According
to Blogspot, this is my
3000th
blog post. Since I do everything wrong, that translates
to 3000 days (I post everything at once) and roughly 30,000 articles.
It's
our fault. We have always wanted the computer on Star Trek. And now
the NSA has it's dream chip.
Intels
Clever and Kinda Creepy Chips that are Always Listening
Intel
has released a new line of clever, but creepy computer chips that are
always listening and ready to turn on using voice commands.
“Hello
Computer” is all you have to say to turn on your computer when it
is equipped with one of Intel’s latest chips.
…
The chips have the ability to constantly listen for sounds or voice
instructions due to the digital signal processor core that is
designed to process audio with minimal power use.
“It
doesnt matter what state the system will be in, it
will be listening all the time,” stated Ed Gamsaragan,
an engineer at Intel. “You could be actively doing work or it
could be in standby.”
The
device can also be trained to only respond to your voice however
currently, the system is not secure enough to replace a password.
Have
I mentioned that Google was a big Obama supporter? Looks like they
still have his ear. “What's good for General Bashington T.
Bullmoose IS good for the country!”
White
House names Google’s Megan Smith the next Chief Technology Officer
of the United States
The
White House announced Thursday that it has named its next Chief
Technology Officer. She is Megan Smith, a Google executive with
decades of experience in Silicon Valley. The Obama administration
named as deputy U.S. CTO, Alexander Macgillivray, a former Twitter
lawyer known as a staunch defender of the free flow of information
online.
Might
interest my Computer Security students.
30
days with space and cyber Airmen
Air
Force Space Command invites Airmen, their families, and the public to
follow online as the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron tells the story of
Airmen and mission partners conducting critical space and cyber
missions during the month of September.
…
Throughout the mission, Olguin and his team will post coverage on
the official Air Force Space Command website: www.afspc.af.mil
and on the Air Force Space Command Facebook
site: www.facebook.com/AirForceSpaceCommand.
The team will also highlight activities and Airmen on the command
Twitter account: afspace.
Audiences can follow Twitter coverage under #30daysAFSPC.
Humor
every week. How do they do it?
…
Some 4000 Starbucks
employees have applied to Arizona
State University.
Bonus points if, as a university president, you
can make shitty comments about baristas and English majors.
[Easy come]
…
About 25% of the student
population at Kentucky
State University, a
HBCU, are being kicked
out for failing to pay their fees. [Easy
go]
…
“A 23-year-old teacher at a
Cambridge, Maryland,
middle school has been placed on leave and—in the words of a local
news report—’taken in for an emergency medical evaluation’ for
publishing, under a pseudonym, a novel about a school shooting.”
Via
The Atlantic.
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