kepler.gl – easy to use geospatial analysis tool
Kepler.gl is a powerful web-based geospatial data analysis tool. Built on a high performance rendering engine and designed for large-scale data sets. Source: kepler.gl
OpenAI has created bots that can play Dota 2 as a team
The bots learn from self-play, meaning two bots playing each other and learning from each side’s successes and failures. By using a huge stack of 256 graphics processing units (GPUs) with 128,000 processing cores, the researchers were able to speed up the AI’s gameplay so that they learned from the equivalent of 180 years of Read more about OpenAI has created bots that can play Dota 2 as a team[…]
Per 1 juli 2018: Besluit digitale toegankelijkheid websites en apps overheid
In 2016 is een Europese richtlijn voor digitale toegankelijkheid in werking getreden. Nederland is verplicht om Europese richtlijnen om te zetten in nationale wetgeving. Deze richtlijn is omgezet in een Algemene Maatregel van Bestuur: het Tijdelijk besluit digitale toegankelijkheid overheid.Europese richtlijn digitale toegankelijkheidOp 22 december 2016 trad de EU-richtlijn voor de toegankelijkheid van websites en Read more about Per 1 juli 2018: Besluit digitale toegankelijkheid websites en apps overheid[…]
Attacking Private Networks from the Internet with DNS Rebinding – Following the wrong link could allow remote attackers to control your WiFi router, Google Home, Roku, Sonos speakers, home thermostats, eat your etherium coins and more.
The home WiFi network is a sacred place; your own local neighborhood of cyberspace. There we connect our phones, laptops, and “smart” devices to each other and to the Internet and in turn we improve our lives, or so we are told. By the late twenty teens, our local networks have become populated by a Read more about Attacking Private Networks from the Internet with DNS Rebinding – Following the wrong link could allow remote attackers to control your WiFi router, Google Home, Roku, Sonos speakers, home thermostats, eat your etherium coins and more.[…]
EU breaks internet, starts wholesale censorship for rich man copyright holders
The problems are huge, not least because the EU will implement an automated content filter, which means that memes will die, but also, if you have the money to spam the system with requests, you can basically kill any content you want with the actual content holder only having a marginal chance of navigating EU Read more about EU breaks internet, starts wholesale censorship for rich man copyright holders[…]
AI Lab: Learn to Code with the Cutting-Edge Microsoft AI Platform
Among our exciting announcements at //Build, one of the things I was thrilled to launch is the AI Lab – a collection of AI projects designed to help developers explore, experience, learn about and code with the latest Microsoft AI Platform technologies. What is AI Lab? AI Lab helps our large fast-growing community of developers Read more about AI Lab: Learn to Code with the Cutting-Edge Microsoft AI Platform[…]
New ‘e-dermis’ brings sense of touch, pain to prosthetic hands
a team of engineers at the Johns Hopkins University that has created an electronic skin. When layered on top of prosthetic hands, this e-dermis brings back a real sense of touch through the fingertips. “After many years, I felt my hand, as if a hollow shell got filled with life again,” says the anonymous amputee Read more about New ‘e-dermis’ brings sense of touch, pain to prosthetic hands[…]
Skynet for the win? AI hunts down secret testing of nuclear bombs
A group of scientists have built a neural network to sniff out any unusual nuclear activity. Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), one of the United States Department of Energy national laboratories, decided to see if they could use deep learning to sort through the different nuclear decay events to identify any suspicious Read more about Skynet for the win? AI hunts down secret testing of nuclear bombs[…]
Red Shell packaged games (Civ VI, Total War, ESO, KSP and more) contain a spyware which tracks your Internet activity outside of the game
Red shell is a Spyware that tracks data of your PC and shares it with 3rd parties. On their website they formulate it all in very harmless language, but the fact is that this is software from someone i don’t trust and whom i never invited, which is looking at my data and running on Read more about Red Shell packaged games (Civ VI, Total War, ESO, KSP and more) contain a spyware which tracks your Internet activity outside of the game[…]
Hackers steal $30m from top Seoul bithumb exchange
Hackers stole more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrencies from South Korea’s top bitcoin exchange, sending the unit’s price falling around the world on Wednesday. The virtual currency was priced at $6,442 dollars late afternoon in Seoul, down about 4.4 percent from 24 hours earlier, after the latest attack on Bithumb raised concerns over cryptocurrency Read more about Hackers steal $30m from top Seoul bithumb exchange[…]
IBM AI Project Debater scores 1 – 1 vs man in 2 debates
The AI, called Project Debater, appeared on stage in a packed conference room at IBM’s San Francisco office embodied in a 6ft tall black panel with a blue, animated “mouth”. It was a looming presence alongside the human debaters Noa Ovadia and Dan Zafrir, who stood behind a podium nearby. Although the machine stumbled at Read more about IBM AI Project Debater scores 1 – 1 vs man in 2 debates[…]
Here’s some phish-AI research: Machine-learning code crafts phishing URLs that dodge auto-detection
An artificially intelligent system has been demonstrated generating URLs for phishing websites that appear to evade detection by security tools. Essentially, the software can come up with URLs for webpages that masquerade as legit login pages for real websites, when in actual fact, the webpages simply collect the entered username and passwords to later hijack Read more about Here’s some phish-AI research: Machine-learning code crafts phishing URLs that dodge auto-detection[…]
EU sets up High-Level Group on Artificial Intelligence
Following an open selection process, the Commission has appointed 52 experts to a new High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, comprising representatives from academia, civil society, as well as industry. The High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLG) will have as a general objective to support the implementation of the European strategy on AI. Read more about EU sets up High-Level Group on Artificial Intelligence[…]
Significant Vulnerabilities in Axis Cameras – patch now!
One of the vendors for which we found vulnerable devices was Axis Communications. Our team discovered a critical chain of vulnerabilities in Axis security cameras. The vulnerabilities allow an adversary that obtained the camera’s IP address to remotely take over the cameras (via LAN or internet). In total, VDOO has responsibly disclosed seven vulnerabilities to Read more about Significant Vulnerabilities in Axis Cameras – patch now![…]
Transforming Standard Video Into Slow Motion with AI
Researchers from NVIDIA developed a deep learning-based system that can produce high-quality slow-motion videos from a 30-frame-per-second video, outperforming various state-of-the-art methods that aim to do the same. The researchers will present their work at the annual Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) conference in Salt Lake City, Utah this week. “There are many memorable Read more about Transforming Standard Video Into Slow Motion with AI[…]
Paper straw factory to open in Britain as restaurants ditch plastic
No paper straws have been made in Britain for the last several decades. But that is about to change as a group of packaging industry veterans prepare to open a dedicated paper straw production line in Ebbw Vale, Wales, making hundreds of millions of straws a year for McDonald’s and other food companies as they Read more about Paper straw factory to open in Britain as restaurants ditch plastic[…]
Climate Change Can Be Reversed by Turning Air Into Gasoline
A team of scientists from Harvard University and the company Carbon Engineering announced on Thursday that they have found a method to cheaply and directly pull carbon-dioxide pollution out of the atmosphere. […] the new technique is noteworthy because it promises to remove carbon dioxide cheaply. As recently as 2011, a panel of experts estimated Read more about Climate Change Can Be Reversed by Turning Air Into Gasoline[…]
Customer Rewards get a lot weirder if you think of them as seperate transactions
Source: xkcd: Customer Rewards
Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years
Some of Africa’s oldest and biggest baobab trees have abruptly died, wholly or in part, in the past decade, according to researchers. The trees, aged between 1,100 and 2,500 years and in some cases as wide as a bus is long, may have fallen victim to climate change, the team speculated. “We report that nine Read more about Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years[…]
A.I. Can Track Human Bodies Through Walls Now, With Just a Wifi Signal
A new piece of software has been trained to use wifi signals — which pass through walls, but bounce off living tissue — to monitor the movements, breathing, and heartbeats of humans on the other side of those walls. The researchers say this new tech’s promise lies in areas like remote healthcare, particularly elder care, Read more about A.I. Can Track Human Bodies Through Walls Now, With Just a Wifi Signal[…]
A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself – using a reverse technique called autodictic iteration
In these scenarios, a deep-learning machine is given the rules of the game and then plays against itself. Crucially, it is rewarded at each step according to how it performs. This reward process is hugely important because it helps the machine to distinguish good play from bad play. In other words, it helps the machine Read more about A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself – using a reverse technique called autodictic iteration[…]
Bitcoin Price: ‘Bloody Sunday’ Not Caused by Coinrail Hack
As CCN reported, the little-known Coinrail became the latest cryptocurrency exchange to fall prey to hackers, who are said to have made off with approximately $40 million worth of tokens, a fairly pedestrian figure relative to some of the hacks seen over the years. Later that day, the bitcoin price began to careen downwards, taking Read more about Bitcoin Price: ‘Bloody Sunday’ Not Caused by Coinrail Hack[…]
Hackers Stole Over $20 Million From Misconfigured Ethereum Clients
A group of hackers has stolen over $20 million worth of Ethereum from Ethereum-based apps and mining rigs, Chinese cyber-security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab reported today. The cause of these thefts is Ethereum software applications that have been configured to expose an RPC [Remote Procedure Call] interface on port 8545. The purpose of this interface Read more about Hackers Stole Over $20 Million From Misconfigured Ethereum Clients[…]
Blockchain’s Once-Feared 51% Attack Is Now Becoming Regular among smaller coins
Monacoin, bitcoin gold, zencash, verge and now, litecoin cash. At least five cryptocurrencies have recently been hit with an attack that used to be more theoretical than actual, all in the last month. In each case, attackers have been able to amass enough computing power to compromise these smaller networks, rearrange their transactions and abscond Read more about Blockchain’s Once-Feared 51% Attack Is Now Becoming Regular among smaller coins[…]
EU Copyright law could put end to net memes
Memes, remixes and other user-generated content could disappear online if the EU’s proposed rules on copyright become law, warn experts. Digital rights groups are campaigning against the Copyright Directive, which the European Parliament will vote on later this month. The legislation aims to protect rights-holders in the internet age. But critics say it misunderstands the Read more about EU Copyright law could put end to net memes[…]