US cancels crucial $10B military AI project because Trump is a baby

Jul07
by on July 7, 2021 at 6:48 pm
Posted In: amazon, artificial intelligence, Opinion


The Pentagon yesterday announced it was scuttling its long-doomed “Project JEDI,” a cloud-services AI contract that was awarded to Microsoft in 2019. Up front: Project JEDI is a big deal. The US military needs a reliable cloud-service platform from which to operate its massive AI infrastructure. Unfortunately the project was mishandled from the very beginning. Now, two years later, the Pentagon‘s calling for a reboot: Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) canceled the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud solicitation and initiated contract termination procedures. The Department has determined that, due to evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy, and industry advances,…

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Tencent’s creepy new facial recognition system detects kids gaming at night

Jul06
by on July 6, 2021 at 7:25 pm
Posted In: Insider


The teenage joy of late-night gaming sessions faces an uncertain future in China. Tech giant Tencent has launched a time-sensitive facial recognition system that prevents minors from binging on video games after dark. The platform, called “Midnight Patrol,” arrives amid a moral panic over gaming addiction among children in China. Under-18s are now barred from gaming between 10PM and 8AM, and must register for games using their real names and government ID numbers. Tencent‘s system uses a facial verification system connected to a public identity database to detect minors posing as adults during the curfew. “We will conduct a face screening for accounts registered with…

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Leak: Samsung to announce the Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Watch 4 in August

Jul05
by on July 5, 2021 at 8:16 pm
Posted In: Insider, Plugged


Samsung had a pretty quiet Mobile World Congress event, but it did tell us we’d learn more about its upcoming Google-approved smartwatch at its next Unpacked event. Unfortunately, the company didn’t tell us when exactly that would be, but a new report from Korean publication DigitalDaily News (via 9to5Google) claims the next Unpacked will take place on August 11, at 10 AM ET. According to the report, Samsung will be launching five devices at the event: Galaxy Z Fold 3 Galaxy Z Flip 3 Galaxy Watch 4 Galaxy Watch 4 Active Galaxy Buds 2 Notably, the new Galaxy Watches will…

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These $20 online learning options could make this the summer of your new career

Jul04
by on July 4, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Offers


TLDR: These six course bundles explore new career skills worth considering from graphic design and machine learning to music production at beyond, each for just $20 right now. World economies are revving back up, but the interesting point is that many of the world’s workers are taking a different view of whether getting back to normal is a good thing. For many, a collection of low wage jobs with few benefits and little upward mobility aren’t working anymore.  If you feel like it’s time to launch a new way of life, regardless of your new direction, it’s probably worth taking…

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