The first thing we do, let's hack all the lawyers
https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/10/12/seyfarth-shaw-targeted-by-weekend-cyber-attack/
Seyfarth Shaw Targeted by Weekend Cyberattack
Seyfarth Shaw is the latest Big Law firm to get hit by a cyberattack. The firm said in a statement Monday morning that it was victimized by “a sophisticated and aggressive malware attack that appears to be ransomware” over the weekend.
… “Our monitoring systems detected the unauthorized activity, and our IT team acted quickly to prevent its spread and protect our systems,” the firm’s statement said. “We have found no evidence that any of our client or firm data were accessed or removed. However, many of our systems were encrypted, and we have shut them down as a precautionary measure.”
“It can’t happen here!” and other myths.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Philippines-starts-registering-millions-for-national-ID-cards
Philippines starts registering millions for national ID cards
Manila hopes system will spur consumer adoption of electronic payments
… All Philippine citizens and resident foreigners are required to register such information as name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, blood type, address and nationality. Biometric data – fingerprints, facial photos and iris scans – also will be stored.
The country's current system, in which different agencies issue their own numbers, has been criticized as inconvenient. The new system will grant each person a unique number that can be used across agencies.
“It can’t happen here!” and other myths.
Home security cams hacked in Singapore, and stolen footage sold on adult websites
In Singapore it’s not at all uncommon today for people to have IP cameras all over their homes.
And, of course, the more people who installed internet-connected cameras throughout their private residences the more you would be considered odd if you hadn’t jumped on the bandwagon, and put cameras in your living room, kitchen, bedroom, sometimes even with a view of even more private areas of your house.
It’s not as though your friends encouraged you to cam up your home with malicious intentions, but over time, it became a perfectly normal thing to do. And so more and more people in Singapore did it, believing it would be an easy way to secure the property, or monitor children, domestic workers, vulnerable relatives, and pets.
Perhaps some home owners are now reconsidering whether that was such a wise idea.
Because, as local media reports, clips stolen from more than 50,000 hacked cameras have been uploaded to pornographic websites, and X-rated footage sold to people prepared to pay a subscription fee of US $150.
… In addition, the group claims that subscribers will receive tuition in how to “explore, watch live and even record” hacked cameras.
Perspective.
The Next Generation Of Artificial Intelligence
The field of artificial intelligence moves fast. It has only been 8 years since the modern era of deep learning began at the 2012 ImageNet competition. Progress in the field since then has been breathtaking and relentless.
If anything, this breakneck pace is only accelerating. Five years from now, the field of AI will look very different than it does today. Methods that are currently considered cutting-edge will have become outdated; methods that today are nascent or on the fringes will be mainstream.
What will the next generation of artificial intelligence look like? Which novel AI approaches will unlock currently unimaginable possibilities in technology and business? This article highlights three emerging areas within AI that are poised to redefine the field—and society—in the years ahead. Study up now.
1. Unsupervised Learning
2. Federated Learning
3. Transformers
Set your calendar or just read the book?
https://www.bespacific.com/webinar-the-reasonable-robot-artificial-intelligence-and-the-law/
Webinar – The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law
“Join the Center for Data Innovation on Friday, November 13, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT for a conversation with Ryan Abbott on his new book The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law. The book argues that, as a general principle, the law should not discriminate between AI and human behavior, and discusses how this principle should shape tax, tort, intellectual property, and criminal law.”
Date and Time: November 13, 2020, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
Speakers: Ryan Abbott, Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University of Surrey School of Law; Daniel Castro, Director, Center for Data Innovation (moderator)
Tools for a pandemic?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/pc-shipments-climb-in-q3-gartner-and-idc-report/
PC shipments climb in Q3, Gartner and IDC report
… According to Gartner, PC shipments in the US increased 11.4% in the third quarter of 2020 – the strongest growth in the US in a decade. Worldwide, PC shipments totaled 71.4 million units, an increase of 3.6% year over year.
Perspective. The world after Covid?
https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/12/rsa_covid_19_work_automation/
Amazon-like megacorps dominating various online sectors could become norm for pandemic-stricken planet
Certain business models work better than others when most people avoid human contact
Shifts in consumer behaviour could see a handful of companies come to dominate the online food, education and leisure industries, as Amazon has in e-commerce, according to research.
A study [PDF] by the UK's Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) suggests that the "winner takes most" dynamic that gives the Seattle giant an unfair advantage could be accelerated by the pandemic and spread to other sectors as the drive for digital services increases.
The RSA pointed out that Amazon's retail sales have increased by 42 per cent between April and June. Streaming services such as Netflix are also benefiting from the pandemic, having reported a record 15.8 million additional subscribers globally in the first quarter of 2020.
Perspective. Do we still teach handwriting?
https://www.bespacific.com/handwriting-shown-to-be-better-for-memory-than-typing-at-any-age/
Handwriting shown to be better for memory than typing, at any age
BigThink: A new study collected 500 data points per second. Handwriting won out. “While tablets are excellent for scrolling through the day’s news, the value of digital versus print has long been debated. Physical books are tactile, which bring readers great pleasure, including ease of annotation, better navigation, and a sense of accomplishment—pages are landmarks, not the infinite scroll of e-books. Your brain maps better with such visual cues. Then there’s memory. Print book readers retain more information. As a new study from the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology argues, the same goes for writing. Handwriting helps children and adults remember information better. Typing is a shortcut…”
Tell your kids they can program it to do their homework for them, then stand back!
Banana Pi: A Raspberry Pi alternative with an AI accelerator that costs just US$16
Sinovoip has brought its latest single-board computer (SBC) to AliExpress, the Banana Pi BPI-EAI80. The Banana Pi cannot run Windows 10 or Raspbian like the Raspberry Pi can, but it can connect to external devices via its 40-pin GPIO header like the Pi.
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