Month: January 2022

Dug Technology signs two-year HPC deal with Australian National University

Dug McCloud will be used by ANU School of Engineering and Computer Science to speed up its scientific research. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Yellowjackets: That ending explained and all our WTF questions – CNET

Showtime’s Yellowjackets gave us some answers and even more questions. Let’s dive into that haunting season finale. …read more Source:: CNet


Not Just the IRS – 20 US Agencies Are Already Set Up For Selfie IDs

America’s Internal Revenue Service created an uproar with early plans to require live-video-feed selfies to verify identities for online tax services (via an outside company called ID.me). But Wired points out that more than 20 U.S. federal agencies are already using a digital identification system (named Login.gov and built on services from LexisNexis) that “can…


Watch the Halo TV series trailer – CNET

Master Chief just made an appearance during halftime of the AFC championship game and is coming to Paramount Plus soon. …read more Source:: CNet


Learn how to boost your brand with Google Analytics and social media for $35

These courses will show you how to use you should use digital channels to generate more traffic — and more profits. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Spotify’s CEO: We won’t be a censor, but we do have rules – CNET

Daniel Ek addresses the Neil Young-Joe Rogan COVID vaccines blowup without actually mentioning their names. …read more Source:: CNet


Can AI Help Us Reimagine Chess?

Three research scientists at DeepMind Technologies teamed up with former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik to “explore what variations of chess would look like at superhuman level,” according to their new article in Communications of the ACM. Their paper argues that using neural networks and advanced reinforcement learning algorithms can not only surpass all human…


Laundry Bot Tackles the Tedium of T-Shirt Folding

Roomba aside, domestic robots are still in search of the killer app they need to really take off. For the other kind of home automation to succeed, designers are going to have to find the most odious domestic task and make it go away at the push of the button. A T-shirt folding robot is…


Don’t have cable? Stream your favorite TV channels live instead – CNET

From ABC to ESPN to Bravo, we compared the top 100 channels to see which live TV streaming services offer them. …read more Source:: CNet


Why Is a Harvard Astrophysicist Working With UFO Buffs?

Science magazine checks in on the new “Galileo Project” from controversial Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb. It’s searching for evidence of extraterrestrial technology, whether it’s spotted deep in space by mountaintop observatories or by their network of rooftop cameras “designed to capture any UFOs prowling through Earth’s atmosphere.” “After enlisting more than three dozen astronomers and…