Coindesk subscribers. The most expensive dunce cap in the world is a hat I bought with bitcoin about five years ago. I’m not going to bother…
It’s the simplest trick in the pantry – pour sugar into a jar, run out of space, then tap the jar on a table to pack it down so you can fit in the rest of the bag. ‘Compaction dynamics’, as this trick is called, has lots of uses in industrial settings, and physicists have…
Elon Musk’s Boring Company, which was founded to create tunnels for an underground transportation system in Los Angeles, has released a map illustrating a proposed network for those tunnels. The Boring Company was inspired by Musk’s frustrations with LA’s notoriously congested traffic. Operating beneath Interstate 105, the tunnels would hold large electric skates that could…
WeWork errichtet größte deutsche Coworking-Fläche am Potsdamer Platz in Berlin • Weltweit führender Anbieter von Coworking-Flächen mietet 14 Etagen mit insgesamt 13.000 Quadratmetern in der Eichhornstraße 3 • Eine der größten Einzelvermietungen des Jahres auf Berliner Büroimmobilienmarkt • Vermietungsquote am Potsdamer Platz steigt auf 93 Prozent im Bürosegment Berlin, 04. Dezember 2017 – Das US-amerikanische…
“CryptoKitties” Becomes Largest Ethereum-Based Decentralized Application CryptoKitties, the massively popular Ethereum-based digital kitten breeding app and collectibles marketplace, has surpassed major decentralized cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta to become the largest decentralized application (dapp) on the Ethereum protocol by gas consumption. According to ETH Gas Station, the CryptoKitties Ethereum smart contract accounted for 13.94 percent of Ethereum’s…
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced that its planned bitcoin futures product will begin trading on Dec. 10. In a statement published today, the firm said that trading would commence at 5 p.m. CT, with the first full day of trading starting that Monday. Trading on the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) under the “XBT”…
Mining is the lifeblood of Bitcoin but like any industry, it consumes power to unlock the precious virtual currency. There are massive mining operations around the world and they are bound to be more popping up in the next few years as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue their path into mainstream acceptance. As it stands,…
Students from elite business schools are increasingly attracted to job opportunities in blockchain. Stanford will teach its first comprehensive class on blockchain and cryptocurrencies in spring 2018. Blockchain was the second fastest-growing skill in the third quarter out of more than 5,000 skills tracked by the online freelancing site Upwork. A growing number of…
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