Johnson & Johnson is one of six COVID-19 research companies that have been recently targeted by North Korean state-sponsored hackers. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The agency released its guidance as cases in the US continue to surge at an extremely alarming rate. …read more Source:: CNet

Cortana may not be the personal assistant she once was, but a new update as part of the Windows Insider Dev Channel means that her capabilities to find files have improved. From a report: The new “File Skill” in the Cortana app appears in the new Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20270, part of the…

Going from a microcontroller blinking an LED, to one that blinks the LED using voice commands based on a data set that you trained on a neural net work is a “now draw the rest of the owl” problem. Lucky for us, Shawn Hymel walks us through the entire process during his Tiny ML workshop…

Together, Apple’s Lisa Jackson and Malala Yousafzai urged businesses to prioritize climate goals during their conversation at Web Summit …read more Source:: CNet

Leveraging structure in data is key to making progress in AI, says AI prodigy Gary Marcus. A forward-looking view on Software 2.0, AI chips, robotics, and the future of AI …read more Source:: ZDNet

The skimmer steals credit-card data, using steganography to hide in plain sight in seemingly benign images. …read more Source:: Threatpost

What if your digital assistant could battle rap? That may sound far-fetched, but Gil Weinberg, a music technologist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has adapted a musical robot called Shimon to compose lyrics and perform in real time. From a report: That means it can engage in rap “conversations” with humans, and maybe even…

Homomorphic encryption and federated learning could allow groups to share data and analysis while protecting the actual information. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Joshua Topolsky, writing at Input Mag: Movies are, by their very nature, good. Movies are one of the best things to have happened to the human race, probably ranking right up there in the top 5 with eating, sex, indoor plumbing, and music. We’ve probably all had formative experiences in one way or another around…