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Facebook Open Sources ReBeL, a New Reinforcement Learning Agent that Excels at Poker and Other…
The new model tries to recreate the reinforcement learning and search methods used by AlphaZero in…
AWS announces Amazon Forecast Weather Index to provide 14-day predictions – SiliconANGLE
AWS announces Amazon Forecast Weather Index to provide 14-day predictions Read more at SiliconANGLE…
Chinese scientists say they’ve achieved a quantum computing breakthrough
It’s the first milestone in China’s efforts to develop quantum computing technology. Read more at Fortune…
MIT machine learning models find gaps in coverage by Moderna, Pfizer, other Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccines | ZDNet
Vaccine makers need to take into account genetic diversity explicitly in clinical trials or risk missing…
iPhone zero-click Wi-Fi exploit is one of the most breathtaking hacks ever
Before Apple patch, Wi-Fi packets could steal photos. No interaction needed. Over the air. Read more…
‘It will change everything’: DeepMind’s AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures
Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, say scientists.…
A Bluetooth attack can steal a Tesla Model X in 90 seconds
Tesla is introducing a patch for the vulnerabilities after a researcher demonstrated problems in the car’s…
Finally! The ROM You Wished Your Sinclair Spectrum Had!
If there is one thing that Sir Clive SInclair was famous for, it was producing electronic…
Security researcher accidentally discovers Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 zero-day | ZDNet
The vulnerability was discovered while the security researcher was working on a Windows security tool. Read…
High-Speed Spectrometer Built With Cheap Linear CCD
If you’ve ever dreamed of building a proper spectrometer, it looks like the ESPROS epc901 CCD…
LidarPhone attack converts smart vacuums into microphones | ZDNet
LidarPhone attack works by converting a smart vacuum’s LiDAR navigational component into a laser microphone. Read…
Cerebras’ wafer-size chip is 10,000 times faster than a GPU
Cerebras Systems said that the company’s CS-1 system is more than 10,000 times faster than a…
Pre-symptomatic detection of COVID-19 from smartwatch data
Analysis of physiological and activity data from consumer smartwatches enables real-time detection, often before symptom onset,…
New tool automates phishing attacks that bypass 2FA | ZDNet
Trust in two-factor authentication has slowly eroded in the last month after release of Amnesty International…
The Creators of Gods of Mars Decided to Cut Out the Middle Man and Produce the Film Entirely in the Unreal Engine
Helmed by Peter Hyoguchi, Gods of Mars is an in-production science fiction film that’s breaking new…
Jailbreak iPhone 12 Pro under iOS 14.2 successfully completed – Galus Australis
Jailbreaking the iPhone 12 Pro on iOS 14.2 is already a reality. It’s the work of…
CERT/CC launches Twitter bot to give security bugs random names | ZDNet
CERT/CC attempts to reduce the use of sensationalized vulnerability names that needlessly scare software users. Read…
It’s Managers, Not Workers, Who Are Losing Jobs To AI And Robots, Study Shows
“This is a class of people we did not expect robots to have an effect. Because…
AI is wrestling with a replication crisis
Last month Nature published a damning response written by 31 scientists to a study from Google…