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January 25, 2019 Photographing computers to show the art inside the black box
What computers mean to us depends largely on what we bring to them. Our expectations, our past experience, the dreams and myths that surround them, their physical characteristics—all these aspects resonate on multiple, often overlapping levels. One level is aesthetic. Many nonspecialists in the computer arts enjoy these machines for their visual appeal and curiosity. […]
COMPUTERS January 23, 2019 Rush to fix computers in England’s courts
The Ministry of Justice is rushing to fix IT issues affecting courts across England. Lawyers say trials have been delayed, jurors are unable to enrol and witness statements are inaccessible. Twitter user @BarristerSecret said the “entire digital infrastructure” of courts had been “broken for days”. The Common Platform, a system shared between the police, the […]
COMPUTERS January 16, 2019 New partnership teaches community how to use computers
A new partnership has been announced to teach folks how to use a computer! About 11% of Americans do not have access to the internet according to a study conducted in 2018 by Pew research. This is particularly problematic here in the County, as it causes folks to fall behind in our digital age. To […]
COMPUTERS January 14, 2019 Government’s new snoop order on computers: SC issues notice
New Delhi, Jan 14: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Union Government among others on a petition that challenged the decision authorising 10 agencies to monitor, decrypt any computer. The petition filed by advocate, M L Sharma challenged the validity of the order was passed by the Ministry for Home Affairs last week. The […]
COMPUTERS December 3, 2018 US Senate computers will use disk encryption
The US Senate will enable disk encryption on all Senate computers as a basic security measure that will make it harder for spies or criminals to extract sensitive data from stolen Senate staff PCs or hard drives. The decision was taken last month by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which instructed the Senate […]
COMPUTERS October 27, 2018 Understanding quantum computers: The noise problem
Quantum computers are fragile miracles of physics that are unreliable, cost-prohibitive, and more error-prone than a shortstop with no depth perception. But, if we ever want to get to Star Trek levels of technology, we probably need them. To make them useful we have to make them reliable. And that’s a pretty tall order. The […]
COMPUTERS September 17, 2018 F-Secure Says Nearly All Modern Computers Vulnerable to Cold Boot Attacks
HIGHLIGHTS Security flaw in modern PCs can leave your encrypted data vulnerable Hackers could disable current cold boot attack firmware security measures Macs with the T2 chip contain security measures to counter such attacks Researchers have discovered a security flaw that is said to put nearly all modern computers at risk for data theft. The […]
COMPUTERS January 5, 2018 Artificial intelligence eats chess computers for lunch
After 25 years of intermittent seriousness, I’m a mediocre tournament chess player. Grandmasters play at a level that beggars my comprehension. But grandmasters, since the second Clinton administration, have looked like clowns against chess computers. Now AlphaZero, a digital doohickey from DeepMind—Google’s AI operation—has made a fool of Stockfish, the strongest “traditional” chess program. Four […]
COMPUTERS January 5, 2018 Want to set up a network of Raspberry Pi computers? Here’s how to do it
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a new tool to make it simple to set up a network of the $35 computers in a business or a classroom. The PiServer software allows networks of Raspberry Pi computers to be set up without the need to configure and update each device separately. The Raspberry Pi Foundation […]
COMPUTERS November 21, 2017 Millions of Computers Affected By Intel Firmware Flaws
Security experts are awaiting more details from chipmaker Intel about two classes of vulnerabilities in remote management software and firmware that could put an organization’s most trusted data at risk. See Also: Ransomware: The Look at Future Trends The vulnerabilities – affecting enterprise and consumer computers – exist in a variety of chips that Intel has […]
COMPUTERS November 21, 2017 The Future of Bitcoin is Threatened by Quantum Computers
A Different Kind of Computing While much of the world is captivated by the meteoric rise of bitcoin’s value, others are focused on the technology behind the cryptocurrency: blockchain. The decentralized digital ledger tech is built upon a peer-to-peer network, and it is far more secure than the centralized systems used by traditional banks and financial […]
COMPUTERS November 21, 2017 Hacking of car’s internal computers can kill millions, risk national security: Expert
Car hacking should be considered a national security issue, as hackers can “kill millions” of people using hijacked cars, warned an expert. Deaths are inevitable within five years if car manufacturers do not rush to solve cybersecurity issues and fix vulnerabilities in technology, Justin Cappos, a computer scientist at New York University, was quoted as […]
